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In the context of the article, it's not weird. Regardless, the USA is only a couple years behind and, with the way life expectancy is measured, that's much bet
by parineum 3y ago
In the context of the article, it's not weird.
Regardless, the USA is only a couple years behind and, with the way life expectancy is measured, that's much better explained by inner-city violence than it is by healthcare.
- 1letterunixname 3y agoThe US is an aberration because it has decreasing life expectancy, much higher rates of violence, paradoxically expensive and less effective healthcare, and a wider range of socioeconomics and lifestyles than other advanced economies. The US isn't "behind" so much as "falling" despite having every innate advantage apart from a political system that doesn't trade gold bars for votes from foreign countries.