Why is American Life Expectancy So Low

Sign up to Brilliant (the first 200 sign ups get 20% off an annual premium subscription): https://brilliant.org/tldrglobal/ After years of a constant climb, the US is appearing to be lagging behind in life expectancy, even declining further following the coronavirus pandemic. In this video, we explore what factors are driving this negative slump in life expectancy as well as how hard it would be to overturn it (hint: it's pretty hard). 💬 Twitter: https://twitter.com/tldrnewsglobal 📸 Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/tldrnewsglobal 🎞 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ tldrnews 🗣 Discord: https://tldrnews.co.uk/discord 💡 Got a Topic Suggestion? - https://forms.gle/mahEFmsW1yGTNEYXA Support TLDR on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/tldrnews Donate by PayPal: https://tldrnews.co.uk/funding TLDR Store: https://www.tldrnews.co.uk/store TLDR TeeSpring Store: https://teespring.com/stores/tldr-spring Learn About Our Funding: https://tldrnews.co.uk/funding TLDR is all about getting you up to date with the news of today, without bias and without filter. We aim to give you the information you need, quickly and simply so that you can make your own decision. TLDR is a completely independent & privately owned media company that's not afraid to tackle the issues we think are most important. The channel is run by just a small group of young people, with us hoping to pass on our enthusiasm for politics to other young people. We are primarily fan sourced with most of our funding coming from donations and ad revenue. No shady corporations, no one telling us what to say. We can't wait to grow further and help more people get informed. Help support us by subscribing, following, and backing us on Patreon. Thanks! ///////////////////////////////////// 1 - https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/chart-collection/u-s-life-expectancy-compare-countries/ 2 - https://ourworldindata.org/life-expectancy#life-expectancy-has-improved-globally 3 - https://www.ft.com/content/653bbb26-8a22-4db3-b43d-c34a0b774303 4 - https://www.ft.com/content/b3972fb1-55d9-41a8-8953-aad827f40c28

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