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A new study from Princeton University shows that adults in their working years are dying at higher rates in the US than in other high-income countries, and the UK is also starting to lag behind.
Researchers studied mortality data from 18 high-income countries over three decades, focusing on deaths among adults aged 25-64.
While most countries saw significant decreases in death rates, the US experienced slower progress and even periods of increase, leading to significantly higher mortality rates by 2019.
This negative trend in the US is mainly caused by preventable deaths like drug overdoses, accidents, homicides, and suicides.
Surprisingly, younger US women (ages 25-44) are the only group across all countries studied that had higher death rates in 2019 compared to 1990.
The UK also shows concerning trends, with death rates increasing for those aged 45-54 and stagnating for younger adults, driven by factors like cardiovascular disease, cancer, and drug-related deaths.
The study is published in the International Journal of Epidemiology.
