Different story here: http://www.who.int/whr/2004/annex/country/cub/en/index.html Table 4: Healthy life expectancy (HALE) in all WHO Member States, estimates for 2002 2002 Healthy life expectancy (HALE) (years) Total population at birth 68.3 At birth Males 67.1 Females 69.5 http://www.who.int/whr/2004/annex/country/usa/en/index.html Table 4: Healthy life expectancy (HALE) in all WHO Member States, estimates for 2002 2002 Healthy life expectancy (HALE) (years) Total population at birth 69.3 At birth Males 67.2 Females 71.3 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/4/66 Canada was in 11th place (72.0 years) and the USA in 29th place (69.3 years). Other countries with reasonably high HALE in the Americas included Argentina (65.3 years), Chile (67.3 years), Costa Rica (67.2 years), Cuba (68.3 years), Hey Hey Hey
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