well this is depressing

[mickeym]

Life expectancy in U.S. trails top nations

In 2007, life expectancies for men ranged from a high of about 81 years (in Fairfax County, Virginia.) to a low of about 66 years in Holmes County. The trends are especially concerning for women.

Since 1997, women's life expectancy has slipped or failed to rise in more than 850 counties (compared to just 84 counties for men), including 82% of the counties in Oklahoma, 66% in Tennessee, and 59% in Kentucky. In Mississippi, there are five counties where the life expectancy for women is on par with nations such as Honduras, El Salvador, and Peru.

I find it really distressing that we (the US) has one of, if not the, most expensive health care systems in the world... and our life expectancy is falling off the charts.

In other news, it's been storming here for the last three hours, and TNT is showing Night Shifter.

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[surevesta.livejournal.com]

It is arguable that we rely too much on our health care system rather than living healthily in the first place. Also, compared to many other countries our type of diet (in general) is a lot less healthy and also involves much larger portions of said unhealthy food.

Then again my Grandad is in ninties (or almost) and he lived off McDonalds for the last 20 years practically (although his metabolism was excellent). The only issue he has health wise is extremely slow progressing prostate cancer and memory issues.