And the drop is basically attributed to Covid. Also, China’s numbers since 2020 aren’t out yet.
The biggest driver in the drop in US life expectancy is covid, accounting for 50% of the decline, according to the CDC.
So…. Lack of healthcare is the number one reason?
According to the chart, it’s the lack of available data.
Also, from all of the censuses outside of one country, China has not yet caught up to American life expectancy.
Maybe it’s just a coincidence.
it’s wild that the US keeps going down
Who knew an increasingly nightmarish healthcare system, terrible social safety nets, and poverty wages would have negative impacts!?
That and politicising a public health emergency. Making people defiantly ignore health guidelines as a statement is crazy. It made me worry about humanity more than the election of Trump.
Let’s not forget shitting the bed on the initial COVID response!
I should point out that from literally any other source, China has not yet caught up to American life expectancy:
So they now have a higher life expectancy than a country with an obesity problem, poorly regulated food market and almost completely privatized healthcare? Um, congrats.
China was expecting a lot things that didn’t work out.
