• protist@mander.xyz
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    16 hours ago

    Avg life expectancy at birth in the US is 78.5 years, and the highest avg life expectancy in the EU is Switzerland at 83.4 years, which is a difference of 4.9 years, not 15. Metabolic disorders driven by diet are absolutely the biggest contributor to mortality in the US. You should see the disgusting shit these people are willing to put in their bodies over and over. A lot of people just don’t remember not feeling shitty and are completely unaware their diet contributes to feeling bad.

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      15 hours ago

      If you are comparing a single country in Europe to the US the comparison should be at the state level.

      Mississippi is the lowest state and close to 70 years in 2020. So if the comparison is the lowest US state to highest European state then you get a gap that is close to 15 depending on what year’s data is being compared.

      A better comparison would be all of the US to all of Europe since we vary so much from state to state just like Europe varies from country to country.

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        13 hours ago

        It would make more sense to compare the highest states/countries to each other and the lowest states/countries to each other, but even then you could keep comparing smaller regions and still just not come up with what you’re looking for. In the US, there’s way more poverty and people who subsist on absolute junk food 24/7. On the other hand, the life expectancy in NYC is over 85, and in my county in Texas it’s 82. There are lots of factors that go into this, and the meme above misses the mark