People of working age die 2.5 times more often in the United States than in Central and Eastern Europe

Sociologists have observed a frightening increase in working-age mortality in the United States. Research has shown that Americans are far outperforming their Central and Eastern European (CEE) counterparts.

Since 1840, life expectancy worldwide has increased by an average of 2.5 years every 10 years. If this trend can be maintained, most children born this millennium will live to be 100 years old. However, a study by the Leverhulme Center for Demographic Sciences (LCDS) shows the opposite – middle-aged individuals in the US and UK have begun to die at a higher rate.

The period studied is from 1990 to 2023. The results for the US look, frankly, depressing. For example, in 2023, all-cause mortality among men and women is 2.5 times higher than in CEE countries, the homicide rate is almost 15 times higher, and traffic deaths are 3.5 times higher. The United States was also far ahead in terms of drug use – 15 times higher than other countries, which had an immediate impact on drug-related mortality – it was 10 times higher than its “competitors”.

This sad statistic was supplemented by American women aged 25 to 44. They turned out to be the only group where mortality in 2023 exceeded the figure of the distant 1990 by 3.7%.

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