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For what it's worth, Asian-Americans in New Jersey (and several other wealthy states) have a higher life expectancy than Japanese people in Japan. Source: http
by handmodel 6y ago
For what it's worth, Asian-Americans in New Jersey (and several other wealthy states) have a higher life expectancy than Japanese people in Japan.
Source: https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2018/08/asian-americans-men-in-new-jersey-live-longer-than-high-life-expectancy-hong-kong-women.html https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2018/08/asian-americans-men-in...
- deeviant 6y agoProbably a bad idea to compare a large data set (people in entire county) with comparatively vastly smaller sample set (Asian-American living in New Jersey).
- HenryKissinger 6y agoDoes this control for wealth? Wealthier individuals have longer lifespans. If the average New Jersey Asian American is wealthier than the average Japanese, that could explain the discrepancy.
- trianglem 6y agoAsian American in New Jersey overwhelmingly probably refers to Indians so I don’t think you can compare that to the Japanese directly.
- handmodel 6y agoThis is a good point - though they definitely aren't a majority. Lots of different people of different backgrounds but your point stands they may not be comparable to Japanese http://www.aafny.org/cic/briefs/newjersey.pdf http://www.aafny.org/cic/briefs/newjersey.pdf
- trianglem 6y agoIt’s the largest Asian group.
- jb1991 6y agoIf you are going to pick a small arbitrary region of the country to compare, then I’m sure you could pick an arbitrary region of Japan to compare to New Jersey favorably.
- handmodel 6y agoThis is a very fair point but at the same time it there are one-million asians in New Jersey (mostly non-Japanese) and the link states that the pattern is true for lots of big states such as NJ, MA, NY, PA,etc. I agree there are probably cities in Japan or certain areas that have extra high life expectancy too but I think this cuts against the diet argument a bit. On a recent Tyler Cowen podcast he stated that Japanese Americans have the longest life expectancy and speculated it was a combination of genetics + wealth. I think it is a good counter to the diet argument the piece puts forward. I was unable to find a link to the study he referred to though - so I linked to the one above. Hopefully my recall of Cowen's point is correct.
- MeinBlutIstBlau 6y agoThat could be attributed to the fact that Asians in new Jersey are more affluent and can afford better care than the japanese counterparts.