Deaths from drug overdoses, the growing wealth inequality, rising poverty and a poor diet are among the main factors reducing life expectancy in the United States in recent years, an American analyst says.
“It’s rare that you see a country that’s classified as a First World nation, or a high-income nation, actually experience a decline in life expectancy and there’s several reasons for this,” said Keith Preston, chief editor of AttacktheSystem.com.
“It’s been pointed that the rate of drug overdoses has increased dramatically in recent years, largely through the widespread use of opioid drugs,” Preston said in an interview with Press TV on Thursday.
“The rate of life expectancy is declining for other reasons,” including the widening wealth gap, increasing poverty, heart disease and poor dietary habits, Preston said.
US deaths from drug overdoses skyrocketed 21 percent last year, and for the second straight year dragged…