THE cold war potentially dived to an even lower temperature after the recent release of figures showing Cuba is outstripping the USA in terms of average life expectancy.
The shock figures showed a significant decline of almost a year in US life expectancy to 76.1 years - meaning the average American will die almost three years earlier than people living in the Caribbean socialist enclave.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report showed US life expectancy for men is now 73.2 while for women it's 79.9, with the organisation saying about half the decline in the data was due to COVID-19.
However other contributing factors included unintentional injuries such as overdoses and car accidents.
Newsweek noted that Cubans have access to free health care under the country's key socialist principals, which has also driven a high ratio of medical professionals and a strong focus on prevention and primary care.
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