Life expectancy decreasing in the US

[Votto]

Why life expectancy in the US is falling - Harvard Health

Life expectancy is one measure of the general health of a population. In the US, life expectancy had been climbing for more than a century — until the pandemic. After dropping in 2020,...

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What are the causes?

Should Americans adopt the Hamas lingo of a genocidal government as we are all held hostage in an open-air prison of soul crushing inflation and decreasing rights and opportunities as America now only has one viable political party?

Should we chant to be free from the river to the sea?

I kind of like the idea actually.

 

[shockedcanadian]

Poor diet, lack of.exercize etc.

 

[Esdraelon]

Wait until the diseases that had long been "ended" through immunization, begin scourging the population again. When millions of unvetted, unexamined illegals are not only allowwed to enter but are then distributed into all states, we can expect all sorts of diseases to flourish again.

 

[kyzr]

Poor diet, lack of exercise etc.

Add stress. Can't even go to a bowling ally or shopping without getting shot.
Criminals are on the streets and the Law won't arrest them, because they won't be prosecuted by the Soros DAs.

 

[ColonelAngus]

Fentanyl and the lockdowns.

Lockdowns caused MANY people to put off surgery and health maintenance as well as exercise. Fentanyl deaths are skyrocketing and those are brand new incremental deaths of typically young people.

Increased Drugs and alcohol abuse and mental illness resulting in suicides.

JUST WAIT UNTIL WE ARE INVOL:VED in 4 HOT WARS. That life expectancy will plummet.

 

[Lemmi]

So Americans die young! At least we're not like North Korea or Iran. Those guys cut your internet off if they don't like you.

 

[Lord-Humungus]

With democrats in office there isn’t much to live for knowing they are coming for everything you own. There is no hope for a better future

 

[Woodznutz]

Whereas much of the decline in life expectancy is due to disease, it is the treatment of disease that is largely responsible for the increase in life expectancy. So, there's a kind of tug-of-war going on in this regard.

 

[Woodznutz]

With democrats in office there isn’t much to live for knowing they are coming for everything you own

I'm a minimalist, not much for them to take.

 

[Lord-Humungus]

I'm a minimalist, not much for them to take.

They will still take it then throw you in reeducation camp to learn how to give more

 

[Winston]

Fentanyl and the lockdowns.

Lockdowns caused MANY people to put off surgery and health maintenance as well as exercise. Fentanyl deaths are skyrocketing and those are brand new incremental deaths of typically young people.

Wrong, the most likely demographic to die from an overdose, white males between 55 and 65. The biggest increase in overdose death rates, males over 65.

 

[ColonelAngus]

Wrong, the most likely demographic to die from an overdose, white males between 55 and 65. The biggest increase in overdose death rates, males over 65.

Super. Than I guess everything is great! Thanks.

 

[d0gbreath]

Thank God! "And your years shall be 120" is the worst curse that I've ever heard.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

Not politics. Belongs in Health care