Richie: That's all you need to know? Why not look a little further. If I had to pick ONE statistic for "all I need to know", I would look at life expectancy.

According to THAT metric, Japan is #1, France is #10, Canada is #11, The UK is tied for 20th. The US? TIED FOR 36TH WITH *CUBA*.

Now, maybe you wouldn't like the source because it's from the UN. How about from the CIA World Fact Book?

With *them*, Monaco is #1, Japan #5, Canada is 9th, France 10th, UK 36th and the US is *50th*. (For reference, Cuba is 55th in this ranking, 0.92 years less average life expectancy than the US).

The CIA Fact Book also has many more 'political entities' and is not restricted to "UN Member States" - although both lists separate the US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico from the United States in the stats. ...and both of those territories scored higher than the US in both lists.