tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212152.post-26336008014800790002008-03-18T16:01:00.000Z2008-03-18T16:01:00.000Z<B><I>Shorter life expectancy than where? Swaziland? No. Russia? No. Greenland? No. Turkey? No. Croatia? No. Portugal? Still no.<BR/><BR/>The UK? The USA? Yes by a "whopping" 0.8 and 0.1 of a year respectively, according to the CIA Factbook.<BR/><BR/>Ireland ranks 32nd in world wide life expectancy with 77.9 years. Not too shabby though, eh, considering the world average is only 65.82 years.</I></B><BR/><BR/>Wow. A mighty 0.8 years. Our anti-Irish Labour friend really has his finger on the pulse.<BR/><BR/>and that could be easily explained by Ireland having a far greater advantage in the age structure compared to the UK.<BR/><BR/>Age structure - RoI<BR/><BR/>0-14 years: 20.8%<BR/>15-64 years: 67.5%<BR/>65 years and over: 11.7%<BR/><BR/>Age structure - UK<BR/><BR/>0-14 years: 17.2%<BR/>15-64 years: 67%<BR/>65 years and over: 15.8%<BR/><BR/><BR/>And it would seem Ireland's advantage is increasing whilst the UK approaches negative figures.<BR/><BR/>Birth rate <BR/><BR/>RoI - 14.4 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) <BR/>UK - 10.67 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) <BR/><BR/><BR/>Death rate<BR/><BR/>RoI - 7.79 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) <BR/>UK - 10.09 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)Used to be Labournoreply@blogger.com