“On average, American men tend to die about five years before American women do and eight years before men in other wealthy nations like Japan, Australia, Iceland and Norway.” - Relevant
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Why Is the Death Rate for Men in the U.S. So High?
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NewA little quibble
The article does well in noting that the big killer of American men (really Americans in general) is the combination of heart disease and metabolic syndrome, but it’s worth noting that the mean lifespan for Australians is about the same as in the U.S. So I think they need to review their statistics.
But that noted, U.S. life expectancy for men (and really women) does appear to be at least 5-6 years shorter than other nations, especially Japan and the Nordic nations, and three things that come to mind as correlations are a higher intake of fish in these nations, better attitudes towards exercise, and far lower drug overdose deaths. All of those are going to leave a big mark.
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