Does GDP affect Life Expectancy?

Here is brief study of WHO data for GDP and Life Expectancy from 2000-2015 for six countries to see whether GDP correlates to life expectancy. The six countries in question were, Chile, China, Germany, Mexico, United States of America, and Zimbabwe.

The table below shows the average life expectancy and GDP (in billions) for each of the countries studied in the research:

The first chart shows the life expectancy for each country from 2000-2015. The results showed that five of the six countries had life expectancies that were very close throughout the period, with Zimbabwe's significantly lower.

The second chart shows the GDP for each country over the same period. The results showed that five of the six had initial GDPs significantly less than the USA. However, China's GDP from 2000-2015 increased far more than the other four lower GDPs, rising to level close to the GDP of the USA in 2000.

Viewing each countries life expectancy and GDP separately from each other, in charts 3 & 4, we see that all of their life expectancies and GDPs increased overall from 2000-2015.

In regards to GDP, though they had higher in 2015 than in 2000, the GDPs of Chile, Germany, and Mexico had setbacks in the closing year(s) of the period.

In studying and comparing if there was a correlation between each countries GDP and their life expectancy, it was found that there was generally a close correlation for each individual country as seen in charts 5 & 6, with have China having the lowest level of correlation.

Though there was correlation within the individual countries, there was not sufficient evidence to show that one caused the increase of the other. Additionally, the data showed that when at GDP and life expectancy as a whole across all the countries, there is no strong correlation between the two.

This seem to be true, with taking the first table provided into account, as there were some countries that had higher life expectancies than others who had higher GDPs. For example, Chile and Germany had slightly higher average life expectancies than the USA, though their GDPs were significantly less. In addition, China had the second lowest average life expectancy, though it had the second highest average GDP.

With the given data, it would seem that wealth (GDP) does not guarantee longer life, nor vice versa, and that God still determines the length of one's life. What will you do when your life is over? Are you saved from the wrath to come?

Hello World

As is the case with many things that I begin, we (or I) will see whether I stick to posting new items to this blog. My hope is to avoid being [too] narcissistic with this blog and try to write on things other than me. In coming up with the initial name of my blog, "Already Prepared", I wanted something that had some Biblical basis, and I was reminded of Ephesians 2:10 and that God has prepared for us good works to accomplish and as a Christian it is my hope and objective to complete those good works. I was also reminded of a quote written by Jim Elliot in his journal (March 25, 1951) ~ "When it comes time to die, make sure that all you have to do is die!" This is not a "eat, drink, and be merry for tomorrow we die" statement, but one that says that if God has something for me to do, do it now, not later when the time (or my time) has past.

Thank you.