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The rich areas of the US do have high life expectancy. New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, etc. But there are a lot of very poor regions too that drag the av
by jdlyga 4y ago
The rich areas of the US do have high life expectancy. New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, etc. But there are a lot of very poor regions too that drag the average down. For a european equivalent, take western europe and group it with eastern europe and that's basically the United States. But you can absolutely compare Switzerland with New Jersey (Switzerland is twice as big, but the populations are shockingly almost the same).
- peoplefromibiza 4y agoNew Jersey has a life expectancy between French Guiana and Maldives (39th and 40th worldwide), Massachusetts is comparable to Puerto Rico. > But you can absolutely compare Switzerland with New Jersey Switzerland ranks 4th Worldwide, with 4 year longer average life expectancy, vs NJ that scores between 39th and the 40th place, as aforementioned.