Poor Europeans live longer than rich Americans, the study shows that contrast. world News
It is a common belief that a rich person is more likely to live a long and healthy life, with a rich person, comfort, stability and access to top level healthcare. But a new study challenges this belief and establishes an old saying: Money is not everything, not at least when it comes to health and longevity. published in New England Journal of Medicine, The study tracked around 74,000 persons between the ages of 50 to 85 in the US and 16 European countries from 2010 to 2022. Surprisingly, some of the poorest Europeans were also found to underline the wealthiest Americans, revealing deep inequalities associated with national health systems and social structures.
Europe vs. America: Money does not guarantee longevity
Researchers divided Europe into three regions -North and Western, Southern and East -East -United States in the United States of Survival for those in America. The US had the highest total mortality rate of 6.5 per 1,000 people, while the rate of 2.9 was very low in northern and western Europe. More than this, rich Americans had lower survival rates than all in northern and western Europe and equal to the poorest in those areas.This pattern remained in several metrics. The death of the poorest Americans decreased with their European counterparts, and the difference of existence between the rich and the poor of America was studied. According to the researchers, factors such as income inequality, limited access to healthcare and weak social support structures in the US help to explain this disturbing trend.
Role of welfare systems and social support
Experts say that the possibility of Europe’s strong welfare policies play a major role in these results. Countries such as Netherlands, France and Germany provide widespread access to public support for healthcare, affordable housing and aging population. Professor of European Public Health, Dr. Martin McKi said that strong social security nets are benefited not only to the poor, but also as middle classes.Europe’s universal healthcare systems, preventive care programs, with income support, large care and housing assistance, create a protective structure that maintains public health in all socio -economic groups. These policies not only improve the results for the people below – they increase the base line for all. In contrast, American approach-judge-based insurance, private healthcare, and minimal government intervention depends-leaving people leaving people and also forming intervals among people with stable income.Controlled studies for major risk factors such as gender, education, smoking habits and chronic diseases, which strengthens its conclusions that national policy – plays an important role in not only personal behavior – longevity. However, it was not responsible for the impact of racial inequalities or ultra-torto 1%, which researchers say that the picture of inequality could widen further. Nevertheless, the main message remains Stark: The collective investment of a society directly in healthcare and social support affects how long its people live.
