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points by traceroute66 1 day ago | 0 comments

> While rates in the US may be rising, they are still below countries like Japan, Italy, France, and the UK.

Average life expectancy in Japan is 85 with average 88 female and 82 male.

Meanwhile US is 79 (avg), 81 (f), 76 (m).

So I suspect diet and lifestyle is still more likely to kill you in the US.

Deaths from opioids over the last 10+ years has really affected the life expectancy in the US. But no doubt that Japanese lifestyle is much better than the American lifestyle overall, especially at the older ages.

[–] runako 1 day ago

What does this add to a discussion of a change in colorectal cancer rates?

[–] hparadiz 1 day ago

If the rates went down from 2000 to 2022 and then had a small bump into 2023 isn't that just statistical noise?