Guatemalans don't live as long as people in other countries. It's quite sad, really, with guys living only 69.82 years and the women living 73.76. This generates an average of 71.74. Their cancer stats are dangerously high, with stomach cancer rates the fourth highest in the world for both genders, but second highest for women. There are also many smokers in Guatemala, which increases risk of lung cancer, and is just all-around bad. Guatemala also ranks 50 most deaths from HIV/AIDS in the world. There is also much child labor in Guatemala, with 21% of children working. By the way, that's 929,852 children working. These things effect the life expectancy because children can die of child labor, and those short lives throw off the average life span. Diseases also shorten lives similarly. Guatemala is also close to the equator, which is where many diseases thrive.
In Turkey, people live longer than Guatemalans, but not as long as Japanese people. Men live 71.33 years, and women live 73.35 years. This means an average of 73.29 years of age. There are some reasons these numbers aren't as high as they'd like. For one, half of the men smoke. This increases risk of lung cancer, which is very deadly. Half of the women are obese, which means that is takes more energy to move, and when they do get that much energy, it's hard to get around. Some cases of obesity are caused by an addiction to food (yes, that is a thing), where food becomes more important to the person than their health, social life, and even their family. I'll stop talking about the negative sides of their life spans, because their lives aren't really all that short. Child labor is down to 3% of children ages 5-14. Almost all the people can read and write, which makes it much easier to get a job. HIV/AIDS levels are very low, and there is also less cancer. However, there is a lot of bladder cancer, and smoking is 100% bad for you, and if half of men smoke, that's half of the men who could likely get lung cancer and die.
Japanese people live the longest of all the people of the world, with men living 81.13 years, and women living 87.99 years. This makes up an average of 84.46 years in total for all citizens living in Japan. There are many causes for these extremely long lives, and they are as follows: cleanliness, transportation, diet. Japan is one of the cleanest countries in the world. Some Japanese almost have an obsession with being really clean. We can be like them too, its actually as simple as washing your hands before and after meals, and taking good showers everyday. Japanese people also usually walk instead of drive. Also, they stand up more once they get where they want to be, and stand while they wait for a doctor's appointment (which they have 12+ times a year) or to cross the street. But I think the most important reason that Japanese people live so long, is their very healthy diet. One thing about their special meals is that they eat fish instead of red meat. Red meat give high cholesterol, which leads to nice things like heart attack and heart disease. They also drink less milk, less dairy products, eat more soy. I'm not being racist, but Japanese people rice with most of their meals. Not that their meals are very big anyway. Their small portions also adds to their life span, because they get less calories.
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