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Dear MEL Topic Readers,
US life expectancy is still on the decline. Here’s why
Despite the world’s highest health care spending per capita, life expectancy is declining in the US. The average length of time expected to live 60 years ago was about 70 and it went up to nearly 79 five years ago. However, it went down slightly to 78.6 in 2017. There have been no plague, war, famine, or great economic depression after World War II in America. In fact, the US has been enjoying no less prosperous era compared with other developed countries like Japan, Singapore, or Western and Northern European countries whose average life expectancy has been growing steadily. So, why does America suffer a downward trend?
It seems like Americans do things excessively, such as drug overdoses, over drinking, overeating, and overstress. For example, seven per every ten adults are either overweight or obese, which could cause cancer, diabetes, heart problems and chronic conditions. Also, more people are killing themselves. Suicide rates increased over 55% for people aged between 55 and 64 over the course of the last twenty years.
America is proud of being a free country. But it may be the time to learn to be modest, at least in how much to put into their mouths.
Enjoy reading and learn about this underlying problem of the most prosperous nation.
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/11/26/health/us-life-expectancy-decline-study/index.html
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