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JAMA - The State of US Health, 1990-2016
Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Among US States
America’s Red State Death Trip - Why does falling life expectancy track political orientation
Life expectancy continues to increase in countries with universal health care while it has declined in the USA. However, blue states have almost kept pace with European life expectancy while red states have declined.
Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Among US States
JAMA said:This study provides a comprehensive report on the burden of disease and its patterns in the United States and the individual 50 states from 1990 to 2016 and reveals wide disparities in burden of disease at the state level.
Conclusions
There are wide differences in the burden of disease at the state level. Specific diseases and risk factors, such as drug use disorders, high BMI, poor diet, high fasting plasma glucose level, and alcohol use disorders are increasing and warrant increased attention. These data can be used to inform national health priorities for research, clinical care, and policy.
America’s Red State Death Trip - Why does falling life expectancy track political orientation
PaulKrugman said:In 1990, today’s red and blue states had almost the same life expectancy. Since then, however, life expectancy in Clinton states has risen more or less in line with other advanced countries, compared with almost no gain in Trump country. At this point, blue-state residents can expect to live more than four years longer than their red-state counterparts....In 1990, Texas and Florida had higher life expectancy than New York and almost matched California; today, they’re far behind.
What explains the divergence? Public policy certainly plays some role, especially in recent years, as blue states expanded Medicaid and drastically reduced the number of uninsured, while most red states didn’t. The growing gap in educational levels has also surely played a role: Better-educated people tend to be healthier than the less educated.
Life expectancy continues to increase in countries with universal health care while it has declined in the USA. However, blue states have almost kept pace with European life expectancy while red states have declined.