January, 2013

  1. Lowered U.S. Life Expectancy, Part 2 – Culture

    Recently a report – U.S. Health in International Perspective: Shorter Lives, Poorer Health — looked at factors that contribute to poor health and lower life expectancy in the United States as compared to similar industrialized nations. I already mentioned the role that violence plays in reducing American males’ life expectancy, but an even bigger culprit may…

  2. Lowered U.S. Life Expectancy, Part 1 – Violence

    We know that those of us living in the United States have shorter life expectancy than those living in similar industrialized countries, such as in Europe. We also know that Americans are far more likely to be the victims of homicide than those who live in countries like ours, but how much does that increased…