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Mobile operators get fixed price spectrum renewal in $3b Government windfall

The Government has offered Australia's three mobile operators, and vividwireless, renewal of their existing spectrum allocated on 15 year licences in the late 90s and early 2000s at set prices, while the Government expects to rake in $3 billion.

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Got a longer life? CDC says Yes!

Science - Health



Some of the major findings of the report are contained below.

They are:

•    All People: Life expectancy in 2007 was 77.9 year, as compared to 77.7 years in 2006, and 76.5 years in 1997—an increase of 1.4 years over a ten-year period.

•    All Males: Life expectancy for males in 2007 was 75.3 years

•    All Females: Life expectancy for females in 2007 was 80.4 years

•    Male/Female comparison: Narrowed gap of 5.1 years in 2007, as compared to its maximum gap of 7.8 years in 1979.

•    Black Male: Life expectancy for black males in 2007 was 70 years—first time to reach 70 years.

•    All People: Mortality rate at 760.3 deaths per 100,000 in 2007, eight straight years for decreasing mortality rate and half the rate sixty years ago (2006: 776.5 per 100,000; 1,532 per 100,000)

•    All People: Mortality rate decreased for 8 of 15 leading causes of death:

o    influenza/pneumonia (-8.4%)

o    homicide (-6.5%)

o    accidents (-5%)

o    heart disease (-4.7%)

o    stroke (-4.7%)

o    diabetes (-3.9%)

o    hypertension (-2.7%)

o    cancer (-1.8%)

•    All People: Two leading causes of death is heart disease and cancer, account for 48.5% of all deaths in United States in 2007

•    All People: Mortality rate increased for chronic lower respiratory diseases (increased by 1.7%)


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