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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.ml · 3 years ago

China's life expectancy is now higher than that of the US

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China's life expectancy is now higher than that of the US

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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.ml · 3 years ago
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US life expectancy at birth is now at 76.1 years, versus 77.1 for China,
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  • invno1
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    And the drop is basically attributed to Covid. Also, China’s numbers since 2020 aren’t out yet.

    The biggest driver in the drop in US life expectancy is covid, accounting for 50% of the decline, according to the CDC.

    • burntbutterbiscuits@sh.itjust.works
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      So…. Lack of healthcare is the number one reason?

      • hanni
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        According to the chart, it’s the lack of available data.

    • Varyk@sh.itjust.works
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      Also, from all of the censuses outside of one country, China has not yet caught up to American life expectancy.

      Maybe it’s just a coincidence.

      https://www.worldometers.info/demographics/life-expectancy/

    • vlad@lemmy.sdf.org
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      Lol China will never release the actual COVID numbers. Not until they find a good way to hide them.

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    it’s wild that the US keeps going down

    • _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works
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      Who knew an increasingly nightmarish healthcare system, terrible social safety nets, and poverty wages would have negative impacts!?

      • FARTYSHARTBLAST@sh.itjust.works
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        Let’s not forget shitting the bed on the initial COVID response!

      • hitmyspot@aussie.zone
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        That and politicising a public health emergency. Making people defiantly ignore health guidelines as a statement is crazy. It made me worry about humanity more than the election of Trump.

  • Varyk@sh.itjust.works
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    I should point out that from literally any other source, China has not yet caught up to American life expectancy:

    https://www.worldometers.info/demographics/life-expectancy/

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