A new UN report details that life in Zimbabwe is shorter than anywhere else in the world, with the average person not expected to live to 40. Zimbabwe's women have an average life expectancy of 34 years and men on average do not live past 37. The World Health Organisation report said women's life expectancy had fallen by two years in the last 12 months. Correspondents cite poverty due to the crumbling economy, and deaths from Aids are responsible for the decline. Zimbabwean women have the lowest life expectancy of women anywhere in the world, according to the report. Women in the country are also more likely than men to be infected by the HIV virus. According to the report, all 10 countries with the world's lowest life expectancy were in Africa. Japan was said to have the highest life expectancy in the world, people living on average until 82. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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