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The 15 countries where people live the longest

It is a competitive survey:

The World Economic Forum (WEF)’s recently-released Global Competitiveness Survey doesn’t just look at the financial health of countries around the world – it also looks at the health of populations.
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Not just longevity data is shown, but also longevity and financial health.
 
There's only 2 years between them. Admittedly two years is two years when it's curtains for you personally, but it is almost the same.

UK would probably be higher if Scotland went independent, Scottish health record isn't good.:doh
 
RDS said:
Asian countries did well.

The 15 countries where people live the longest - Business Insider
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Interesting.

The list seems to put a stronger emphasis on medical care than lifestyle. I would think that lifestyle is the main thing, but I'm no expert. I'm thinking if you're middle aged, obese, have diabetes and a bad ticker and high blood pressure, you're going to die sooner than you would otherwise, even with the best medical care. There are no morbidly obese 80 year olds.

This reminds me of The Blue Zones, a book summarizing this man's findings about small areas around the world where the people live an extra long time, on average. Very interesting. He doesn't discuss medical care so much. In fact, some of the areas are small and rural so have minimal medical care. But there are similarities in lifestyle and diet. I don't remember them all, but eating little to no meat is one of the things that most of the groups have in common, and a vigorous physical daily life. There is also a strong sense of community; the elderly live with family, generations living in the same home or next to each other, lifelong friends, etc. Wikepedia has a page on it, but there's a book and some articles on it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Zone

This also reminds me of Jack Lalanne. Remember him in clips of old? The godfather of fitness. His diet in later years was mainly veggies, fruit, egg whites, fish. LaLanne said his two simple rules of nutrition are: "if man made it, don't eat it", and "if it tastes good, spit it out."
 
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