July 17, 2008
American inequality highlighted by 30-year gap in life expectancy
From The Independent:
The American Human Development Index has applied to the US an aid agency approach to measuring well-being – more familiar to observers of the Third World – with shocking results. The US finds itself ranked 42nd in global life expectancy and 34th in survival of infants to age. Suicide and murder are among the top 15 causes of death and although the US is home to just 5 per cent of the global population it accounts for 24 per cent of the world's prisoners.
Despite an almost cult-like devotion to the belief that unfettered free enterprise is the best way to lift Americans out of poverty, the report points to a rigged system that does little to lessen inequalities.
"The report shows that although America is one of the richest nations in the world, it is woefully behind when it comes to providing opportunity and choices to all Americans to build a better life," the authors said.
You can visit the website of the American Health Development Index at measureforamerica.org.
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According to expectancy-value theory, behaviour is a function of the expectancies one has and the value of the goal toward which one is working. The expectant of life span is less now. In previous days it is high the life expectancy.
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