-----------------------------------------------------
It is my sincere desire to provide readers of this site with the best unbiased information available, and a forum where it can be discussed openly, as our Founders intended. But it is not easy nor inexpensive to do so, especially when those who wish to prevent us from making the truth known, attack us without mercy on all fronts on a daily basis. So each time you visit the site, I would ask that you consider the value that you receive and have received from The Burning Platform and the community of which you are a vital part. I can't do it all alone, and I need your help and support to keep it alive. Please consider contributing an amount commensurate to the value that you receive from this site and community, or even by becoming a sustaining supporter through periodic contributions. [Burning Platform LLC - PO Box 1520 Kulpsville, PA 19443] or Paypal
-----------------------------------------------------
To donate via Stripe, click here.
-----------------------------------------------------
Use promo code ILMF2, and save up to 66% on all MyPillow purchases. (The Burning Platform benefits when you use this promo code.)
It is my sincere desire to provide readers of this site with the best unbiased information available, and a forum where it can be discussed openly, as our Founders intended. But it is not easy nor inexpensive to do so, especially when those who wish to prevent us from making the truth known, attack us without mercy on all fronts on a daily basis. So each time you visit the site, I would ask that you consider the value that you receive and have received from The Burning Platform and the community of which you are a vital part. I can't do it all alone, and I need your help and support to keep it alive. Please consider contributing an amount commensurate to the value that you receive from this site and community, or even by becoming a sustaining supporter through periodic contributions. [Burning Platform LLC - PO Box 1520 Kulpsville, PA 19443] or Paypal
-----------------------------------------------------
To donate via Stripe, click here.
-----------------------------------------------------
Use promo code ILMF2, and save up to 66% on all MyPillow purchases. (The Burning Platform benefits when you use this promo code.)
Life Expectancy Indicates a Country’s Overall Well Being—So Why Is Ours Dropping?
- The last time U.S. life expectancy declined at birth
- 1992-1993: 75.8 to 75.5 years
- Resulting from high death rates from AIDS, flu epidemic, homicide, and accidental deaths
- After years of life expectancy gains, there is decline all across the board
- 2014-2015: 78.9 to 78.8 years
- Death rates rose for 8 out of 10 leading causes of death
- Heart disease causes more than 4X as many deaths as the rest of the leading causes
- Prescription opioid painkillers and heroin abuse are probably fueling increases in unintentional injuries
- In 2014, the CDC reported 28,000 died due to opioid overdoses
- 2014-2015: 78.9 to 78.8 years
In 2015, Obesity Related Problems Caused 10% of US Deaths
- Obesity increases the likelihood of heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, and some cancers
- 6 million or ⅓ of Americans are obese
- Being 40 lbs overweight cuts about 3 years off life expectancy
- Being 100 lbs overweight reduces lifespan by about 10 years
- The US has higher obesity rates than countries with longer lifespans
- Japan 3.3%
- Switzerland4%
- Germany 20.1%
- Spain 23.7%
- United Kingdom 28.1%
- Australia 28.6%
- USA 33.7%
America is Seriously Lagging Behind in Global Life Expectancy
- 28th globally in average life expectancy—dead last among industrialized countries
- 1st: Japan, 83.7 years
- 2nd: Switzerland, 83.3 years
- 3rd: Spain, 83.3 years
- 7th: Australia, 82.4 years
- 19th: United Kingdom, 81.4 years
- 22nd: Germany, 81.2 years
- 28th: USA, 78.8 years
Richer Americans Live Longer Than the Poor and Middle Class
- Men
- 1980
- Poorest—76.2
- Lower middle—76.3
- Middle—76.5
- Upper Middle—79.9
- Richest—82.6
- 2010
- Poorest—76.1
- Lower middle—78.3
- Middle—83.4
- Upper middle—87.8
- Richest—88.8
- 1980
- Women
- 1980
- Poorest—82.5
- Lower middle—81.5
- Middle—82.5
- Upper middle—83.2
- Richest—86.1
- 2010
- Poorest—78.3
- Lower middle—79.7
- Middle—82.9
- Upper middle—83.1
- Richest—91.9
- 1980
- While US wage inequality is only getting worse
- 1979
- Poorest 20%
- Received 6.2% of national income
- Richest 20%
- Received 44.9% of national income
- 2010
- Poorest 20%
- Received 5.1% of national income
- Richest 20%
- Received 51.9% of national
- Poorest 20%
- Poorest 20%
- 1979
Sources:
- https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db267.pdf
- http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0005148.html
- https://data.oecd.org/healthstat/life-expectancy-at-birth.htm
- https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/01/11/life-j11.html
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/09/18/the-government-is-spending-more-to-help-rich-seniors-than-poor-ones/?utm_term=.7187e08481f6
- https://www.nap.edu/read/19015/chapter/5
- http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/press-releases/2014/jun/us-health-system-ranks-last
- http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/02/health/obesity-in-u-s-fast-facts/
- https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090319224823.htm
- http://obesity.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=006032
- http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277953616305858
- http://naturalsociety.com/80-percent-processed-foods-us-banned-other-nations/
- http://www.politifact.com/virginia/statements/2014/dec/15/jim-webb/webb-says-us-has-5-percent-worlds-population-25-pe/
- http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38247385
Something doesn’t add up. I thought females outlived males by significant amounts. But the infograph has upper middle and middle income males life expectancies substantially up in 2010 and in fact are much greater than females. It looks like males live longer n average than females. How can this be?
Gender reassignments.
For fuck sake, is this a trick question?
1) the poor are damn land whales waiting for harpooning via heart attack, cancer, etc.
2) Smoking is prevalent among the poor and poorly educated. Smoking is almost non-existent these days among the highly educated. The higher the education of a cohort, the higher the income and vice versa. Hence, the poor die younger and the rich older.
If the attempted point is that the rich are somehow gaming the system, it is bullshit. The rich simply eat better, do not smoke, take better care of themselves and generally do not look like Jabba the frigging Hutt.
https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/campaign/tips/resources/data/cigarette-smoking-in-united-states.html
Admin – you need to attract some better clientele. Based on thumb count a majority cannot read a frigging chart.
One more time, just for these cretins:
The rich do not smoke. The poor smoke. The rich are far less likely to be obese. The poor eat like geese being groomed for foi gras. Ipso facto, the fucking rich live longer.
But no, these morons draw the conclusion that the rich live longer because they are rich, and we iz poor!
Wake up, you fucking morons.
BTW – based on this I am a sure bet to live to 120.
After 76 years, the one thing I understand is that the longer you live, the shorter it gets.
Dave – sure hope you are not talking about johnsons, because if mine gets any shorter I will have to stop measuring it in inches and go to fractions.
Damn, growing older sucks.
Sometimes I have to stick a finger up my ass to get my johnson to pop out. LOL
Big Injun Chief , I’m back in the hospital for this damn Diaphragmatic Hernia.The experimental shit they put in me has failed.I have told the doctors to put this on your account.T hey ask who you were .I said you was once a mighty Injun warrior but then went to a white university , married a white woman ,work for white people until you started your own business selling medical supplies to white people .I told them you had been corrupted.
BB – I hope you get better soon. Truly.
You are an asshole, but you are our asshole, and the least of ours is far far better than the best of theirs. but this time pay your damn bill, and maybe they will give you the good drugs and fix you up permanent like. Get well soon.
[img
[/img]
[img]https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSXM1bsPAT6vuv9GJkargEsxgRpXqJxVkpuFn-Y3UcNp__ilKK6[/img]
[img
[/img]
They ask me if you had alot of money.I said he sure does.B ring around White people had been the best thing ever happen to him but now he has started acting like a black negro . Doesn’t appreciate white folks like you and me.I then explain that to the white doctors.They all got a good laugh .Go easy Big Injun Chief of the Clouds.May the Buffalo be with You.
Thanks Big Injun Chief
It should be obvious the last 37 years of shipping the middle class overseas is the cause of the fall in life expectancy. There are correlating factors, such as a rise in obesity, which is a symptom. Socialized medicine is another factor, squandering the nation’s health care dollars, instead of rationing based on the ability to pay. We’ve performed miracles keeping the least productive among alive the longest.
Their chart about cause of death is wrong. In the US the medical business is the leading cause of death if you combine medical malpractice, bad drugs (those that were improperly tested and then shown to have severe side effects after they get on the market), and known side effects of “properly” administrated pharmaceuticals and procedures.
Where is “guns” on the list of causes of death?
Thought they were the harbinger of death in this backward nation known as the USA…
One thing everyone should try while doing your daily driving in different neighborhoods and towns.
How many Joggers, serious walkers, and bicyclists do you see in rich neighborhoods compared to how many you see in poor ones? In wealthy towns as opposed to poor towns?
You may get a hint at answers by doing it.