Traffic related fatalities a big part of the reason U.S. life expectancy is lower than it should be | Reuters

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About half of the difference in life expectancy between the U.S. and other high-income countries like Austria and the U.K. is due to injuries sustained from guns, drug poisonings and motor vehicle crashes, according to a new study.

As of 2012, U.S. life expectancy at birth was 78.7 years, compared to 81.5 years in the U.K. and 82.6 years in France, according to World Bank data.

“Part of the reason there is such a large difference is that people who die from these injuries usually have several decades left to live,” said lead author Dr. Andrew Fenelon of the National Center for Health Statistics in Hyattsville, Maryland.

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Traffic related fatalities a big part of the reason U.S. life expectancy is lower than it should be | Reuters