China's life expectancy is now higher than that of the US

StalksEveryone , 10 months ago

China was expecting a lot things that didn’t work out.

Varyk , 11 months ago

I should point out that from literally any other source, China has not yet caught up to American life expectancy:

www.worldometers.info/…/life-expectancy/

invno1 , 11 months ago

And the drop is basically attributed to Covid. Also, China’s numbers since 2020 aren’t out yet.

The biggest driver in the drop in US life expectancy is covid, accounting for 50% of the decline, according to the CDC.

burntbutterbiscuits , 11 months ago

So…. Lack of healthcare is the number one reason?

hanni , 11 months ago

According to the chart, it’s the lack of available data.

Varyk , 11 months ago (edited 11 months ago)

Also, from all of the censuses outside of one country, China has not yet caught up to American life expectancy.

Maybe it’s just a coincidence.

www.worldometers.info/…/life-expectancy/

dbilitated , 11 months ago

it’s wild that the US keeps going down

_haha_oh_wow_ , 11 months ago

Who knew an increasingly nightmarish healthcare system, terrible social safety nets, and poverty wages would have negative impacts!?

FARTYSHARTBLAST , 11 months ago

Let’s not forget shitting the bed on the initial COVID response!

hitmyspot , 11 months ago

That and politicising a public health emergency. Making people defiantly ignore health guidelines as a statement is crazy. It made me worry about humanity more than the election of Trump.

onlooker , 1 year ago

So they now have a higher life expectancy than a country with an obesity problem, poorly regulated food market and almost completely privatized healthcare? Um, congrats.