Something to think about...(US longevity)

[ICantSpellDawg]

Our 3rd world immigration levels are more profound than most other nations on earth. I'd unscientifically venture to say that this is a leading factor.

Immigrants are 12.81% of our National population and they tend to be from considerably less developed nations. We have a significantly higher load factor than the other modernized countries.

We also have massive Urban black populations, which most other leading nations can't boast. They have the lowest life expectancy of any ethnic group in the survey.

This might help to explain why we are much lower on the list.

I looked Swedish Demographics up in the world fact book and wiki, but for some reason they have almost no ethnic demographic information. Interesting. They can manage everything else, but with a population 34 times smaller than the US they have no understanding of what ethnicity their citizens are. I suspect that this is because everyone would know how thoroughly white they are. Yes they have a high immigrant population (slightly lower than the US in percentage) - but how big are the 3rd world or low income minority populations? Ours are simply staggeringly huge. Only around 70% of the US population is white or Asian - that means that only 70% contribute positively to the survey while a staggering 30% negate the effects. Show me a nation with that kind of handicap. It is very easy to say "you have to take the population as a whole", but give me a break. The US is a much different country.

I'm not saying that immigration is a bad thing, but we have a tremendous demographic handicap in this area that needs to be aknowledged.