How does the life span of Americans compare to the French and Italians?
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People don't drive that much and don't eat junk food. \nLife expectancy is not that different. Numbers I saw show for the American men 74.5 (79.9 - women) French - 75.8(83.0), Italians - 77(82.9), Japan - 78.64 (85.59). Time to switch to rice and sea food?
102906
Much healthier and smarter!. Look at the French and the Spanish.
162704
The French spend much more time together as families than Americans do.  It would not be unusual for a French teenager to eat every dinner of the year with his parents, spending 1-2 hours around the table each evening.
742980
I married a Dutchman and my brother married an Italian, so ... Italians from the North are usually fairer than those in the south, their skin often a bit lighter. Family realtions are very important - lots of get-togethers, everyone taking care of each other. Very warm-hearted and hard working. The Dutch, because Holland is below sea level, have developed into a people who are  very down-to-earth. They are also world experts on handling water (had to build all those dikes to keep the sea out!), and for a small country are one of the most economically powerful - many Dutch companies all over the world. The Dutch are VERY good with money. They are often very tall - quite a few are over 6 foot 6 inches! They love eating. They are very tolerant of strangers' ways. You have good blood, and great ancestors - the Dutch and the Italians have created some of the world's greatest art and music.
1169994
American.\nI like both of them but American is just more fast paced.
24728
not really, while Americans and Europeans party away their youth, Indians sit around and work their behinds off. And while we try to get our lives together in the mid 25's, Indians are sitting back relaxing because they worked hard from the get go. It's all in their hard work ethic, which generally applies to most of Asia
302180
I see many similarities between Ancient Rome and America today. Both expanded their holdings using War, and then assimilated the populations into their own, whether they want to be or not. Both rule absolutely depend-less on how their peoples feel, and America shall go down in the hands of "Barbarians" just as Rome did. Everything that is big becomes small. that is Nature.
607341
The average life expectancy does not look very scary (although it's bad) - 68. If you look at males and females separately, it gives you goose bumps if you are a man - 58-59 for men (was 57.5 in 1994)! Women live about 14 years longer - 72-73 (data from around 2003).\n\nAnd even if you're wealthy, but drink and smoke as much as a normal Russian does, you won't live long!
740124
There are not that many here anymore in America, except for in the old Eastern Seaboard, and the South which never really got that much immigration; they consider themselves to be just Americans. At first the majority of Americans came from the British Isle, but then they were overshadowed by all the other groups. In fact, the most common nationality in America is German, followed by Irish and Italians. People have English roots, but they are mixed with other things as well that are more recent with regard to immigration, causing them to celebrate maybe being Italian more than English because grandfather and grandmother so-and-so are from the "Old Country" and they bring the culture more alive.\nI personally don't think the American Revolution is to blame, it's just that the English mixed in with other groups and simply assimilated.
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Gee, that a hard one to answer.  It seem that a person needs to live in both nations to be able to do the comparison.  How about I give you my life in America and maybe someone can give you their life in Europe and you can compare.\nI am Chinese born in California in the late forties.\nWhen I want to school, I was told to get off their sidewalk.\nWhen buy things, they would always try to short change me.\nWhen I was in the Marines in the late sixties, I was called many names by a group of Puerto Rican during infantry trainning.  \nAt my first duty station, a group of black marines (from New Orlean) refused to look or talk to me, until they found out that I was not Japanese (?).\nWhen I was sent oversea, the officers and lifers were from the south, some wanted to get me out of the unit.  By the way, they did not like yankees either.  \nI can go on and on.  But for me, I don't think it was too bad.  I do not have a problem if people don't like me for me.
28025
Humans by Era, Average Lifespan (in years)\n\nNeanderthal, 20 \nNeolithic, 20 \nClassical Greece, 28 \nClassical Rome, 28 \nMedieval England, 33 \n1800's End of 19th Century, 37 \n1900's Early 20th Century, 50 \n1940's Circa 1940, 65 \nCurrent (in the West), 77-81 \n\n\n\nVariations in life expectancy in the world today:\n\nThere are great variations in life expectancy worldwide, mostly caused by differences in public health, medicine and nutrition from country to country.\n\nThere are also variations between groups within single countries. For example, in the US in the early 20th century there were very large differences in life expectancy between people of different races, which have since lessened. There remain significant differences in life expectancy between men and women in the US and other developed countries, with women outliving men. These differences by sex have been reducing in recent years, with men's life expectancy improving at a faster rate than women's. Poverty and inequality has a very substantial effect on life expectancy. In the United Kingdom life expectancy in the wealthiest areas is ten years longer than the poorest areas and the gap appears to be increasing as life expectancy for the prosperous continues to increase while in more deprived communities there is little increase. (Department of Health -[Tackling health inequalities]: Status report on the Programme for Action\n\nAir pollution may also reduce life expectancy, especially for those living near busy roads, due to the exhaust fumes from cars. Occupation may also have a major effect on life expectancy. Well-educated professionals working in offices have a high life expectancy, while asbestos and coal miners do not. Other aspects for individual life expectancy are genetic disorders and, to some extent, excessive drug use, especially when the purity of the drug is low or unknown.
335324
Definitely not.  Italians have a flavor and love for life they are relaxed and genuinely enjoy their existence from what I have experienced while stationed there.
1090609
Well their sales are gonna suffer, because it is hard to find many under-weight Americans. Obesity is a way of life borne out of complacency and greed. No wonder America does not have a nationwide health care system. Who would want to pay for that? Well done France and Italy.
294824
I think the world has been influenced by America so much that in many cases, whatever age categories they had before may have changed somewhat. In French, regardless of how much the french have tried to stop the influx of English words, they refer to "le teenagers." In Middle East cultures, 12 is considered the "coming of age" (think Jewish Bar/Bat mitzvah). \n\nActually half the languages of the world are Indo-European, descended from some long lost language and have similiar cardinal numbers. This would include most of the European languages, Iranian, the languages of India, etc. In those languages, "13" is the number where the numbers all start to  be based on numbers smaller than itself. I don't know if they all consider that number to be the coming of age, but 12 or 13 does seem to be the starting point of adolescence for most cultures.
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You got the pro side? You really drew the shport straw.\n\nThe idea makes no sense at all. Modern humans are taller, stronger , healthier and better looking than any human population in the past. Those are simple facts. The average life expectancy of HG was around 30 years and most suffered form chronic diseases and malformations. You really can't argue that humans are getting weaker and smaller and sicklier when it is an objective fact that we are getting taller and and stronger and healthier.\n\nI can't see any room for factual debate here. Modernhuamns are healthier, stronger and taller than humans have ever been. All that you canreally do is concentrateon diseases of old age that previous genertion never had to the same extent because they never lived long enough.\n\nGood luck. You're going to need it.
905054
IN USA people like to enjoy life \nIn Europe people like to make life enjoyable
2013
Why an Irish living in U.S.A , speaks different English than the British Irish . \nWe most look at the place and time ; they change every thing !\nFor example the Italian who lives in U.S.A , after several years in this country ; speaks strange Italian .