U.S. life expectancy rose last year, hitting its highest level since the beginning of the Covid pandemic, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
U.S. Deaths Are Down and Life Expectancy Is Up, but Improvements Are Slowing www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth ...
-- Timothy McBride (@mcbridetd.bsky.social) December 19, 2024 at 5:21 PM
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@#8 .... It's still lower than countries with socialized healthcare ...
Well, yeah.
Health care for all seems to win out over healthcare for profit.
Countries With the Longest and Shortest Life Expectancies (December 13, 2024)
www.usnews.com
... In 2022, Europe was home to the highest life expectancy among regions listed in the World Bank data, at 81.7 years among the 20 European Union member states that have adopted the euro as their currency. That compared to 57.6 years in western and central Africa, which had the lowest average life expectancy of any included region.
Most of the countries with the longest life expectancies in 2022 were wealthy nations in Asia and Europe, with Liechtenstein and Japan topping the list at around 84 years.
Countries With the Longest Life Expectancy
Liechtenstein 84.3 years
Japan 84.0 years
Switzerland 83.5 years
Australia 83.2 years
Sweden 83.1 years
Spain 83.1 years
Ireland 83.1 years
Luxembourg 83.0 years
Italy 82.9 years
Singapore 82.9 years
...
Whoa, 80+ years?
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