Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Life Expectancy Gaps Growing in US

(Version anglaise seulement)

Life expectancy in the United States depends on what county one lives in, a new study suggests. According to the study from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington in Seattle, “The gap between counties with the highest and lowest life expectancies is larger now than it was back in 1980 – a more than a 20-year difference in 2014 – highlighting massive and growing inequality in the health of Americans.” For example, in Owsley County,...

Lire l'article complet