Americans Spend More Years Sick Than Rest of World, Study Finds
Americans Spend More Years Sick Than Rest of World, Study Finds
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In the US, mental and substance-use disorders are the biggest factors to blame, along with musculoskeletal diseases that affect joints, bones and muscles. The discrepancy is even higher for American women, whose healthspan-lifespan gap is, on average, 2.6 years wider than their male counterparts’ – because they tend to live longer and are also more likely to have musculoskeletal conditions.
The paper is here
Weird comparison, since Lesotho is one of the worlds lowest on life expectancy. This also skew the comparison to other countries, and AFAIK Norwegians have way higher quality of life in the last years of living, despite living longer.
A better graph would be how many years are lived in good health.
Still impressive Americans manage to do so well, considering their shitty living conditions.
Second best third world country on the planet!