Side-By-Side Stats

Since I am looking at The World Factbook anyway, I thought I would do a side-by-side comparison. I know that one resource is not enough, but it'll be interesting to compare.

State of Israel (Medinat Israel)

"Age Structure"

0-14 years: 28% (male 1,018,229/female 971,083)
15-64 years: 62.2% (male 2,242,928/female 2,183,688)
65 years and over: 9.8% (male 303,289/female 393,142) (2008 est.)

"Median Age"

total: 28.9 years
male: 28.2 years
female: 29.7 years (2008 est.)

"Life Expectancy at Birth"

total population: 80.61 years
male: 78.54 years
female: 82.79 years (2008 est.)

United States of America

"Age Structure"

0-14 years: 20.1% (male 31,257,108/female 29,889,645)
15-64 years: 67.1% (male 101,825,901/female 102,161,823)
65 years and over: 12.7% (male 16,263,255/female 22,426,914) (2008 est.)

"Median Age"

total: 36.7 years
male: 35.4 years
female: 38.1 years (2008 est.)

"Life Expectancy at Birth"

total population: 78.14 years
male: 75.29 years
female: 81.13 years (2008 est.)

The "Age Structure" looks pretty similar. This does not surprise me.
Israel is a little younger in terms of Median age? Is it the olim or is it people dying earlier? Or something else entirely?
Israelis are supposed to live longer. Is it the army? Do Americans work themselves to death, or eat too much? Or something else?

The stats alone do not give me reason enough to move (as the questions above show, good stats can also mean bad things), but they sure do look nice in an argument!

This study does not purport to be scientific or unbiased. It is happy to know that Israel does not look as bleak as some people might think!