Research report 2020 - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

Life expectancy: Why is the US doing so poorly?

Authors
Myrskylä, Mikko
Departments
Arbeitsbereich Bevölkerung und Gesundheit, Max-Planck-Institut für demografische Forschung, Rostock
Summary
Life expectancy in the United States is lagging behind other industrialized nations. Recently, US life expectancy has even decreased. A new study by the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research now shows: Mortality from cardiovascular diseases was a more decisive factor for this development than the often-mentioned opioid crisis.

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