Progress in Iraq

Minstadave · 22 Apr 2006 at 18:29

clv101 said:
Rubbish, if the death rate halved the life expectancy would double (assuming birth rate stayed the same). It that likely given Iraq's life expectancy was over 60 already?

That doesn't make sense :confused:

Just because 50% less people die doesn't mean you live twice as long....

Chronos-X · 22 Apr 2006 at 18:32

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MoNkeE · 22 Apr 2006 at 18:38

Chronos-X said:
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No ta, just eaten.

-RaZ

iCraig · 22 Apr 2006 at 18:43

..and then I saw these figures.

From where? BBC article? Newspaper?

You're telling us like its fact and we're meant to go, "thats amazing!"

Chronos-X · 22 Apr 2006 at 18:48

http://vitw.org/archives/174

clv101 · 22 Apr 2006 at 19:04

Minstadave said:
That doesn't make sense Just because 50% less people die doesn't mean you live twice as long....

Okay - maybe the population will double in half the time it would have done.