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NATIONAL RANKINGS

Life Expectancy at Birth -- national averages

Life expectation is greater, for example, for those who have reached fifty

These are all estimates for the year 2010.

1. Monaco, 89.78

2. Macau, 84.38

3. San Marino, 82.95

4. Andorra, 82.36

5. Japan, 82.17

6. Guernsey, 82.08

7. Singapore, 82.06

8. Hong Kong, 81.96

9. Australia, 81.72

10. Canada, 81.29

The United States is 49th at 78.24 years.

Angola (38.46), Mozambique (41.37), Afghanistan (44.65) are the three worse.

Infant Mortality
(deaths before age of one year per 1,000 live births)

These are all estimates for the year 2010.

1. Monaco, 1.78

2. Singapore, 2.32

3. Bermuda, 2.46

4. Sweden, 2.74

5. Japan, 2.79

6. Hong Kong, 2.91

7. Macau, 3.20

8. Iceland, 3.21

9. France, 3.31

10. Spain, 3.42

The U.S. ranks 47th at 6.16.

Angola (178.13), Afghanistan (151.5) and Niger (114.5) are the three worse.

SOURCE: CIA World Factbook