Study: in the USA the lowest life expectancy among developed countries
The life expectancy of people in many economically developed countries has declined for the first time in recent decades.
This is evidenced by data from a new study. ”British Medical Journal".
Among the high-income 18 countries in 14, there was a decrease in life expectancy between the 2014 and 2015 years, including the United States, United Kingdom, Spain, and Sweden.
Australia, Japan, Denmark and Norway were the only countries in the study that showed an increase in life expectancy for both men and women over the study period.
In most countries, but not in the United States, a decrease in overall life expectancy was associated with an increase in mortality among people of 65 years and older, the authors attributed this to severe flu seasons, the epidemic of which was raging in many countries during the study period.
The study also showed that a decrease in life expectancy and an increase in mortality in the 65 + demographic group contributed to respiratory and cardiovascular diseases, Alzheimer's disease, and other disorders of the mental and nervous systems. This, according to the authors, points to problems in the provision of health care in the countries where this trend has been detected.
Mortality among young people in the USA
According to the study, in the United States, the decline in life expectancy was associated with an increase in mortality in a younger group of the population - people aged 20 to 30 years.
The authors attribute this to the ongoing opioid crisis in the country. Due to an overdose of opioids in 2016, people of different ages died every day in the US 115.
According to the study, the United States is now the lowest level of life expectancy among the developed countries of the world.
The study used data from official mortality statistics in 18 high-income countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United States and the United Kingdom.
Only four countries—Australia, Japan, Denmark and Norway—showed consistent increases in life expectancy during the study period. The average life expectancy of women in Australia, Japan, Denmark and Norway in 2016 was 85,46 respectively; 87,17; 82,79 and 84,17 years; men - 81,49; 81,01; 78,95 and 80,61 respectively.
Continued decline in life expectancy in the US and UK
Most countries that showed a decrease in life expectancy between the 2014 and 2015 years, then recovered between the 2015 and 2016 years, showing an increase in this indicator.
But the United States and the United Kingdom were an exception to this trend, continuing to demonstrate a decline in life expectancy in recent years.
The life expectancy of men and women in the United States in 2016 was 76,4 and 81,4, while in the UK these numbers were 79,04 and 82,72.
The opioid crisis can be a big factor in lowering life expectancy in the United States, but according to another study by the British Medical Journal, death rates for Americans from lung, heart and other diseases have also increased significantly.
Life expectancy in high-income countries in 2016 year
Countries with the highest life expectancy among women:
- Japan - 87,17 years
- Spain - 85,84 years
- France - 85,50 years
Countries with the highest life expectancy among men:
- Switzerland - 81,63 years
- Australia - 81,49 years
- Norway - 80,61 years
Countries with the lowest life expectancy among women:
- USA - 81,40 years
- Great Britain - 82,72 years
- Netherlands - 83,16 years
Countries with the lowest life expectancy among men:
- USA - 76,40 years
- Portugal - 78,11 years
- Finland - 78,43 years
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