Americans are dying younger than people in other rich nations

Americans are dying younger than people in other rich nations(washingtonpost.com)

11 points by scadge 8 years ago | 3 comments

I don't have the source as I saw it on the local TV news station the other day, but they mentioned that the life expectancy in the US dropped this year in part because of the current opioid abuse that is sweeping the nation. If that is indeed true it is pretty sobering (no pun intended).

EDIT: here is an article that talks about this from the source site: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/12/28...

danjoc 8 years ago |

No surprise. ~40% of Americans are obese, up from 30% in 2000.

http://time.com/4980225/obesity-rates-adults-children/

Compare to another developed nation like Japan with ~3.5%.

horatiocain 8 years ago |

That's what happens when we shoot em