Human Growth and Development / Unit 15 HGD 2122 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The United States Among Rich Countries
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The idea
Among eleven high-income countries in one comparison, the United States had the highest share of overweight or obese adults and the shortest life expectancy.
In practice
US life expectancy of about seventy-nine in that comparison, against Japan's nearly eighty-four.
Where people slip
In low-income countries, neonatal conditions, diarrhoeal disease, malaria, tuberculosis and HIV rank among the leading causes of death.
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