Healthcare Innovation August 22, 2024
Study reveals that compared to other high-income nations, women in the U.S. have a lower life expectancy
The Commonwealth Fund reported in a news brief on August 15 that new federal data show that the United States has by far the highest rate of maternal deaths of any high-income nation, despite a decline since the COVID-19 pandemic.
Munira Z. Gunja, Relebohile Masitha, and Laurie C. Zephyrin mentioned in the brief that “as of 2022, women in the U.S. had the lowest life expectancy of 80 years compared to women in other high-income countries. As of 2021, women in the U.S. had the highest rate of avoidable deaths (270 per 100,000).”
“While the U.S. spends more on health care than other...
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