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Re:Why are Americans dying so young? by f5ve on Friday March 31, 2023 @11:34AM (#35388671)
>Someone with a net household income of about £65,000 or $100,000 will live to an average age of 85 in England, but only 80 in the US.

£65 != $100. The difference is nearly $20,000. How could the author make this mistake. It made it past the FT editors? I must be missing something...

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Re:Why are Americans dying so young? by sega_sai on Saturday April 01, 2023 @10:06AM (#35400419)
I'm guessing these two salaries correspond to the same percentile of the income distribution.
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