Legal Interventions to Address US Reductions in Life Expectancy | Firearms | JAMA | JAMA Network: This Viewpoint discusses ways that evidence-based laws can address health disparities and halt the documented reduction of life expectancy across socioeconomic groups in the US, including through regulation of hazardous products, behavioral economic incentives, wage increases, and provision of...
Age-based, geographic, and socioeconomic status disparities collectively
diminish average life expectancy. Midlife “diseases of despair” (eg,
suicides, drug overdoses, and alcohol-related conditions), firearm
violence, and obesity also are contributing factors for reduced life
expectancy, especially in rural counties, the industrial Midwest, and
Appalachia. Life expectancy gaps among the richest and poorest 1%
of the population are estimated to exceed 10 years for women and 14
years for men. Stated simply, poorer, less-educated individuals in
the US live considerably shorter lives. This pattern of inequality has
been highlighted further during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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