Widening Gap in U.S. Life Expectancy

Re:Widening Gap in U.S. Life Expectancy by PeterisP on Tuesday May 16, 2017 @05:30PM (#14353469)

An obvious candidate is the tight coupling between access to medical services and income. Some link, naturally, exists elsewhere - but it is much higher in USA than anywhere else in the first world.

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Re:Widening Gap in U.S. Life Expectancy by gm-conspiracy on Wednesday May 17, 2017 @07:10AM (#14357312)

access to quality medical services

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Re:Widening Gap in U.S. Life Expectancy by PeterisP on Wednesday May 17, 2017 @12:35PM (#14360118)

My gut feeling is that the average life expectancy is determined less by what percentage of population has access to top quality medical services and how good that top quality is, but instead mostly by how many people have to postpone or limit basic medical services.

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Re:Widening Gap in U.S. Life Expectancy by bkkssnn on Wednesday May 17, 2017 @03:41AM (#14356379)

Or how much burgers they eat and mountain dew they drink.

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Re:Widening Gap in U.S. Life Expectancy by lithos on Wednesday May 17, 2017 @11:48AM (#14359612)

Which tends to also be a socioeconomic indicator.

Healthy food usually has a cost in time, skill, and/or money.

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