We’re in Last Place in the Longevity Improvement Olympics
I follow-up yesterday’s post about declining global birth rates with this post about the fact that the world is living longer, which is part of the reason that the average age of humans is much higher today than it was 60 years ago (21 in 1965 vs. 31 now).
Look at the trend line for these countries when it comes to what improvements have been made in longevity and how limited the U.S.’s growth has been compared to other countries.
If you were to rank these countries based upon the percentage growth from 1950 to 2023, this is how they would stack up:
- South Korea: 140%
- India: 100%
- Saudi Arabia: 90%
- China: 79%
- Brazil: 54%
- South Africa: 51%
- Japan: 39%
- Sweden: 36%
- Germany: 22%
- United States: 16%
What’s one thing the U.S. could do to improve its growth in longevity?
-Chip
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