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Yes, but I think the figures cannot be directly compared. Suppose you have a country with a large proportion of old people: The life expectancy may be high but the death rate will also be high. Then there is also the issue of death by violence. How do you account for that in life expectancy? This is a significant factor in some countries in Africa and elsewhere.
modified 12-Mar-15 15:52pm.
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Wait until the NSA publishes their Factbook! 
Contrary to popular belief, nobody owes you anything.
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Wait for the NSA's book? I don't have that many years to live. 
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Cornelius Henning wrote: the country with the highest death rate per 1,000 inhabitants
At face value, does this not look like a *rubbish* figure?
Death rate anywhere in the world is 100 percent. Everyone born has to die, sooner or later 
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Missed the joke icon, didn't you? 
Your time will come, if you let it be right.
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The joke icon is indeed in my the earlier message at the end.
But, seriously, is it a joke?
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Avijnata wrote: But, seriously, is it a joke?
Of course it must be. Avijnata wrote: Death rate anywhere in the world is 100 percent.
Death Rate is the number deaths per thousand people per year*. So your statement would imply every child dying within a year after he/she is born.
* Usually.
Your time will come, if you let it be right.
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What I mean is that it should be compared with the birth rate for the country for that year.
Meaning, for every 100 births during the year, how many have died during the same year. What is the population increase / decrease percentage during the year? What are the immigration levels? All these must be presented in total, and not just a single chart called "Death Rate". No wonder it is called "Crude Death Rate", shows how crude it is.
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Yep. Loads of fun.
And the US has a lower death rate than the European countries, except for Ireland, Albania, Cyprus, Andorra, Liechtenstein, Iceland, Jersey and Switzerland.
lol
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Keep in mind that, while most European countries have excellent life expectancy, they also have very low birth rates and hence a higher proportion of older people. This implies that they could have long life expectancy and an unexpected high death rate at the same time. One should not look at death rate in isolation, but also consider other factors that may influence it.
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If I ever get one of these $%#$! overseas jobs, I'll see what I can do about the birthrate over there.
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Yeah, why not have fun while you work?
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So, I need to get a database moved from a server soon to be retired to a server that is supported by the database team... and I'm directed to a checklist page that needs to be sent to the integration team...
I feel like I have an old wringer washer where the ringers have been replaced with metal spike and my arm is being pulled through it...
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An inefficient bueraucracy is your strongest defense against an efficient bureaucracy.
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Your problem is that you have a database team.
No database team, no problem. Look for DB's that don't need DBA's.
"Je pense, donc je mange." - Rene Descartes 1689 - Just before his mother put his tea on the table.
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One of my favourite movies ever. Was fun when I was a child and is still fun today 
Here's the scene in English[^]
Of course I used to watch it in Dutch.
Another very good one is Asterix And Cleopatra.
Especially liked the bath/lion scene[^]
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Nice! The videos brought back fond memories - thanks. 
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I've read the books in English, Italian, and Dutch, and they're just as funny in each language -- superb translation.
I never took to the movies, though, neither cartoon nor real-life -- probably because the books were too much to live up to.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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You have of course, CC'ed the Change Approval Board members on this request, right?
On a sad side note, that whole idea - a "Change Approval Board" (with multiple members) - is not something I came up with off-the-cuff. My company actually has one. And every production change gets routed through them. Even a CSS color change. 
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Vark111 wrote: On a sad side note, that whole idea - a "Change Approval Board" (with multiple members) - is not something I came up with off-the-cuff. My company actually has one. And every production change gets routed through them. Even a CSS color change.
There are contexts where this is appropriate.
A "sibling" company (same parent company) of ours makes medical laboratory clinical analyzers.
I want every change to something on which my (or my family member's) life may depend to be carefully considered before it is implemented/deployed!!!
Even CSS changes could cause something to be misinterpreted because the screen doesn't look the same as it used to...
A positive attitude may not solve every problem, but it will annoy enough people to be worth the effort.
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Agreed for medical device software. I'd even agree with, say, military software.
But I work for a marketing company. 
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Stop your bitching, a couple of our guys had to go on a 1 day course on how to raise a requisition, they just completed their first one, it took 3 weeks, was reject 3 times before they got all the i and t correct!
I just completed a workflow application to get sign off for a new product, it redused the turn around from 300+ days to a mere 90!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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If I don’t recognise a vegetarian girl, does that mean I never met herbivore?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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