The drop in U.S. life expectancy has put the country only a few years above the world average, while in 1960, it was 17 years ahead.
  • AntifaSuperWombat [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    1 year ago

    There is a wide disparity between ethnic groups in the U.S. as well as gender. For example, an Asian woman is expected to live to 85.6, while for a Black man, the figure is 66.7 years.

    Almost 20 fucking years! That’s beyond absurd, holy shit.

    • ihaveibs@lemmygrad.ml
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      1 year ago

      And the US lectures the world on human rights and admonishes countries for how they treat minority populations