Yzerfontein
Monday, February 06, 2006
Emigrate to Palestine's West Bank and live longer
Where do you think people live longer - Palestine's West Bank or South Africa's rainbow nation? One would have thought that in a war-torn land like the West Bank life would be short, especially compared to a peaceful nation like South Africa.
I was looking at the CIA's country by country factsheets. Assuming it is not far out in its estimates, the average South African can expect to live a meagre 43 years, while in the West Bank you can expect to live 73 years.
Whatever you do, don't move to Swaziland, where the life expectancy is a mere 33 years (which is not much, but is longer than the 28 years the average citizen of the Roman Empire could expect to live).
Or perhaps I should pack the bags for Andora, where you can expect on average to live to 83.5 ......
I was surprised, I'll just have to hope that it's higher in Cape Town, and the rest of the country is bringing us down to 43.
I was looking at the CIA's country by country factsheets. Assuming it is not far out in its estimates, the average South African can expect to live a meagre 43 years, while in the West Bank you can expect to live 73 years.
Whatever you do, don't move to Swaziland, where the life expectancy is a mere 33 years (which is not much, but is longer than the 28 years the average citizen of the Roman Empire could expect to live).
Or perhaps I should pack the bags for Andora, where you can expect on average to live to 83.5 ......
I was surprised, I'll just have to hope that it's higher in Cape Town, and the rest of the country is bringing us down to 43.
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