Murder rate and life expectancy in US as compared to other developed countries
The most telling indicator of a people’s welfare is life expectancy.
US life expectancy is forecast at 79.5 years for both sexes in 2024.
This makes the US 48th in the world.
China’s life expectancy is forecast to be almost as high, at 78.
UK and German life expectancy is 81.5, French 83.5, Italy’s 83.9 and Japan’s 84.9.
Yet the US spends far more on health, relative to GDP, than any other country. This shows great wastefulness, though this low US life expectancy has a number of additional explanations.
Yet, what does the high measured US GDP mean if some 17 per cent was spent on health, with such poor results? More broadly, what does US prosperity mean when combined with such potent indicators of low welfare? These outcomes are the result of high inequality, poor personal choices and crazy social ones. Some 400mn guns are apparently in circulation.
Most Americans with the propaganda about American exceptionalism don’t realize how under performing the US is on many quality of life indicators compared to other developed countries. The first step towards improvement is factual knowledge benchmarking the US performance against other first world countries. Life expectancy is a good indicator to measure and compare.
What do you think about the fact that life expectancy in the US is 48th in the world? There are huge differences not only between countries but even between states in the US.