Americans' health suffers
Lewis DiuguidIt seems odd that in the wealthiest nation in the world, Americans are living shorter lives and generally are in worse health than other Western countries.
But that was the finding of a new National Research Council and Institute of Medicine report. Americans scored below average on infant mortality, low birth weight, injuries, homicides, adolescent pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections, HIV-AIDS, drug related deaths, obesity, diabetes, heart disease, chronic lung disease and disability, the Los Angeles Times reports.
It’s not a pretty picture, although one bright spot was the United States’ low cancer death rates.
Overall, as baby boomers age and more severe health issues surface, the U.S. will be spending a lot more time and money caring for a generation of more than 75 million people who didn’t take good care of themselves when they were younger.
George Hunsucker
Northland
4 months, 2 weeks agoOf course the high illegitimacy rate doesn’t affect these rates, does it?
Black and Hispanic out-of-wedlock births are at record highs—why don’t the “leaders” of these communities say something?????
Steve Alleman
Kansas City
4 months, 2 weeks agoHow would the “high illegitimacy rate” affect baby boomers getting heart disease and diabetes?
Mark Hastert
4 months, 2 weeks ago“Of course the high illegitimacy rate doesn’t affect these rates, does it”
What the hell does that have to do with anything? It only confirms your bigotry. Maybe one solution would be to stop wasting our health resources on seniors and more on health initiatives that would save us money in the long run.
George Hunsucker
Northland
4 months, 2 weeks agoFor you 2 libs who obviously cannot understand the English language:
“Americans scored below average on infant mortality”
I guess in libville below weight babies and premature births of crack babies don’t skew the results, and of course you jump to your tried and true defense by calling me a bigot…
You libs are much too predictable, sad, but predictable….
JR Beillenhouser
4 months, 2 weeks agoI’m sure it must be because of global warming.