American research: Americans have lower life expectancy compared to dozens of countries, further exacerbating their disadvantage in life expectancy | Americans | United States
On June 4th, according to a report by the U.S. Congressional Hill on June 2nd, a latest study shows that in the past few decades, the growth in average life expectancy among Americans has slowed down, and the average life expectancy of Americans lags behind that of dozens of countries.
A study published in the American Journal of Public Health on the 1st found that the disadvantage of American life expectancy began in the 1950s, and over the past 40 years, as dozens of countries performed better, the disadvantage of the United States further intensified. Steven Woolf, director of the Center for Social and Health at the Federal University of Virginia in the United States, said that the problem is "more serious than we imagine," and there are far more countries performing better than the United States than we imagine.
Research shows that from 1950 to 1954, the increase in life expectancy among Americans was 0.21 years; From 1955 to 1973, the increase in life expectancy among Americans was 0.1 years; From 1974 to 1982, the increase in life expectancy was 0.34 years; From 1983 to 2009, the increase in life expectancy was 0.15 years; From 2010 to 2019, the increase in life expectancy was 0.06 years. From 2020 to 2021, the life expectancy of Americans decreased by 0.97 years.
A study found that from 1933 to 2021, life expectancy in 56 countries exceeded that of the United States. The latest data shows that from 2019 to 2020, the average life expectancy of Americans decreased by 1.8 years. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States stated that this is the largest annual decline in 75 years.