Life Expectancy Indicates A Nation’s Overall Well Being – So Why Is America’s Dropping?
‘Exceptional’ America is seriously lagging behind in global life expectancy…
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Life Expectancy Indicates a Country’s Overall Well Being—So Why Is Ours Dropping?
- The last time U.S. life expectancy declined at birth
- 1992-1993: 75.8 to 75.5 years
- Resulting from high death rates from AIDS, flu epidemic, homicide, and accidental deaths
- After years of life expectancy gains, there is decline all across the board
- 2014-2015: 78.9 to 78.8 years
- Death rates rose for 8 out of 10 leading causes of death
- Heart disease causes more than 4X as many deaths as the rest of the leading causes
- Prescription opioid painkillers and heroin abuse are probably fueling increases in unintentional injuries
- In 2014, the CDC reported 28,000 died due to opioid overdoses
- 2014-2015: 78.9 to 78.8 years
In 2015, Obesity Related Problems Caused 10% of US Deaths
- Obesity increases the likelihood of heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, and some cancers
- 6 million or ? of Americans are obese
- Being 40 lbs overweight cuts about 3 years off life expectancy
- Being 100 lbs overweight reduces lifespan by about 10 years
- The US has higher obesity rates than countries with longer lifespans
- Japan 3.3%
- Switzerland4%
- Germany 20.1%
- Spain 23.7%
- United Kingdom 28.1%
- Australia 28.6%
- USA 33.7%
America is Seriously Lagging Behind in Global Life Expectancy
- 28th globally in average life expectancy – dead last among industrialized countries
- 1st: Japan, 83.7 years
- 2nd: Switzerland, 83.3 years
- 3rd: Spain, 83.3 years
- 7th: Australia, 82.4 years
- 19th: United Kingdom, 81.4 years
- 22nd: Germany, 81.2 years
- 28th: USA, 78.8 years
Richer Americans Live Longer Than the Poor and Middle Class
- Men
- 1980
- Poorest—76.2
- Lower middle—76.3
- Middle—76.5
- Upper Middle—79.9
- Richest—82.6
- 2010
- Poorest—76.1
- Lower middle—78.3
- Middle—83.4
- Upper middle—87.8
- Richest—88.8
- 1980
- Women
- 1980
- Poorest—82.5
- Lower middle—81.5
- Middle—82.5
- Upper middle—83.2
- Richest—86.1
- 2010
- Poorest—78.3
- Lower middle—79.7
- Middle—82.9
- Upper middle—83.1
- Richest—91.9
- 1980
- While US wage inequality is only getting worse
- 1979
- Poorest 20%
- Received 6.2% of national income
- Richest 20%
- Received 44.9% of national income
- 2010
- Poorest 20%
- Received 5.1% of national income
- Richest 20%
- Received 51.9% of national
- Poorest 20%
- Poorest 20%
- 1979
Source: http://silveristhenew.com/2017/04/11/life-expectancy-indicates-a-nations-overall-well-being-so-why-is-americas-dropping/
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