Life expectancy in U.S. is falling amid surges in chronic illness - Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/interactive/2023/american-life-expectancy-dropping/
#USLifeExpectancy

"The most startling aspect of all this is the extent to which these astonishing gaps are not COVID-driven, but rather a product of an epidemic of drug overdose deaths, gun violence, suicide, and alcohol-abuse related maladies, i.e., what Anne Case and Angus Deaton identified as “deaths of despair” a decade ago."

#Politics #USLifeExpectancy #DeathsOfDespair #RaceToTheBottom
https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2023/04/the-us-v-the-developed-world-part-ii

The US v. the developed world Part II

Whe I wrote about this ge eral subject this mor i g I had ’t see this fasci ati g piece, published yesterday i the Fi a cial Times (tha ks to several comme ters for flaggi g it). Some key poi ts: (1) There’s a massive life expecta cy gap betwee E gla d a d the US, that [...]

Lawyers, Guns & Money
Writing on #uslifeexpectancy always mentions #covid and #overdose but rarely mentions the half billion #guns in circulation.