Question

A) What has been happening to our longevity in the U.S.? How do we compare to other countries? Who has been more affected, women or men in the last 20 years? Please offer why you think so.

Answer 1

Longevity means life expectancy . Life expectancy of U.S. people has been dropped according to the CDC national centerfold health statistics .

The average life expectancy is 78.7years which put U.S. behind other nations and 1.5years lower than the OECD (organisation and economic co-operation and development) average life expectancy of 80.3 years.OECD includes Mexico, France ,Germany, Canada ,U.K and Japan .

The reason behind the increasing deaths are :-

- drug abuse

- alcohol abuse

- suicide

- disease condition from diabetes to HIV

The longevity of U.S. is compared with other countries included in OECD .

Males are more affected than the women in the last 20years . Once male where considered as one of the risk factors .

Factors why male is more prone to disease condition are:-

- difference in biological physiology

- difference in the levels of some hormones

- difference in psychological aspects

- more prone to habits which are against health like smoking , drinking alcohol etc