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),

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