Why would life expectancy in the United States stagnate this century? There are several risks

The life expectancy It is one of the most important indicators for all countries, since through this data you can learn about the health, problems and level of development that each country has. This commonly depends on factors such as violence in each territory, social circumstances and public health policies carried out in each part of the world.

Although some problems are usually international in nature, others that affect this figure depend greatly on the situation that exists within each territory. Such is the case of the United States, a territory that is about to suffer from stagnation in its life expectancy.

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And it is that, although it is estimated that the life expectancy of Americans will increase from 78.3 years to 80.4 years between 2022 and 2050, starting this last year the indicator would stagnate, according to forecast models of the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington, cited by CNN.

This, according to an analysis recently released by The Lancet, is due to the possible impact that several diseases and other health risks in the North American country that have recently acquired importance could unleash. The situation is so worrying, says the American media, that it is estimated that the US will drop from 49th place (reached in 2022) to 66th (in 2050) in the list of countries with the highest life expectancy once the first half of the 21st century.

Who will be most affected by life expectancy figures for 2050 in the United States?

The studies cited by the American media maintain that women will be the most affected by this phenomenon, since according to the figures managed by the IHME, life expectancy for women will go from 51st to 74th place (in 2050) and from 51 to 65 (in 2050) for men.

One of the factors that most worries the researchers cited by CNN is obesity, a disease that can serve as a driving force for other chronic pathologies, which could skyrocket to levels never seen before. This disease, which is becoming more and more frequent in this country, ignites the debate about the health policies that should be carried out by the Government.

Drug consumption, for its part, presents an encouraging prognosis for the future, as it has already begun to decrease after reaching record levels. Despite this, it is not ruled out that in the coming decades this problem will increase again and affect life expectancy.