CUBA / Havana / Lazara Manual de Dios / 13/6/2011
Lazara is 89 and lives in centro Habana with his family. The family unit is very important to
Cubans and can often consist of grandparents, parents, uncles, aunts, teens and children.
At present seveteen per cent of the population are over sixty and life expectancy is
comparable to many developed western countries. Cuba’s aging population is attributed
to their universal health care system and life expectancy has incresed to an average
seventy eight years.

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