Life Expectancy in Okinawa

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Hi folks:

The okinawan life expectancy chart I had mentioned in an earlier post

can be found on the home page of the 'Okinawa Centenarian Study'

website here:

http://www.okicent.org/

It shows that between 1960 and 2000 life expectancy rose from 72 years

to 83. So if it is now going down that must have started very

recently.

I vaguely recall that in Japan life expectancy data are calculated

only every five years, as depicted in that chart. So if anyone has

the number for 2005, that might be illuminating.

The data in the chart do not support the view that it is traditional

life styles that are responsible for long lifespans in Okinawa.

Rodney.