[Boreas]

Originally Posted by CarlV

It is a fact. Speaking of facts,
37th in infant mortality and 34th in life expectancy. There are 3rd world countries with better ratings. This is how great we are these days:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...mortality_rate

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...ife_expectancy


Carl

And it's getting both worse and more dependent on income. It has always been true that richer people live longer but the disparity in life expectancy between the upper 50% and lower 50% in the US has risen from a little over 1% in the 1970s to just under 6% in 2001 and to 14% currently.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/13/he...wing.html?_r=0