United States (US) health
About $4.3 trillion of the $10 trillion spent on health globally is in the US. Despite this huge investment, there are still wide disparities in health and health spending across the country.
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76%
of those experiencing the lowest levels of well-being in 2021 were males aged 25-44, as measured by the Human Development Index.
18.5 years
for females (23.7 for males) was the life expectancy disparity across US states in 2019.
905,000 deaths
in the US were due to cardiovascular diseases in 2021, but were not distributed proportionally across races and ethnicities.
Featured US publication
Disparities in wellbeing in the USA by race and ethnicity, age, sex, and location, 2008–21: an analysis using the Human Development Index
More US publications
Briefings for 50 US states
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(Link to HDI infographic before briefings are published)
News and events
On gun violence, the United States is an outlier
Katherine Leach-Kemon, Rebecca Sirull, Scott Glenn
October 31, 2023
