The government announced this week that the life expectancy in this county has declined. This was the first time since 1993 that the death rate increased. The higher death rate in ‘93 was reportedly because of AIDS and the flu.
According to the report the death rate for men went from 76.5 to 76.3 years while women changed from 81.3 to 81.2 years. Demographers are all in a tizzy over the drop, even though it is in tenths. They see it as a possible trend which does not match the rest of the industrialize nations.
As one might expect, there has to be a cause. Scientist see the obesity ‘epidemic’ as a possible threat in areas like heart disease, strokes, diabetes and possibly Alzheimer’s. All I can think of is, "We must ban everything, or tax it."
Truth is that other countries still smoke, eat what’s bad for you, like bacon, and drink more than they should. We are catching up on the drinking.
My only conclusion about all this is the difference between the men and women death rates. Men die younger. They always have.
It’s because they want to.
PMO
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