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USA doesn't make the Top 50 for life expectancy

According to a study, the top reasons include:

• smoking
• obesity
• violence
• poverty
• Automobile Accidents
• Access to healthcare.

Though the over arching reason appears to be "The failure to prevent poor health is a factor that is contributing..."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expectancy
https://ourworldindata.org/us-life-expectancy-low
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RedBaron · M
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.