I get the feeling that Universal Healthcare (medicare for all) would probably level the difference? What else is responsible for the almost 4yr difference with e.g. France? Is it diet? Is the air/water worse in the US?

mog_dev · 5s ago

Food, I believe it's obvious. France obesity rate is also lower than the US.

davedx · 14m ago

Spot the "democratic socialist" countries.

agubelu · 11m ago

The countries with strong social-democratic parties are not the ones you think they are.

surgical_fire · 10m ago

You mean social democracy?

Those are basically all in yellow on that map.

anovikov · 17m ago

Isn't it simply because of race?

pm90 · 1m ago

While genetics might play a small role for very specific reasons (eg a society thats prone to sickle cell disease will likely live shorter), there’s no such difference in large, diversified populations like US/Europe.

lgeorget · 13m ago

Between USA and western Europe? Is there a difference?

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