AIDS, smoking and obesity are reversing progress made in helping people live longer around the world, with mortality rates worsening over the past 20 years in 37 countries, researchers reported on Thursday. They found Icelandic men have the lowest risk of premature death, while Cypriot women do. Some rich countries such as the United States and Britain scored relatively poorly, the survey found.
In most places, men have twice the relative mortality rate of women, Dr. Christopher Murray of the University of Washington in Seattle and colleagues reported in the Lancet medical journal.
"Worldwide, the 1990s reversal in the trend in adult mortality is probably a result of the HIV pandemic and the sharp rise in adult mortality in countries of the former Soviet Union," the researchers wrote.
In the United States, 60% of adults are overweight or obese. This is a strong contributing factor to the way our mortality rates have worsened and our world rank has gone down. Every year, nearly 24million adults die before their 60th birthday. Obesity, pollution, chemicals, and the luxury of most people having a car contribute to this.
As much as I wish I could say this is a surprising post, It's not. There are so many health risks, that can cause us to die at an earlier age. You would think With the medicines and doctors and surgeries that have been so improved since an earlier time.
ReplyDeleteWow the US completly fails. Its sad that we have subjected ourselves to this fate
ReplyDeleteThis report does not surprise me. With all the advances in health care we know how to live heather longer lives, but choose to partake in activities that will greatly limit our ability to utilize these advantages.
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