Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/11/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]But that's true in many 3rd world countries--much of the difference in average life expectancy between poor and rich countries is due to the extremely high infant mortality rate in poor countries. It is really simple arithmetic: if a large portion of the population dies in early childhood, then obviously the average life length is going to be short, even if adults have life spans that are much closer to those in the rich world than the average figure would lead one to believe. Nathan On 9-nov-2007, at 13:14, Tina Manley wrote: > At 10:28 PM 11/8/2007, you wrote: >> This one AND Iranian bakery make me thankful for the Health >> Department. >> >> Good work on both. >> >> ric > > > We always said if you lived to be 5 years old in Iran, you would > live forever. In the market, the vegetable vendors would scoop > water out of the jube - the open sewer that runs through the town - > to sprinkle on the greens to make them look fresh. Somewhere I > have a photo of a woman brushing her teeth in the jube. > > Tina > > Tina Manley > ASMP, NPPA, EP, PI > http://www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > Nathan Wajsman nathan@nathanfoto.com General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.frozenlight.eu Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog