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Just here to point out the US lags on life expectancy by a huge amount, compared to OECD/G8 economies with socialised health care and better controls on polluti
by ggm 1y ago
Just here to point out the US lags on life expectancy by a huge amount, compared to OECD/G8 economies with socialised health care and better controls on pollution, additives and education.
- throwawayoldie 1y agoIt may be a huge amount, but in the next few years it's only going to get huger.
- Legend2440 1y agoI’m willing to bet that most of the difference comes from obesity rates. 40% of Americans are obese, which massively increases your risk of life-shortening conditions like heart disease, cancer, diabetes, etc.
- bryanlarsen 1y agoIn which case the difference between the US and Europe should narrow as America goes on Ozempic and friends, and lifespan increase should accelerate in the US, making the article look wrong.
- Legend2440 1y agoI guess we’ll find out over the next decade or two! That said, I’m not sure we’d hit 100 even if everyone was in perfect shape. Most healthy people still die in their 80s or 90s.
- maxerickson 1y agoBy way of population density, the US ends up doing better on lots of pollution metrics. Plus no diesel fetish.
- ggm 1y agoWhich suggests if the same particulate exposure risk was present the US life expectancy would be even worse? Covid altered trend lines but the gap predates covid by decades. (The diesel thing, yes, but also climate affects smog. Don't live in Bologna)