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#geographicinequality

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Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChronicIllnesses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChronicIllnesses</span></a> thrive in a sink-or-swim <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>culture</span></a>, w/the US gov spending far less than peer countries on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PreventiveMedicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PreventiveMedicine</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SocialWelfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialWelfare</span></a> generally. Breakthroughs in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/nutrition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nutrition</span></a> that should be boosting average life spans have instead been overwhelmed by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poverty</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/distrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distrust</span></a> of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MedicalSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MedicalSystem</span></a>, fracturing of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/social" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>social</span></a> networks &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/unhealthy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unhealthy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/diets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diets</span></a> built around highly <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ProcessedFood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProcessedFood</span></a>, researchers told The Post.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FoodDeserts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FoodDeserts</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Accessibility</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GeographicInequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeographicInequality</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>This phenomenon is exacerbated by the country’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economic</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>political</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/racial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racial</span></a> divides. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a> is increasingly a country of haves &amp; have-nots, measured not just by bank accts &amp; property values but also by vital signs &amp; grave markers. Dying prematurely… has become the most telling measure of the nation’s growing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inequality</span></a>.</p><p>…early deaths (are) an extreme manifestation of an underlying deterioration of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> &amp; a failure of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HealthSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthSystem</span></a> to respond.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Affordability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Affordability</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GeographicInequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeographicInequality</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Even before the pandemic…<br>Sickness &amp; death were/are scarring entire communities…. In a quarter of the nation’s counties, mostly in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/South" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>South</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Midwest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Midwest</span></a>, working-age people are dying at a higher rate than 40 years ago….</p><p>Deaths of adults 35-64 are concentrated in the nation’s interior, including <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Appalachia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Appalachia</span></a>, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MississippiDelta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MississippiDelta</span></a> &amp; parts of the Midwest. In recent decades, death rates have been rising in the interior while declining in coastal regions.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FoodDeserts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FoodDeserts</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GeographicInequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeographicInequality</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LifeExpectancy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LifeExpectancy</span></a> in the U.S. has been declining since 2014.
<br>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/diet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diet</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HealthCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthCare</span></a> system &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poverty</span></a> have contributed to an epidemic of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChronicIllness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChronicIllness</span></a>, a Post examination found.<br>More adults are dying in their prime.
<br>5-10% of all <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>children</span></a> have developed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FattyLiverDisease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FattyLiverDisease</span></a>. Before the early 2000s, it almost exclusively affected adults, particularly heavy drinkers.
<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FoodDeserts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FoodDeserts</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Nutrition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nutrition</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Accessibility</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Affordability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Affordability</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GeographicInequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeographicInequality</span></a><br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/interactive/2023/american-life-expectancy-dropping/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/health/inte</span><span class="invisible">ractive/2023/american-life-expectancy-dropping/</span></a></p>
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