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Re:Spain will soon overtake Japan in life expectancy rankings by triviatise on Saturday December 29, 2018 @09:54PM (#18787070)
absolutely not. The US has some demographic issues. African americans have a very high infant mortality rate that is irrespective of socioeconomic class. African americans also have a very high teen murder rate.

Americans are very obese due to having a terrible diet and our heart disease kills more proportionally than our peer countries.

If you look at life expectancy of various ethnicities they are comparable to their countries of origin. If you look at life expectancy after 40 (where people are using medical care) the gap between the US and europe closes (but not completely).

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Re:Spain will soon overtake Japan in life expectancy rankings by tonmoy on Saturday December 29, 2018 @10:12PM (#18787125)
Teen homicide rate in US is less than 10 per 100,000. So if the 99,990 people live to be 75 and the 10 teens die at 13, teen homicide would lower the life expectancy from 75 to 74.9938. So teen homicide does not contribute any significance to life expectancy
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Re:Spain will soon overtake Japan in life expectancy rankings by takee on Saturday December 29, 2018 @11:10PM (#18787319)
It is unclear from the article if lifespans presented in the calculations include those impacted by homicides/accidents or only natural causes.
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