In 1950, the US ranked 5th in the world for average life expectancy at birth.Life expectancy at birth is also a measure of overall quality of life in a country and summarizes the mortality at all ages. It can also be thought of as indicating the potential return on investment in human capital .....
2011 CIA World Factbook
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2102rank.html
U.S. Life Expectancy Declines : Discovery News
According to the 2011 CIA World Factbook, the US currently ranks 50th in the world.
- 49th Portugal 78.54 2011 est.
- 50th United States 78.37 2011 est.
- 51st Taiwan 78.32 2011 est.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html
"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
- Preamble of the US Constitution:
Just how does allowing the average US life expectancy at birth (a measure of overall quality of life in a country ..... indicating the potential return on investment in human capital) to fall from 5th to 50th in the world, over a span of the last 60 years, contribute to "promote(ing) the general Welfare" that leads to "a more perfect Union?"
By comparison, these are the average life expectancies of the Axis nations that were defeated in WW2!
- 5th Japan 82.25 2011 est. (ironically, exactly the same rank the US held in 1950)
- 10th Italy 81.77 2011 est.
- 27th Germany 80.07 2011 est.
Table: U.S. States Ranked by Life Expectancy
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