The Pocket Book of Death. Rob DenBleyker

doctors. So, what’s the catch? There are a lot of small details, but here are a few of the biggies:

       You have to be 18 years or older.

       You have to be capable of making and expressing a healthcare decision on your own.

       Your terminal illness has to have a six-month mark. So if your doctor gives you a year to live, you won’t qualify.

       You have to be a resident of Oregon.

       Patients must take the medication on their own. It is prescribed by a doctor, but the doctors will not administer it.

      Most patients who have chosen to go this route have received prescriptions for an oral barbiturate from their doctor.

      Who Lives the Longest?

      According to the 2007 life expectancy projections from the CIA, the Japanese live the longest. France, Canada, Australia, Sweden and Switzerland also have citizens that tend to stick around.

      Afghanistan 43

      Australia 80

      Canada 80

      China 72

      France 80

      India 68

      Israel 79

      Japan 82

      Kazakhstan 67

      Kenya 55

      Lesotho 39

      Liberia 40

      Madagascar 62

      Mozambique 40

      Nepal 60

      Nicaragua 70

      Niger 63

      Philippines 70

      Russian Federation 65

      Rwanda 48

      Sierra Leone 40

      Somalia 48

      South Africa 42

      Spain 79

      Sweden 80

      Switzerland 80

      Uganda 51

      United Kingdom 78

      United States 78

      Zimbabwe 39

       Did You Know...

      Measles and whooping cough are among the top ten causes of death in Pakistan.

      Poisonings are the third leading cause of death in Russia and Kazakhstan followed by suicide at number four.

      The life expectancy of a baby born in Zimbabwe in 1993 was 61 years. HIV/AIDS has caused that number to plummet to 39 years in 2007.

      

Fry ’Em!

      Thirty-eight states in America allow for capital punishment. Most use lethal injection as their primary means of execution, but there are still a few that can’t seem to let go of tradition and have more than one way to do the deed. Kentucky, for example, will administer a lethal injection to anyone who was sentenced after 31 March 1998. If you were lucky enough to get sentenced on 30 March 1998, you get to choose between lethal injection or electrocution. Ah, the freedom of choice!