USA doesn't make the Top 50 for life expectancy

An American here in England pointed out the posters on the walls of the health centre waiting room. He was impressed by the fact all the posters and free booklets in the rack were offering advice about how to avoid health issues and stay well. He told me they don't do that in the USA, because there's too much money to be made from bad health. The NHS is designed to help avoid illness, but the USA regard illness as a commodity to be exploited for profit.

Yes with no public healthcare, going to the doctor for prevention is less likely.

Automobile accidents a "top reason"? 🤔

The 30,000 or so automobile deaths amount to less than 1% of the 3.5 million annual deaths in the US.

But I was astonished to find that the lowest automobile death rates are found in the UK and Japan.
And they drive on the wrong side of the road ! 😲

i am guessing the thousands and thousands crossing the border dont know that, either that, or they just dont care.

But thats not so important, when you consider that Americans are also among the unhappiest people in the OECD countries..Therefore have less to live for.😷

I am not surprised. Lifestyle is highly unhealthy especially in terms of diet.

I did not expect such an angry response. lol.

I think it has much more to do with the American diet than anything else. We eat more junk food, more processed foods, and foods grown with pesticides banned in other countries, etc. Odd how the decline in life expectancy coincides with the implementation of Obamacare.

Kind of a meaningless statistic considering that health and life expectancy have much to do with family history and individual choices and habits.

It’s not the government’s job to prevent people from making poor decisions.

No one pointed out yet that the life expectancy for American women has gone up while American Men dropped sharply.