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Why poor people in Western Europe live longer than rich Americans

2025-04-03 19:46:39Lifestyle SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Why poor people in Western Europe live longer than rich Americans
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Survival rates for wealthy Americans have been on par with the poorest people in northern and western Europe, and for some groups, even lower than for eastern Europeans, a new study finds.

According to the study, poor Europeans can expect to live at least as long as wealthy Americans and, in some cases, even longer.

Studies have shown that health and longevity are often linked to wealth, as this increases access to opportunities such as education, good employment, healthy food, and medical care.

However, in some cases, poorer people in countries like the Netherlands and France have a longer life expectancy than wealthy Americans, according to this study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Analysis and study methods

The study included more than 74,000 individuals from the US and 16 European countries, who were between 50 and 85 years old in 2010. The study followed their survival until 2022. The Europeans were divided into three groups:

Northern and Western Europe (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland)

Southern Europe (Italy, Portugal, Spain)

Eastern Europe (Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia)

The results showed that the death rate in the US was 6.5 per 1,000 during the study period, compared with rates of 2.9 in Northern and Western Europe, 4.9 in Southern Europe and 5.8 in Eastern Europe.

The health and wealth gap

The study highlighted a link between health and wealth everywhere, but one notable difference was the fact that the health gap between the richest and poorest was wider in the US than in any other European country.

The poorest people in the US had the lowest survival rates in the world and died younger than their European counterparts. Even the richest Americans had lower survival rates than many wealthy Europeans. For example, wealthy Americans had survival rates similar to those of the poorest in Northern and Western Europe, as well as Eastern Europeans.

The explanation for this difference

This health and longevity gap is a stark reminder that even the wealthiest people in the US are not immune to systemic factors that affect longevity, such as the wealth gap and lack of access to health care. Irene Papanicolas, a health economist at Brown University and the study’s director, explained: “The wealth gap in the US is more extreme than almost any other developed country, and this has a profound impact on the health and longevity of its citizens.”

Në SHBA, të pasurit mund të kenë më shumë para, por marrëdhënia midis pasurisë dhe shëndetit është e lidhur me diferencën në pasuri brenda një shoqërie. Hendeku i pasurisë në SHBA është më i thellë dhe ka një ndikim të konsiderueshëm në aksesin në shërbime shëndetësore dhe kushte jetese më të mira.

Për të shpjeguar këtë, studiuesit sugjerojnë se struktura sociale dhe shërbimet shëndetësore janë më të dobëta në SHBA, dhe kjo mund të ndihmojë për të kuptuar pse më të varfrit në SHBA kanë shkallë më të ulët mbijetesë se ata në Europë.


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