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Originally Posted by opendoor
Interesting (and sobering) thread on just how bad life expectancy is getting in the US compared to peer countries:
https://twitter.com/user/status/1641799627128143873
Broken down by income, you basically have to be in the top 1-2% of income in the US to have a life expectancy near even the median in England.
Definitely doesn't bode well for the future of the country. A fast declining life expectancy in the '90s is one of the things that got Putin into power in Russia. And the reversal of that in the '00s is a huge reason why he and his policies have been popular there for the last 2 decades. |
No doubt there's so many factors leading to this. The shift to processed and fast food (convenience and affordabiilty), no universal basic healthcare (ignoring bad signs which turn into more serious health issues), increasing lack of physical activity (not sure if there's data to support this), etc. There's a lot going wrong for the US.