| S.T.A.G.E. said: The imbalance trickles from quality of life to stress to the life expectancy of nations. The US isn't even in the top ten. Most Americans aren't even expected to reach the age of 80 because of the conditions they live under in this country. The more stress they encounter trying to find a decent quality of life the harder it will be. The Corporate Healthcare system is broken and this gap between the rich and poor is astoundingly large that the middle class will slip through the huge crack that is forming. They defend the sanity of the establishment as much as they want, but sooner or later they will feel it. Even in 2008 the heir to the Johnson & Johnson fortune made a documentary about how it's effecting Americans. Sooner or later they will shut him up and he'll follow suit. |
I think the "most people not reaching 80" may not be a valid way to view averages. Because life expetancy would be under 80, doesn't mean that most people don't reach it. What causes life expetancy to end up being lower is infant mortality or individuals dying in a very young age. All these can impact things. What is needed to be seen is, once you get past a certain age, how long would you be expected to live.
