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Zimbabweans have worldÂ’s shortest life expectancy: WHO
2006-04-09
Life in Zimbabwe is shorter than anywhere else in the world, with neither men nor women expected to live to 40, World Health Organisation statistics showed on Friday.
I think the central problem here is that Bob is expected to live until two or three weeks after Doomsday.
The WHOÂ’s World Health Report for 2006 said the average life expectancy in the AIDS and poverty-stricken country was 36 years - less than half of the 82-year life span in Japan, which lies at the top of the table with San Marino and Monaco. The report used the latest data from 2004. Last yearÂ’s report, based on 2003, put ZimbabweÂ’s average life expectancy one year higher at 37. Women in Zimbabwe were the worst-off in the world, living an average 34 years, down from 36, the WHO data showed. Male life expectancy was 37 years, unchanged from 2003.
So, how's that socialism thing working out for you, Bob?
Posted by:Fred

#10  :-( sick but true
Posted by: Frank G   2006-04-09 23:38  

#9  I suspect the up-side of this is that the Social Security accounts are fully funded.
Posted by: Besoeker   2006-04-09 18:44  

#8  it will take decades post-Bob (assuming he's not survived by a mini-me) to return to old life standards....f*&kers
Posted by: Frank G   2006-04-09 14:54  

#7  Well, I think that we can all live with a clear conscience in the knowledge that no one thinks that it is possible to improve on this state of affairs.
Posted by: Perfessor   2006-04-09 13:49  

#6  By any chances, do the esteemed Mr. Farmin B. Hard have a relative named Agin B. Hard?
Posted by: anonymous5089   2006-04-09 13:24  

#5  Every time I see a Zimbabwe story, I feel it cannot get any worse.
Then I read another one like this...

Posted by: john   2006-04-09 09:07  

#4  The real story, which is course is taboo in our PC times is that black African life expectancy under the 'racist white regime' of Ian Smith was double what it was today.

A truthful headline would be - Political Correctness Kills Millions in Zimbabwe.
Posted by: phil_b   2006-04-09 06:18  

#3  I suspect that drastically shortening the life expectancy of one Bob would greatly lengthen the life expectancy of lots of other people there.
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2006-04-09 00:22  

#2  Something that the average Venezuelan can look forward to.
Posted by: DMDF   2006-04-09 00:19  

#1  Well, for Bob, it's just dandy. For the rest of Rhodesia, it sux.
Posted by: Seafarious   2006-04-09 00:11  

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