"Another theory: the study is bogus. I have some experience of the NHS. I'm betting there are more sick Americans because Americans survive getting sick, sometimes for years and years."
If that was the case US life expectancy would be higher than the UK’s. It isn’t.
There a lot of burying heads in sand going on in this thread. Hey, I’m no paragon of the healthy lifestyle but at least I admit it.
Not necessarily. Our statistics are skewed by several factors. We try harder than most nations to save extremely premature babies, for one thing (death of an infant seriously impacts the averages, for mathematically obvious reasons).
Having spent time in both places, I simply do not believe this study.
What are the life expectancies for the respective countries?