#life expectancy

[mapsontheweb]

Difference in life expectancy between men and women.

by land_geist

#maps #land_geist #igsourced #europe #gender gap #life expectancy

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

"100-200 years ago, people ate organic unprocessed food and didn't have vaccines... ... and lived to the ripe old age of 'died in childbirth.'"

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"Nature wants 5 of your 7 children dead. It wants you dead by 50. Everything better than that is brought to you by science & technology." -- David Frum

#science #human progress #wellbeing #life expectancy #organic food #unprocessed #processed foods #vaccines #vaccine #religion is a mental illness

[reasonsforhope]

"Proving that change is possible if the will to create it is present, Chinese megacities like Beijing that were once famous for their apocalyptic grey skies are enjoying the lowest levels of air pollution they’ve experienced in the 21st century.

Falling 42% from an average high in 2013 when Chinese air pollution was higher than 50 particles per cubic centimeters of city air, the change has increased the lifespan of Chinese urbanites by 2.2 years.

The news comes from a report published by the University of Chicago called the Air Quality Life Index which listed some of the actions taken by the Chinese government to reduce air pollution, described by the CCP as a “war on pollution.”

This has included reducing the presence of heavy industry like steel production in city centers, as well as restricting coal power plants from being built inside cities while shuttering those that were already there.

Some cities like Beijing have reduced the number of cars allowed on the roads during peak hours, similar to London’s congestion charge. Lastly, China’s mass urban tree-planting campaigns have been well documented.

While the life expectancy has risen on average 2.2 years, some cities have seen far more drastic increases. Citizens living under the new “Beijing Blue,” are predicted to live 4 additional years, while those 11 million in the north-central city of Baoding are predicted to gain 6.

“At the foundation of those actions were common elements: political will and resources, both human and financial, that reinforced each other,” the report said. “When the public and policymakers have these tools, action becomes much more likely.”

In fact, the decline in China’s pollution levels has been so drastic that it lowered the world average, which the report says would have increased if not for the Middle Kingdom’s war on pollution.

Although Chinese city air is still several times higher than the WHO’s recommended minimum, it shows what’s accomplishable with political and civic effort—particularly to its neighbors in South Asia where the report warns air quality is worsening."

-via Good News Network, September 1, 2023

#china #pollution #air pollution #coal #carbon emissions #pollution reduction #tree planting #beijing #air quality #aqi #life expectancy #asia #south asia #good news #hope #hope posting

[liberalsarecool]

MAGA/GOP policies and rhetoric will kill you.

Red Counties are legit death traps.

#life expectancy #covid #vote blue

[probablyasocialecologist]

By examining skeletal remains, anthropologist Meggan Bullock and colleagues found that in the city of Cholula, Mexico, between 900 and 1531, most people who made it to adulthood lived past the age of 50.

And of course there are many examples from historical records of people who lived very long lives in the past. For example, the sixth-century Roman Emperor Justinian I reportedly died at the age of 83.

Analysis of the tooth development of an ancient anatomically modern Homo sapiens individual from Morocco suggests that our species has experienced long life spans for at least the past 160,000 years.

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Knowing that people often did have long lives in the past might help you feel more connected with the past. For example, you can imagine multigenerational households and gatherings, with grandparents in Neolithic China or Medieval England bouncing their grandchildren on their knees and telling them stories about their own childhoods decades before. You might have more in common with people who lived long ago than you had realized.

#archaeology #bioarchaeology #history #aging #Life expectancy

[scavengedluxury]

It’s not difficult is it, The Economist?

#uk politics #life expectancy #fuck the tories #tory scum

[unbfacts]

#Hawaii #hawaiian #Life expectancy #US state

[willowreader]

The Lancet is a premier medical journal that is respected worldwide. Their articles are always peer reviewed and deemed as accurate. Lower life expectancy is a big deal. And yet we just go merrily along spreading COVID to everyone. "It's just a cold" I was told today by an unmasked person with a runny nose. I had my respirator on thank goodness. I will never understand why we have let this happen.

#life expectancy #covid #covid 19 #sars cov 2

[18thcenturythirsttrap]

Fuck this country.

#uk politics #pensions #life expectancy #Instagram

[workersolidarity]

The average life expectancy of a Chinese citizen is now higher than the life expectancy of an American.

Life expectancy has gone down in the US for the last two years, dropping to an average of 76 years to China's 78 years.

#life expectancy #us vs china #socialism #communism #marxism leninism #socialist politics #socialist #communist #marxism #marxist leninist

[mapsontheweb]

Life Expectancy for Newborn Children in US Counties

by u/oscarleo0

#maps #oscarleo0 #us #life expectancy

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

#human progress #human development #life expectancy #GDP #gross domestic product #education #water #sanitation #child mortality #child death #religion is a mental illness

[dontmeantobepoliticalbut]

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) tore into Republican Governors over how their states have suffered under GOP leadership.

He started with a quick dismissal of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R).

“One of the worst crime and murder rates in America and one of the worst mental health records of any governor in America,” he told MSNBC’s Jen Psaki. “I’m not so convinced about the merits of his leadership.”

Newsom said the problem wasn’t limited to Texas.

“8 of the top 10 murder states are Republican states,” he said. “7 of the top 10 dependent states ― God forbid, dependent states ― are red states.”

He was just getting warmed up:

“The life expectancy in the South and they’re not expanding Medicaid and prenatal care and providing child care? It’s jaw-dropping. How they all continue to get reelected is beyond me. Infant mortality? You care about life, and you look at life expectancy? You care about life, and you have kids that are gunned down by weapons of war? Spare me. All in the name of freedom, as you’re banning books?”

"With all due respect, we should not be on the defensive as the Democratic Party," he concluded. "The Republican Party should be on their heels, not us."

#us politics #news #huffington post #2023 #gov. gavin newsom #California #msnbc #jen psaki #republicans #conservatives #Democrats #tweet #twitter #gov. greg abbott #texas #blue states pay for red states #violent crime rates #murder rates #mental health #life expectancy #infant mortality #gun control #gun violence #book bans #expand medicare

[liberalsarecool]

Why would you listen to a Red State on health care? The evidence is in. They lost. AGAIN.

#life expectancy

[chasshaex89]

Fun fact ➡️ looking at boobs for 5 minutes daily increases your life expectancy

#look at them #dem bewbs #life expectancy

[bethanydelleman]

A good summary of how life expectancy works and how it has changed in the last 200 years:

The important part for understanding Jane Austen, is that if you made it to 20 years of age, you had a good chance to live till 60. This is still not great, today a 20 year old can expect to live until 85, but it wasn't like everyone dropped dead at 40.

Basically, your life expectancy at birth (about 40) is not the same as your life expectancy at other points in your life. The longer you manage to live, the longer you can expect to live.

Mr. Bennet, who is likely in his late 40s, could statistically easily live another 20 years after the conclusion of Pride & Prejudice.

#life expectancy #BBC Radio 4 #More or less #how life expectancy has changed