The US is a big country, it's incredibly diverse. Comparing the US as a whole to other countries is not really fair. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._

The US is a big country, it's incredibly diverse. Comparing the US as a whole to other countries is not really fair. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_life_expectancy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_life_exp... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_GDP_per_capita http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_GDP_per_... But we can of course all pick our own statistics to fit our standpoint. But it's important to keep in mind that the US can be a bit of an edge case.