76 years on average: Why do Americans have such a short life?

Americans have traditionally shown little self-doubt about the greatness of their nation "USA! USA! USA!” chanted the representatives of both Democrats and Republicans last week in the House of Representatives

Politicians keep describing the size and importance of the United States The USA are the most powerful nation in the world, they have the greatest economic power, the gross domestic product per capita is far higher than in Germany

On the other hand, the leading representatives of the USA are tight-lipped on one topic – insofar as they comment on it at all The topic is central, perhaps the most important measure in assessing how good life is in a country, in a way how great a nation is: life expectancy

The political debate in the USA should actually revolve around this It recently became known that the life expectancy of Americans has fallen dramatically again - in almost all age and population groups

For an American born in 2021, it is only 76 4 years

In 2020 this value was 77 years, in 2019 it was 78 8 years, according to the national authority for health statistics

According to this, Americans could expect to live as long in 2021 as they did in 1997, a quarter of a century ago This is miserable testimony to the health and social condition of the world's leading economic nation

The life expectancy of women in the USA for the birth year 2021 was 79 3 years, for men it was 73

5 years The numbers are all the more crass if you compare life expectancy in the USA with that in industrialized countries such as Germany or many EU countries

The life expectancy of a child born in Germany in 2021 is 80 9 years, four and a half years more than in the USA

Sweden even reaches 83 2 years

The average life expectancy in the EU is 80 1 years

There are several factors that are depressing life expectancy in the USA The lack of awareness of large parts of the population for a healthy diet is a major one

In 2018, nine of the 50 US states had an obesity rate of at least 35 percent of the population, according to the CDC This is accompanied by a significantly increased risk of life-threatening heart disease, stroke, diabetes and certain types of cancer

While the death rate due to poor nutrition is difficult to statistically record, concrete figures are available for other factors: Of the 3 46 million Americans who died in 2021, 416,893 succumbed to a corona infection

A drug overdose was responsible for 106,699 deaths, according to the CDC Ascending trend

The opioid fentanyl was the cause of about two-thirds of the drug cases Fentanyl has long since become the deadliest drug in the United States

Last year, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), anti-drug law enforcement agency, seized 379 million doses of fentanyl -- enough to kill all Americans, the agency said Gun violence is another reason for the low life expectancy

According to the Gun Violence Archive, 45,096 people lost their lives from guns in 2021, more than half of the cases were suicides Whites and the rich tend to live longer than non-whites and the poor in the United States

But left-leaning Senator Bernie Sanders is in the minority in America's political class when he tweets, as he did last year: "Life expectancy is directly related to income In this country, if you are poor, you can expect to live 15 years less than if you are rich

In my opinion, that's absurd ” The Democrat has been fighting for universal health insurance for decades

Despite efforts by the Biden administration to improve health care, one in 10 Americans under the age of 65 does not have health insurance Ascending trend

But left-leaning Senator Bernie Sanders is in the minority in America's political class when he tweets, as he did last year: "Life expectancy is directly related to income In this country, if you are poor, you can expect to live 15 years less than if you are rich

In my opinion, that's absurd ” The Democrat has been fighting for universal health insurance for decades

Despite efforts by the Biden administration to improve health care, one in 10 Americans under the age of 65 does not have health insurance Ascending trend

But left-leaning Senator Bernie Sanders is in the minority in America's political class when he tweets, as he did last year: "Life expectancy is directly related to income In this country, if you are poor, you can expect to live 15 years less than if you are rich

In my opinion, that's absurd ” The Democrat has been fighting for universal health insurance for decades

Despite efforts by the Biden administration to improve health care, one in 10 Americans under the age of 65 does not have health insurance Ascending trend

than when you are rich In my opinion, that's absurd

” The Democrat has been fighting for universal health insurance for decades Despite efforts by the Biden administration to improve health care, one in 10 Americans under the age of 65 does not have health insurance

Ascending trend than when you are rich

In my opinion, that's absurd ” The Democrat has been fighting for universal health insurance for decades

Despite efforts by the Biden administration to improve health care, one in 10 Americans under the age of 65 does not have health insurance Ascending trend

USA!