Avoidable deaths are on the rise in the United States, yet falling in many peer nations
www.brown.edu
A study by researchers at the Brown University School of Public Health found that avoidable mortality rose across all U.S. states from 2009 to 2021, while it declined in most other high-income countries.
  • Dagwood222@lemm.ee
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    1 month ago

    There was a case of a self employed carpenter in Queens, NY. He won the lottery and splurged on getting a checkup.

    He had cancer. If he’d lived in a place that had better healthcare he’d have been able to get treated earlier.