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what conclusions or hypotheses do you see when you look at this chart?

from a recent study published in the Lancet: thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)01495-8/fulltext

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People live longer in high trust environments. 

Economic insecurity kills. It is better to all be poorer collectively than it is to have a bunch of haves and have nots. Americans GDP mock Japan, or the UK, but maybe there’s more to life than that. 

Collectivism is better for life expectancy than individualism. 

Guns kill people and they are more likely to do so in environments like the above (low trust ones with haves and have nots)

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Would only add that some populations are better (less poorly) adapted to the American diet.

Interesting point about collectivism and high trust environment. UK, Germany and New Zealand are aren’t collectivist nations. But maybe ere the public social system reduces uncertainty which reduces stress, increasing life expectancy.