(SMH) Peter Hartcher—The Long and the short of U.S. woes
Americans live 3½ years less than citizens of the five top-ranked countries - Japan, Hong Kong, Iceland, Switzerland and Australia.
The story of American life expectancy is an alarming expression of its larger story. The US is delivering the full benefits of prosperity and modernity in an increasingly narrow way.
It was long known that richer Americans improved their life expectancy at a greater rate than poor Americans, but lifespans lengthened for all. Today, advantaged Americans live longer while the disadvantaged live shorter. That is the real import of the new findings. It is about inequality, in the most basic manifestation - the number of days of life.
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Filed under: * Culture-Watch • Aging / the Elderly • Health & Medicine • History • * Economics, Politics • Economy • Personal Finance • * International News & Commentary • Australia / NZ
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Posted September 27, 2012 at 4:40 am
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