On Aug 15, 2009, at 3:22 PM, Charlie wrote:
Yes, Cockburn is a writer not a political thinker. In the piece at
hand, the main points were useful. Beginning with his second
paragraph:
>
Between 1900 and 1973, American life expectancy went from 47 to 71,
but most of this rise had taken place by 1949, when the average life
span reached 68. Much of the upward curve could be attributed to
improved survival rates for infants and young people.
...
Mostly shunned in all this are the major causes of modern disease,
which are environmental. Between 70 and 90 per cent of all cancer is
environmental in origin.
U.S. life expectancy at birth rose about 9 years between 1950 and
2005. At age 65, it's up about 5 years. That suggests that to
Cockburn, "much" is less than 50%.
Doug
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