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N. Korea: Major Health Indicators of Both Koreas
Daily NK ^
| 10/21/07
| Namgung Min
Posted on 10/21/2007 8:25:24 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
/begin my excerpt
Major Health Indicators of Both Koreas
(data - S. Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare)
indicator |
N. Korea |
S. Korea |
|
|
average lifespan
(years) |
male: 61.4
female: 67.3
total: 64.3
|
male: 74.4
female: 81.8
total: 78.1
|
average lifespan without sickness or disability
(years) |
total: 52.3
(data in 2000)
|
total: 67.8
(data in 2005)
|
rate of smokers
among 16-year olds(%) |
59.9%
|
21.4%
|
infant mortality rate
(per 1000 births)
|
42
|
3
|
|
rate of anemia(%)
|
33.8% ~ 35.9%
(age: 20~34)
|
10.3%
(all above age 10)
|
/end my excerpt
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: health; korea; northkorea; tlr
To: TigerLikesRooster; AmericanInTokyo; Steel Wolf; nuconvert; MizSterious; nw_arizona_granny; ...
2
posted on
10/21/2007 8:26:03 AM PDT
by
TigerLikesRooster
(kim jong-il, chia head, ppogri, In Grim Reaper we trust)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Obviously, Bush’s Fault ...
3
posted on
10/21/2007 8:26:56 AM PDT
by
sono
(Remember when Health Insurance was a Carry Permit?)
To: sono
Send Hillary to the rescue....PLEASE!!!!!!!!
4
posted on
10/21/2007 8:32:20 AM PDT
by
shankbear
(Al-Qaeda grew while Monica blew)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Are the numbers supplied by the NK government? I suspect things are even worse in the North.
5
posted on
10/21/2007 8:35:29 AM PDT
by
Spruce
To: Spruce
I suspect so.
6
posted on
10/21/2007 8:36:21 AM PDT
by
TigerLikesRooster
(kim jong-il, chia head, ppogri, In Grim Reaper we trust)
To: TigerLikesRooster
I’ll wager that the stats for NK represent the best case scenario.Factor out top members of the Communist Party and the Army and I’m sure life expectancy is closer to 50.
7
posted on
10/21/2007 8:41:44 AM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
(If martyrdom is so cool,why does Osama Obama go to such great lengths to avoid it?)
To: TigerLikesRooster
It’s got to be worse than this. I wouldn’t take NK figures seriously. Just look at the gruesome height difference between Northerners and Southerners. I’ve heard about the non-existent health service and descriptions of whole villages with hardly any old people.
The effects of the famines on twenty and unders must be especially dramatic. I’m betting there is some mental retardation as well.
My guess is that “million-man” army’s young privates and corporals can barely hold an AK, much less conquer the peninsula.
8
posted on
10/21/2007 8:58:17 AM PDT
by
sinanju
To: sinanju
My guess is that “million-man” army’s young privates and corporals can barely hold an AK Many of them are less than 5 feet tall.
9
posted on
10/21/2007 9:00:30 AM PDT
by
TigerLikesRooster
(kim jong-il, chia head, ppogri, In Grim Reaper we trust)
To: TigerLikesRooster
I remember an interesting “New Yorker” article on human stature. It seems there are exactly three adolescent growth spurts. If you’re seriously sick or starving at the time, your body misses the train.
If you’re malnourished in early childhood your one-per-customer brain pays the price.
10
posted on
10/21/2007 9:06:22 AM PDT
by
sinanju
To: sinanju
Why are US Troops STILL there protecting South Korea?
South Korea: 50 times the economy and twice the population of the north.
11
posted on
10/21/2007 9:09:48 AM PDT
by
Brakeman
(Subsidies, while expensive for the donor, are ruinous for the recipient.)
To: TigerLikesRooster; Jet Jaguar; monkapotamus; AmericanInTokyo; Tamar1973; All
WELL Yeah Tiger HELLO if you live on Chia Pet famous diet of Tree bark you wouldn’t live long
12
posted on
10/21/2007 9:53:31 AM PDT
by
SevenofNine
("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
To: TigerLikesRooster
North Korea is publishing these figures to its own people? Why?
13
posted on
10/21/2007 10:53:22 AM PDT
by
Cheburashka
(Another great rock and roll band name: Hillary and the Hot Springs Mafia)
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