Here's a relevant graph: http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii139/tolsdogg_photo/life_exp3.jpg http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii139/tolsdogg_photo/life...

Here's a relevant graph: http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii139/tolsdogg_photo/life_exp3.jpg http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii139/tolsdogg_photo/life... The introduction of capitalism had a small but negative impact on life expectancy. If you were to compare life expectancy in communist countries to life expectancy in capitalist countries, I imagine the capitalists would win, though.