Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

Sounds about right. I'm surprised by California. Nice.

But I bet healthcare costs are way higher there. To match with higher income, I guess.



Median income is not much lower in Utah than in California. Utah's low healthcare spending per capita is likely a reflection of Utah having the lowest median age of any state. Most healthcare costs are spent on elderly people.

I should add though that life expectancy is affected at least as much by social policy as by healthcare spending. Much of the difference is a result of cars/guns/drugs killing more people earlier in life in the US than in Europe.


Doesn't seem like big correlation in this case. Violent crime rate is roughly double in California compared with Utah.


While Utah has a lower homicide rate than California (2.2 vs 5.1 per 100k) like many rural states it has a much higher suicide rate (21.5 vs 10.1 per 100k). Accident mortality (mostly overdoses and car accidents) are similar (49.7 vs 51.1 per 100k).

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/state-stats/deaths/homicide.html

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/state-stats/deaths/suicide.html

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/state-stats/deaths/accidents.html

More on the drivers of lower life expectancy in US here:

https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/chart-collection/what-dr...


All really interesting stuff. Thanks.




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: