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Re:The Age of Distracti-Pression by giobox on Monday August 22, 2022 @12:28PM (#32553713)
The problem with overly simplistic comparisons like these is they gloss over real problems on both sides. The average life expectancy in Scotland for example is just ~61 - the UK average is a third more! So it's clearly more than just "hey the NHS is great" at play here.

It gets even worse when you drill into northern cities in the UK - Glasgow clocks in at a shocking 54.

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Re:The Age of Distracti-Pression by greatwave1 on Monday August 22, 2022 @01:15PM (#32554358)
Scotland's life expectancy at birth is ~78 [1]. Glasdow's life expectancy at birth is ~74 [2].

You're likely confusing life expectancy with "healthy life expectancy", which is a different metric that measures the number of years a person can be expected to live in good health.

[1] https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/statistics... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow_effect

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