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Originally Posted by GirlySports
If you're including teenagers, I think that might have to due more with guns and cars.
Homicide, suicide and accidents. If you own a gun, you're more likely to shoot someone or yourself by accident than on purpose.
If you drive or get driven more than taking transit, you'll be in accidents.
It's not just better access to medicare, it's better access to the whole social structure of the country.
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The 5-year cohorts within that group show roughly the same discrepancy though. 1-4 and 5-9 year olds in the US have a ~40% higher mortality rate than in Canada.