It’s actually also quite crazy seeing the differences among Europe
Is that death by natural causes or overall death? Cause we all know what’s been going around in America
For once a metric showing Portugal on pair with other Western European countries
What universal healthcare does to a mf
I wonder how this compares to obesity and/or alcohol consumption.
Honestly it’s impressive the U.S. gets this close when it doesn’t even have universal health care and is one of the most obese countries in the world.
With the exception of Slovenia, this map perfectly differentiates post-Communist countries and the rest of Europe.
worst life expectancy in western europe (you’ll never sing that!)
Please stop putting Russia as part of Europe – we don’t want them
Finally, the East Europe border
So what the data is saying is that countries with solid, well funded socialized medicine have higher life expectancy than the wild west system we have…
I wonder how much Russia and Ukraine have changed over the past 3 years.
I never understand why people compare all of US as a whole compared to these tiny countries that dwarf some US states. Compare States and I believe you’ll see the same kind of parity.
Now remove Appalachia and the South from the US and redo the figures
I would imagine obesity accounts for like 90% of the reason for western European countries having slightly higher life expectancy than the US.
I know it would make it a lot more work, but increasing how much the color is related to the numbers would make this data much more beautiful. Darker red for more negative numbers, etc.
Low US life expectancy is even more troubling when one considers the size of the Hispanic population with their famously long life expectancies (see “Hispanic Paradox“ on Wikipedia).
I would be interested to see these data state by state in the US.
The low life expectancy is really skewed in Russia, some regions its much much worse
Secret to longer life? Siesta!
All that wasn’t a part of the East Block.
Should also split Germany by east/west. I have a feeling that east Germany is bringing the average down.
Road fatalities are 1/3 to 1/4 of the US rate in most Western European countries. And gunshot fatalities – much much lower. And opioid overdoses – lower.
Portugal for once does not fall into with eastern europe
Can you do this same one for Canada vs. Europe?
The little 7 is monaco if you are wondering.
It’s crazy to think how much longer I would live if I was born in Monaco.
I wonder what it looks like if you just do women. Or exclude accidental deaths and suicides/homicides.
history of communism lowers lifespan by ~8 years. capitalism just 4…
New western europe map just dropped
The US inner city murder rate is probably more responsible for the disparity than any actual health reason.
With the difference in, say, food quality or healthcare, I’m surprised the difference with France/Spain/Italy etc isn’t higher.
In Ukraine if you survive the night you already lucky
According to other sources Faroe Islands life expectancy is a bit over 83 years, making it +4, not +0,9. Strange that there would be such a difference between sources
Portugal can into western Europe 😍
Yea, but there would be a similar map of the US because it only compares it to the average. Would be intersting to see a rank. Like if Germany would be one of the US states then it would in nth place
the Ukraine data is from before the war
today it’d be about -10 years
I want to know what those tiny marked outliers are in Italy and France.
The article doesnt seem to say, either.
What does Norway and Sweden do that Denmark doesn’t? More hills and mountains? Less beer and Gammel Dansk?
Now make the same map comparing the US states to the EU average.
If you compare only Northeast US to EU the difference is even more shocking.
It’s because we’re fat here in the U.S. Very, very fat. I’d say more about this, but I need to go get another bag of Cheetos.
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@UK, wanna be health buddys? Greetings, Germany.
It’s actually also quite crazy seeing the differences among Europe
Is that death by natural causes or overall death? Cause we all know what’s been going around in America
For once a metric showing Portugal on pair with other Western European countries
What universal healthcare does to a mf
I wonder how this compares to obesity and/or alcohol consumption.
Honestly it’s impressive the U.S. gets this close when it doesn’t even have universal health care and is one of the most obese countries in the world.
With the exception of Slovenia, this map perfectly differentiates post-Communist countries and the rest of Europe.
worst life expectancy in western europe (you’ll never sing that!)
Please stop putting Russia as part of Europe – we don’t want them
Finally, the East Europe border
So what the data is saying is that countries with solid, well funded socialized medicine have higher life expectancy than the wild west system we have…
I wonder how much Russia and Ukraine have changed over the past 3 years.
I never understand why people compare all of US as a whole compared to these tiny countries that dwarf some US states. Compare States and I believe you’ll see the same kind of parity.
Now remove Appalachia and the South from the US and redo the figures
I would imagine obesity accounts for like 90% of the reason for western European countries having slightly higher life expectancy than the US.
I know it would make it a lot more work, but increasing how much the color is related to the numbers would make this data much more beautiful. Darker red for more negative numbers, etc.
Low US life expectancy is even more troubling when one considers the size of the Hispanic population with their famously long life expectancies (see “Hispanic Paradox“ on Wikipedia).
I would be interested to see these data state by state in the US.
The low life expectancy is really skewed in Russia, some regions its much much worse
Secret to longer life? Siesta!
All that wasn’t a part of the East Block.
Should also split Germany by east/west. I have a feeling that east Germany is bringing the average down.
Road fatalities are 1/3 to 1/4 of the US rate in most Western European countries. And gunshot fatalities – much much lower. And opioid overdoses – lower.
Portugal for once does not fall into with eastern europe
Can you do this same one for Canada vs. Europe?
The little 7 is monaco if you are wondering.
It’s crazy to think how much longer I would live if I was born in Monaco.
I wonder what it looks like if you just do women. Or exclude accidental deaths and suicides/homicides.
history of communism lowers lifespan by ~8 years. capitalism just 4…
New western europe map just dropped
The US inner city murder rate is probably more responsible for the disparity than any actual health reason.
With the difference in, say, food quality or healthcare, I’m surprised the difference with France/Spain/Italy etc isn’t higher.
In Ukraine if you survive the night you already lucky
According to other sources Faroe Islands life expectancy is a bit over 83 years, making it +4, not +0,9. Strange that there would be such a difference between sources
Portugal can into western Europe 😍
Yea, but there would be a similar map of the US because it only compares it to the average. Would be intersting to see a rank. Like if Germany would be one of the US states then it would in nth place
the Ukraine data is from before the war
today it’d be about -10 years
I want to know what those tiny marked outliers are in Italy and France.
The article doesnt seem to say, either.
What does Norway and Sweden do that Denmark doesn’t? More hills and mountains? Less beer and Gammel Dansk?
Now make the same map comparing the US states to the EU average.
If you compare only Northeast US to EU the difference is even more shocking.
It’s because we’re fat here in the U.S. Very, very fat. I’d say more about this, but I need to go get another bag of Cheetos.
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