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Re:the US economy and the EU were the same size in 2008, the... by cypress66 on Monday July 17, 2023 @08:03PM (#36765910)
Most of that life expectancy gap is due to obesity I'd guess.
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Re:the US economy and the EU were the same size in 2008, the... by umeshunni on Monday July 17, 2023 @08:19PM (#36766064)
Most of it is due to the opioid crisis in the US afaik.
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Re:the US economy and the EU were the same size in 2008, the... by mikeyouse on Monday July 17, 2023 @11:01PM (#36767294)
Covid, overdoses & accidents accounted for 2/3 of the decline;

https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/why-life-expectancy-in-t...

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Re:the US economy and the EU were the same size in 2008, the... by arc-in-space on Tuesday July 18, 2023 @03:50AM (#36769178)
Eh, sure, but here it's worth pointing out that obesity is a significant factor in covid deaths.
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Re:the US economy and the EU were the same size in 2008, the... by LilBytes on Monday July 17, 2023 @08:13PM (#36766004)
And a strong difference in quality health care outcomes for people of all ages.
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Re:the US economy and the EU were the same size in 2008, the... by nonethewiser on Monday July 17, 2023 @11:46PM (#36767571)
Outcomes in the US are high. So are the costs though.
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Re:the US economy and the EU were the same size in 2008, the... by hgomersall on Tuesday July 18, 2023 @03:34AM (#36769072)
Which means, if you can't afford it, the outcomes are low.
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Re:the US economy and the EU were the same size in 2008, the... by scythe on Monday July 17, 2023 @10:05PM (#36766881)
Obesity has also increased in the EU.
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Re:the US economy and the EU were the same size in 2008, the... by ffhhttt on Tuesday July 18, 2023 @04:01AM (#36769261)
Also race is a significant factor due to reasons..

A white person living in well-of state has about the same life expectancy as those living in the highest rated European countries.

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Re:the US economy and the EU were the same size in 2008, the... by hackeraccount on Tuesday July 18, 2023 @11:51AM (#36774438)
I doubt that. Obesity is why I'd die at 70 instead of 80 and be sick as dog the last 10 years of my life.

I suspect what's driving down life expectancy is me OD'ing on fentanyl at 30 or getting killed in a shoot out at 20 or dying in a car crash at 10.

Short version of what I think is going on - young people dying lowers life expectancy a lot more then old people dying a bit earlier then they might have.

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