Talk World Radio: Jacob Bor on Why People Live Longer Outside the U.S.

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This week on Talk World Radio, we're talking about how many people in the United States have been dying for no good reason. Our guest Jacob Bor is one of the authors of a new study that assesses how many U.S. deaths would be avoided every year if the U.S.'s mortality rates were equal to other wealthy peer nations. Jacob Bor is an assistant professor in the departments of global health and epidemiology at Boston University School of Public Health. PNAS Nexus Paper (2023) https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/2/6/pgad173/7185600 Coverage in The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2022/07/us-life-span-mortality-rates/670591/ Coverage in The NY Times https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/09/opinion/mortality-rate-pandemic.html Lancet Commission on Health and Policy in the Trump Era (2021) https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)32545-9/fulltext#seccestitle50 National Academies of Science (2021 Report) https://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/rising-midlife-mortality-rates-and-socioeconomic-disparities National Academies of Science (2013 Report) https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/13497/us-health-in-international-perspective-shorter-lives-poorer-health