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Title: Cuban is worlds oldest person at 125. Still alive!
Post by: goodsamaritan on February 14, 2010, 12:13:18 am

http://english.pravda.ru/society/stories/11-02-2010/112176-oldest_person_lives_in_Cuba-0

In the article it says that the life expectancy for women in Cuba is 105 ?????

Title: Re: Cuban is worlds oldest person at 125. Still alive!
Post by: PaleoPhil on February 14, 2010, 02:13:57 am

The 105 figure is Pravda propaganda, but it is interesting that Cuba's life expectancy is slightly higher than the USA's (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expectancy) -- 78.3 vs. 78.2 -- likely within the error margin, but it's amazing that Cuba manages to match the USA's life expectancy given Cuba's poverty. I think part of the reason is that they don't have new, highly processed and artificial foods coming out every year. They are still eating fairly traditional, low-processed foods, as compared to wealthier nations.