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Monday, October 22nd, 2018

Spain to lead Japan in global life expectancy, US continues to to slide

Author:     Rob Picheta
Source:     CNN
Publication Date:     12:36 PM ET, Wed October 17, 2018
 Link: Spain to lead Japan in global life expectancy, US continues to to slide
Stephan:   Life expectancy in the US has dropped in each of the past two years, If you live in the U.S. statistically your life will be six years shorter than if you like in Spain, or Japan. Six Years! The U.S. is not even in the top ten. Nor is it in the top 20, or 30. What could you do with those six years that you won't have? Spend more time with your grandchildren, your children? Take a long-anticipated but never attained trip on your bucket list? American society is failing its citizens in a hundred ways, this is one of the saddest failures, and its getting worse. We are now a population defined by our obesity, our short lives, and our guns.
The top ten
Based on life expectancy forecast for 2040:
  1. Spain (85.8 years)
  2. Japan (85.7 years)
  3. Singapore (85.4 years)
  4. Switzerland (85.2 years)
  5. Portugal (84.5 years)
  6. Italy (84.5 years)
  7. Israel (84.4 years)
  8. France (84.3 years)
  9. Luxembourg (84.1 years)
  10. Australia (84.1 years)

Spain will overtake Japan’s long-held position at the top of the world’s life expectancy table by 2040, while the United States is set to take a big fall in rankings, new research finds.

People in Spain will live for 85.8 years on average, marginally edging out expected lifespans in Japan (85.7), Singapore (85.4) and Switzerland (85.2).
The United States will take the biggest drop in ranking of all high-income countries, falling from 43rd in 2016 to 64th by 2040, with an average life expectancy of 79.8.
The US will be overtaken by China, which rises 29 places to 39th in the table.
Americans will live only 1.1 years longer on average in 2040 compared to 2016, well below the average global rise of 4.4 years over that same period.
“Whether we see significant progress or stagnation depends on how well or poorly health systems address key health drivers,” said Kyle Foreman, […]

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