Now that's down to 97 per 1,000. Health is clearly improved, even without income rising, but the big exception is what's happening now in Africa. In terms of life expectancy, the 10 worst figures are all in sub-Saharan Africa. In those countries, life expectancy is 33 to 45 years, versus about 74 to 77 years in Japan and Canada. You get country differences within regions, and regional differences within countries.
China is the most striking example.
There's been enormous poverty reduction, but there are huge diversities between the coast and inland China in where the benefits fall. Last year, I went to the two poorest provinces in China, and the poorest counties within them. In the coastal cities you have good clothes and plenty of food. By the age of 40, the people look like they are 70 or 80. The ones who stayed behind have thatched roofs.