We got it gooood

Just noticed this little news item in the Post today (National, not Washington):

According to Stats Can, our avg life expectancy is now 80 years... which is fab... especially compared to what it was in 1851, when it was 42.9 years ... which is what it is TODAY, in 2006, in Afghanistan.

(Other countries worth comparing: Namibia 43.9, USA 77.85, Iraq 68.7, Sudan 58.54 - Source: The World Factbook)