I totally agree with you assessment, Annie! We spend far too much for the shoddy healthcare we get. The disparity in care between rich and poor, Black, brown, Asian, and white is another issue that needs to be addressed, because we all do better when we are all healthy. Disease doesn't see wealth or color, and disease spreads.
Thanks Annie. Interesting. And similar step backwards in the last couple of years. Anecdotally, I suspect drug use (e.g. opioids) and gun related issues (suicides) explains most of it. When I see these averages, the statistician in me wants to also see the media and standard deviation.
I totally agree with you assessment, Annie! We spend far too much for the shoddy healthcare we get. The disparity in care between rich and poor, Black, brown, Asian, and white is another issue that needs to be addressed, because we all do better when we are all healthy. Disease doesn't see wealth or color, and disease spreads.
Great blog. You reference the 2 types of life expectancy. You show the "at birth" chart from Kaiser. Is there a comparable one for 65?
I didn't find it at Kaiser, but I did find this, which shows the effects of deaths of younger men and of Covid: https://www.statista.com/statistics/266657/us-life-expectancy-for-men-aat-the-age-of-65-years-since-1960/#:~:text=Life%20Expectancy%20%2D%20Men%20at%20the,in%20the%20U.S.%201960%2D2021&text=The%20life%20expectancy%20for%20men,19.7%20more%20years%20on%20average.
Thanks Annie. Interesting. And similar step backwards in the last couple of years. Anecdotally, I suspect drug use (e.g. opioids) and gun related issues (suicides) explains most of it. When I see these averages, the statistician in me wants to also see the media and standard deviation.
What are the comparable countries? That helps me understand this issue.
Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, and UK.