AMERICAblog News: US Drops to 49th in the world for life expectancy; #s are really crappy for white Americans too

From Americablog, one of my favorite sites:

Were number 49!

There’s a myth that all these “bad” US numbers for life expectancy and such are really the result of America being a “diverse culture” – meaning, “it’s all those minorities who aren’t doing so well, while we white folks must be riding pretty darn high in the international statistics!”

Yeah, not so much. According to a new study, we white folk in America are doing pretty badly as well.  In fact, we seem to be doing worse than non-whites.

For example, compared to 12 other comparable countries (Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom), here’s how white men and white women in America ranked in terms of 15-year survival rates at the ages of 45 and 65:

45 year old white men: ranked 11th of 13

45 year old white women: ranked 11th of 13

65 year old white men: ranked 11th of 13

65 year old white women: ranked 13th of 13

Oh, and here’s a funny thing: The US numbers only get better when you INCLUDE non-whites.

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