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- THE WEEK, Page 16HEALTH & SCIENCELatest World Health Organization Statistics
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- LONGEVITY. Japanese live longest (women, 82.5 years; men,
- 76.1). Average lifespan in Africa: 52.6.
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- OVERALL MORTALITY. Leading cause of death: heart attacks
- and strokes (25% of all deaths). Highest auto death rate:
- Suriname (33.5 deaths per 100,000 people). Lowest: Malta (1.6
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- INFANT MORTALITY. Number of children who die before age 5:
- 12.9 million. Percentage of those deaths caused by malaria: 20%
- to 30%.
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