Yummyfajitas' argument regarding life expectancy of different ethnic groups that have come to the US is thoughtful. I've always felt that the life expectancy s

Yummyfajitas' argument regarding life expectancy of different ethnic groups that have come to the US is thoughtful. I've always felt that the life expectancy stat only works in a statist, hyper-controlled system. Once you let people make personal decisions about their health, the utility of the stat declines. The scientists in this article try to distinguish health-related from non-health-related causes of death. But even our health-related causes of death are not exactly under the control of the medical establishment. People eat food as if they had an active death wish.