Long life in Japan

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Okinawa, Japan has the highest concentration of 100+ year olds. This documentary seeks to uncover the secrets of long life.

The Oldest People in the World - 2007

Ill start this article off with some statistics

Japanese male life expectancy: 79 years 4th in the world

Japanese female life expectancy: 86 years 2nd in the world




Until very recently Japanese women were living the longest in the world, but they still outlive most nations.




Just to put that into perspective here are the top 5 countries (from 192)

1. Andorra Male: 80.3 Female: 84.8 Average overall: 82.5

2. Japan Male: 78.8 Female: 85.6 Average overall: 82.1

3. Singapore Male: 79.4 Female: 84.8 Average overall: 82

4. San Marino Male: 78.5 Female: 85.7 Average overall: 82

5. Australia Male: 79.3 Female: 84.1 Average overall: 81.6

In case you were wondering

24. United Kingdom Male: 76.5 Female: 81.6 Average overall: 79

33. United States Male: 75.7 Female: 80.7 Average overall: 78.1
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[GTYmassive]

wow amazing

[hanluy1215]

@Skeletonwitharaygun I'm agnostic; I'm open to any God. I just like to capitalize the word.

[Skeletonwitharaygun]

@hanluy1215 You do realize that a very small percent of Japanese people are any of the big religions in the US.They don't have the same god as you.

[Kemonokami]

@hanluy1215

I'll drink to that! Cheers!

[hanluy1215]

"If people have pure hearts, God will make them healthy"

God bless them.