1. http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=431;
2. http://www.statistics.gov.uk/CCI/nugget.asp?ID=881&Pos=1&ColRank=1&Rank=374.
3. R. N. Anderson, “United States Life Tables, 1997” National Vital Statistics Reports, 1999, 47, no. 28, National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, Maryland;
4. A second report states 77.2 years (accessed November 2004), see: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/lifexpec.htm.
5. “Sticker Shock: Rising Prescription Drug Prices for Seniors” Families USA, publication no. 04-103 (July 2004), see: http://www.familiesusa.org;