European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 5, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday february 1986 the stars and stripes Page 17 in Switzerland they live longer by John a. Callcott United press internationals Wiss women live longer than anyone else. Alcohol kills the most people in Hungary. Infant mortality is lowest in Japan and highest in Africa. Japan also has the lowest heart disease death rate Northern Ireland has the highest. Lung cancer causes the fewest deaths in the dominican Republic. These Are a few of the figures in the 1985 world health statistics annual published by the world health organization in Geneva Switzerland. It is the ultimate guide to life and death in the world. Based on National statistics for 1983 and for third world countries 1981, it gives mortality rates Lor 150 causes of death from heart disease and cancer to alcoholism and Auto accidents. Here Are a few of tha findings life expectancy Switzerland Japan and Iceland Lead the Field for both sexes. Female life expectancy is the highest in Switzerland where women live to an average e of 80.8 years old. Japanese women Are very close behind with 60.7 years and the women of Iceland Are third at 80.6 years. Other High female life expectancy rates Are 79.8 years in Norway and the Netherlands 79 years in Australia 78.4 years in the United states 78.1 years in West Germany and 73,3 years in Hungary. Male life expectancy is the highest in Japan where men live an average of 74.8 years. Swiss men follow with 73.8 years and icelanders Are third at r73.4 years. Other leading rates for males Are 73.1 years in Israel 73 in the Netherlands 72.8 in Panama and Norway 72.2 in Cuba and Australia 71.3 in West. Germany 70.9 in the United states 66.3 in Poland " and 65.1 in Hungary., alcoholism death rates from cirrhosis of the liver or both sexes Are the. Highest in Hungary at 42,5 per 100,000 population age adjusted. Romania is second at 36. V6ther High rates Are in Italy. 32.9 Portugal 32 Austria. 29,3 France 28.2 Japan 16.3 the United j states 13.6, and Switzerland 11.5, the lowest rate is in Iceland with just 2.1 deaths per. 100.000 people. Second lowest is England and Wales plus Ireland 4.1, followed by new zealand 4 6 Northern Ireland 4.8. And the Netherlands 5.5. Coronary heart disease the death rate Tor both sexes ranged from a Low of 47 per 100,000 population in Japan again adjusted for age to a High of 329 per 100,000 in Northern Ireland. Juptner Low rates were found in Hong Kong. 64 per., flow too the dominican Republic. 65 France 76,and Portugal 60. � " Trie a cold Hughes t rate was in Scotland 293. Followed by Czechoslovakia 29,1 Ireland 279 j Sweden and Finland 264 each Hungary 238 the United states. 233 West Germany. 166, and Switzerland. 112. Who reported substantial declines in male mortality about 30 percent Between 1970 to 1983 in Australia Israel and the United states and other Sharp drops of 26 percent in Canada 24 percent in Japan and 22 percent in Belgium. But mortality increased sharply in four countries with death rates rising 68 percent in Romania 56 percent in Spain 48 percent in Poland and 29 percent in Greece. The trends for females paralleled those for males who said. Cerebrovascular diseases strokes for both sexes death rates were the lowest in Kuwait with 42 per 100,000 population and highest in Bulgaria at 240. Puerto Rico had the second lowest rate of 45, followed by inn dominican Republic and the United states 64 each Switzerland 68, and Canada 69. The second highest rate was in Portugal 238, followed by Czechoslovakia 202 Hungary 198 Greece 145 Japan 133, and France 92. Lung cancer with both sexes combined the dominican Republic had the lowest rate of 7.5 deaths per 100,000 population. The highest rate of 70.4 per 100,000 was in Scotland. Other Low rates were Panama. 13.5 Mauritius. 13.8 puerto Rico 14.5, and Costa Rica 15. Behind Scotland the second highest was 57.1 deaths per 100,000 in England followed by Hong Kong 56.6 the Netherlands 55 Singapore 53.8 Hungary 51.2, and the United states. 51.1. Young adults and depression by Gayle Young United press International a n increasing number of Young adult with everything going for them Are walking into psychiatrists office complaining of depression rootless Tessand. Isolation according to a psychiatrist researching the phenomenon. They Are in an Era that believes in instant gratification and they Are discovering it does t always exist said or. Bert Pepper of Spring Valley. N. Y. He the patient feels inadequate because his life in t As unique and wonderful As it s supposed to  Labelling the condition the Young adult chronic patient syndrome Pepper has created an organization called the information Exchange to help disseminate information to the hundreds of psychiatrists who have contacted him since he first publicized his findings in 1980. They All say the same thing said Pepper of his colleagues. They Are seeing a Type of Young adult who does t normally belong in mental institutions but Are disabled by their problems to the Point where they can t Cope. Usually my patient to Between 20 to 30 years old White Middle class and most of them Are male Pepper said. They come from Nice families and Many have been to College. They seem to have everything going for them and yet they become suicidal and frustrated to the Point of  Pepper believes the Young adult chronic patients have never left their adolescent personalities behind. Their hallmark is confusion moodiness Inderl stueness and the desire for everything at once typical traits of an adolescent entering adulthood. Their mental condition is usually compounded by the use of recreational drugs arid alcohol which deepens their depression and feelings of frustration Pepper said. Pepper believes approximately one fourth  Young adults in this category have chemical imbalances in their brains that need to be treated with drugs and therapy. The other three fourths he said Are victims of pressure from society their Peers and their parents. ,. -. " they have High expectations of themselves and a deep sense of failure because they Aren t the Rock Star or the pioneering doctor they want to be or think they should be said Pepper. They tend to dwell on the one really successful moment of their Young lives the time they won the soccer trophy or built a Corvette out of parts and wonder Why Lite has t measured up to that moment of great expectations he said. The patient have trouble focusing on goals then become frustrated with a sense of failure that May be compounded by the relative Success of their Peers or of their parents. It s easy to become frustrated when your father earns $100,000 a year As a corporate bigwig and you re pumping Gas at the local station he said. Treatment of the Young adult chronic patient is in its infancy but Pepper said most respond to structured environments such As Halfway houses where they learn to accomplish tasks one step at a time. Their first reaction. Is i can t waste time with this i need everything now " Pepper said. But we be had Good Success with those we can convince to try. Learning a principle that you achieve things one notch at a time.". If in j you Don t believe that people put their Faith in Tor Nething larger than themselves read on. Is a. Woman in Wichita kan., saw a Sale on mater a to clothes 75 percent off. The fact that neither she nor her married daughters were pregnant did -. Not deter her she called her daughters marched them in to try on the clothes using pillows to Jet the right 1 Eect-4n Ner maternal Wisdom she said a put the in i got hands maybe someday you will need  s the Woker. Today that woman has four 1 grandchildren. With my Luck if i had bought a maternity dress onsite i would have gained 40 pounds for no  too have put my future in the hands of Fate. Before the holidays. I saw the dress of my dreams. It was a Sze 8. Week after week. I watched it being reduced. Then one Day i marched in and bought it. It also was in god Shands. It has been a month now and either one of two things has happened a i be used up All my miracles or b god will direct me to a woman who does major alterations. I want to believe that someone is watching Over me and will Reward me for my weaknesses but that is sometimes not the Case. I used to Park my car in one of those Spur along garages adjacent to a Large department store. You cannot imagine my horror when a bakery opened on the ground floor by the elevators. This called for serious bargaining with you know who. I said if the Good lord wants me to buy a dozen doughnuts All the elevators will be in flight and that to the signal for me to Stop by the bakery and indulge myself. However if the elevator door is open at the precise moment i walk in the building and i do not have to run for it or have someone hold the door for me it is divined that i pig  i outgrew two seat belts in three years. Most of us Are weak. It s easy to pretend that there Are things Over which we have no control so we give in and leave our lives to Chance. I had a Friend who was childless and she and her husband were debating whether or not to buy a House. With two paychecks they could pull it off. If she could t work it was impossible. She said if they weren t to have a House she d get a sign. That same month she turned up pregnant. Her comment was did the sign have to be so dramatic a simple Mes Sage on the answering machine would have sufficed i sorta like the idea of something mysterious inter vening. I want to believe the woman in Wichita would never have become a grandmother if she had t noticed the Sale. I want to believe All those doughnuts eventually made me a better person. If not Providence is just a place in Rhode Island. , to adm mint syndic Iii