Posted on 06/14/2012 1:08:31 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
While life expectancy in many parts of the United States is dropping, it has increased by 10 years in Manhattan since 1987. Researchers largely attribute that rise — the fastest in the nation — to a crackdown by the New York City health department on unhealthy behaviors.
Manhattanites can now expect to live to the ripe old age of 82, and the average life expectancy across all five New York City boroughs is 80.6 years. That's three years beyond the national average, and a striking turnaround since the city's low point in 1990, when life expectancy there trailed the U.S. average by three years.
The numbers come from researchers at the University of Washington's Institute for Heath Metrics and Evaluation, who recently estimated the life expectancies in all 3,147 independent American cities and counties each year from 1987 through 2009. Even with New York's success, the IHME team found life expectancy in the country as a whole lengthened just 1.7 years per decade, a slower pace of progress than in the world's most long-lived countries. (The United States ranks 50th in that regard, according to the CIA World Fact Book.)
So, why is New York doing so well, and how can other U.S. cities get their residents' longevities up to speed? [Infographic: A Day in the Life of the Average American]
According to the British medical journal The Lancet, most gains made during the 1990s aren't replicable elsewhere. The city ramped up its life expectancy by reining in homicide rates and HIV/AIDS-related mortality, both of which had weighed down the average at the beginning of the decade.
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Actually, I would prefer just to be dead rather than living in that socialist cesspit.
I went to NYC a couple of years ago and it was disgusting. Your eyes start burning as you take the escalator into the subway, the city is filthy, and they have some smoke-like substance coming up through the manholes. I don’t see how the life expectancy could possibly be high there... also note that anyone with any kind of means that works there moves out to the suburbs. I could never live there, I’d rather live in DC. DC in comparison is clean, subway system is immaculate, air is breathable, and the people are friendly enough where at least you don’t leave wanting to shoot someone. Just a personal observation.
I suggest you stay at home cupcake and keep watching your "Warriors" VHS tape.
I suggest you stay at home cupcake and keep watching your "Warriors" VHS tape.
Add to the list of New York City traits: The condescending rudeness of the denizens of that liberal dystopia.
AAAWWW, did I hurt your feelings?
I rest my case.
It's a shame that a self-identified Conservative such as yourself continues to reside in a region where liberalism rules and union goons are triumphant. I can fully understand what you've become as a native New Yorker. It's very sad. May Almighty God richly bless you and restore a sense of genuine humility and authentic Christian kindness to your clearly troubled soul.
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. -- Philippians 4:13
nope, what’s sad is you throwing all kinds of falsehoods (iow - lies) out then getting upset when called on them...and then hiding behind a self-serving proclomation of Christian piety...that’s sad.
There’s no need to escalate this any further, wtc911. So, in all sincerity, I really do wish you well and rest assured that you’ll be added to my daily prayer list. I’m sure there is much we can agree on topics other than the city where you happen to reside.
Bless your heart.
Well, sir, thank you very much and continued good wishes. If more Conservatives like you comprised the New York City populace, I’m sure it’d be a much better place.
I love Manhattan. Most Americans would agree with me. However, it is not affordable for an overwhelming majority.
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