Deaths in the 25-45 yo range (All cause mortality ) have increased in the USA compared to almost all other developed countries (Excluding the UK).
Culprits: CVD, homicide, suicide, traffic accidents, drug use, alcohol, lung cancer
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The CVD is the one that most interests me. I expect that unexpected CVD deaths are going to stay high or even increase in the USA specifically; likely in the UK as well. The metabolic disease in the USA and UK is beyond pandemic levels.
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Add colon cancer also - it is becoming remarkably common in young Americans.
My experience is that we are in a lot of trouble. When I work in the ER, I see chubby parents, come in with obese kids. They are ruining their brains and mental health with needing continual screen time.
Every bad health outcome is going up.
I guess it is job security for me - but is terrifying what is happening with both mental health and metabolic disease - and at what age it is occurring. I’ve diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes in an 8 year old. It should be filed as child abuse to allow this to happen - but the powers that be would not be interested in this being a valid report to child protective services.
Our diet and lifestyle is killing us. It is also concerning to see how the medical system has changed, and how training has migrated from true scientific knowledge and being an expert, to customer service, low quality - high cost care. It is now typical to simply refer everything to someone else, so that there are silos of care in areas that should be fully managed by a good primary care physician, but instead lead to fragmented care, and no unifying plan.
Primary care physicians need to be true experts in all the common stuff and know how to manage everything that leads to increased mortality. Sadly, I see the opposite trend.
I have real concerns about what would happen if the U.S. had a need to seriously deploy its military and institute a draft. How many young people with all their mental and physical disabilities, and probably “identifying” as a non-combatant would we have?
It is a serious time of societal decline - and these statistics are just the tip of the iceberg.
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@DrFraser completely agree with all you said. The health care organization I work for advertises regularly that patient satisfaction is the #1 goal. Not quality care.
Having said that, we could have the healthiest population in the world and that won’t fix, drug use, suicide and homicide. The US will lead death rate for some time to come.
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