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May 15, 2014

New Life Expectancy Rates: U.S. not in the top Ten!

The World Health Organization is out with a new report on who is living how long...the results?


Women in Japan have the longest life expectancy in the world at 87 years, followed by Spain, Switzerland and Singapore. Female life expectancy in all the top 10 countries was 84 years or longer.

Life expectancy among men is 80 years or more in nine countries, with the longest male life expectancy in Iceland, Switzerland and Australia.
The U.S. didn't make the Top Ten for either men or women!

Here's the WHO report.

Here's their news release with the key findings.

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