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Costa Ricans
Live Longer
Although the United States is considered one
of the most developed countries in the
world, Costa Rica beats out the US in one of
the most important health indicator, life
expectancy. Women in Costa Rica can live to
the age of 81 and men to 76, for a average
life span of 79 years, while in the US the
life expectancy is 75.
The figures are from the latest report by
the demographic indicators evaluated by the
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INEC)
- national statistics and census institute.
The INEC also reports that the infant
mortality rate is down, where in 2008 there
only 9 deaths per 1000 infants under the age
of 1 year, while in 2007 the rate was 10 per
1000.
However, the rate of mothers losing their
live at childbirth is up, from 14 deaths in
2007 to 25 in 2008. The provinces with the
greatest increase of childbirth deaths was
Limon and car
Life expectancy is the average number of
years of life remaining at a given age. It
is the average expected lifespan of an
individual. Life expectancy is heavily
dependent on the criteria used to select the
group. In countries with high infant
mortality rates, the life expectancy at
birth is highly sensitive to the rate of
death in the first few years of life. In
these cases, another measure such as life
expectancy at age 5 can be used to exclude
the effects of infant mortality to reveal
the effects of causes of death other than
early childhood causes.
Humans live on average 31.99 years in
Swaziland and on average 82 years in Japan
(2008). The oldest confirmed recorded age
for any human is 129 years, though some
people are reported to have lived longer.
Although there are several longevity myths,
mostly in different stories that were spread
in some cultures, there is no scientific
evidence of a human living for hundreds of
years.
Public health measures are credited with
much of the recent increase in life
expectancy. During 20th century, the average
lifespan in the United States increased by
more than 30 years; 25 years of which can be
attributed to advances in public health.
There are great variations in life
expectancy worldwide, mostly caused by
differences in public health, medical care
and diet from country to country. Climate
may also have an effect, and the way data is
collected may also be an important
influence. There are also variations between
groups within single countries.
Life expectancy may also be reduced for
people exposed to high levels of highway air
pollution or industrial air pollution.
Occupation may also have a major effect on
life expectancy. Well-educated professionals
working in offices have a high life
expectancy, while coal miners (and in prior
generations, asbestos cutters) do not. Other
factors affecting an individual's life
expectancy are genetic disorders, obesity,
access to health care, diet, exercise,
tobacco smoking, and excessive drug and
alcohol use. |
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