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Healthier countries? As in better physical health?

• nanomonkey 9mo ago
  I believe they are implying that the US itself isn't in a healthy state. Economic disparity mostly, but also politically, socially, and likely physically. I think many would agree.
• DANmode 9mo ago
  As in: - Life expectancy at birth is lower than nearly all other high-income countries - Preventable and treatable mortality rates are well above the OECD average - Adult obesity rate is the highest among peer nations - Infant mortality rate is worse than most developed countries - Maternal mortality rate is dramatically higher than other wealthy nations - Suicide rate exceeds the OECD average - Drug overdose death rate is the highest in the developed world - Prevalence of multiple chronic diseases is unusually high - Physical inactivity rates exceed those of peer countries - Healthcare spending per capita is the highest globally while outcomes lag peers