Vergleich der US-Bundesstaaten mit Großbritannien hinsichtlich der Lebensqualität
Von _crazyboyhere_
Vergleich der US-Bundesstaaten mit Großbritannien hinsichtlich der Lebensqualität
Von _crazyboyhere_
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Vermont- „haha take that uk you cant have infant mortality if you don’t have any infants!“
I remember reading about the Hispanic paradox. Latinos in Texas tend to outlive all other ethnicities for some reason, especially the poor areas along the border
Life expectancy is 81.2 years for Hispanics, 78.1 years for whites, and 75.3 years for black
Is there a source for these maps?
HELL YEAH, NUMBER ONE IN HOMICIDE …. Oh wait … That’s a bad thing.
Median income means nothing, if you’re not going to at least combine it with expenses of the basic needs, as well as with things like education, healthcare, etc. It’s not a metric where you can measure the quality of life.
Same life expectancy as the UK with utilization of individual cars for transport is actually pretty insane
14 of the 15 states where Americans are poorer than Brits are led by Rs and have been for a long time.
Kinda pours cold water on that ‚we’re great for the economy‘ or ‚low taxes/costs are everything‘ idea
For ONCE, The South holds us up
salary means nothing.
PPP would be a better assesment to quantify quality of life.
earning 100k and spending 80k in groceries, healthcare, insurances, house… can’t be compared to earning 50k and spending 30k in groceries, healthcare, insurances, house…Both have 20k left, yet 20k in the UK is actually „more“.
Cost of living is too big of a factor to not adress it at all. In fact, in Purchase power parity, US and UK are mostly equal 65k to 62k per capita. Meaning they can buy the same despite salary differences (tho variance in the US is way bigger than in the UK, being UK more equal so everyone is closer to the mean than in the US, being gini 40 vs 35)
Only 13 states+DC rate higher than UK in PPP.
There’s no way the PPP income map is correct. The US as a whole has almost [double the PPP median income](https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/2024/06/society-at-a-glance-2024_08001b73/full-report/component-12.html#indicator-d1e8404-8cd0a55a48) of the UK, there should likely be zero red states. People in Mississippi aren’t making less than half of what the median American overall does.
Map is completely useless map since it doesn’t tell you how much higher or lower the data is than the UK
I was expecting a „bash the UK/ US“ thing, but this is quite interesting data.
Suggests different policy and personal preferences e.g. healthcare v income.
Quite interesting.
I don’t trust some of these data points, but it won’t stop necromancy congratulating Oklahoma for being red in every category. You did it!
But the right-wing weirdos online promised me the UK was a post-apocalyptic hellhole?!
The infant mortality one is misleading due to a significantly more expansive definition of live births in the U.S.
As of 2024–2025, only **21%** of British adults are satisfied with the National Health Service (NHS), marking the lowest level of public satisfaction since the survey began in 1983. Conversely, **59%** of people are dissatisfied with how the health service runs, largely driven by long wait times for GPs, A&E, and dentists.
**Key Findings on UK Healthcare Satisfaction (2024–2025):**
* **Record Lows:** Satisfaction dropped from 24% in 2023 to 21% in 2024.
* **High Discontent:** Dissatisfaction rose from 52% in 2023 to 59% in 2024.
* **Reasons for Dissatisfaction:** Top concerns include long waiting times for appointments (69%), staff shortages (55%), and lack of government funding (50%).
* **Support for the Model:** Despite low satisfaction, 90% of people still believe the NHS should be free of charge, and 80% agree it should be tax-funded.
* **A&E Care:** Satisfaction with Accident and Emergency services dropped to 19% in 2024. Nuffield Trust +4
People bash on the US healthcare 24/7 but things don’t seem to be perfect anywhere.
Oklahoma is the only state that’s worse in all categories. States with 5/6 worse are TX KS AR LA MS AL NM KY WV.
Massachusetts is the only state that’s better or even in 5 out of 6 categories. States with 4/6 better or even are WY WA MN VT NH NY CT HI NJ.
Get Rich and Die Tryin
Kinda call bs on Nevada having cleaner air than the UK. Born and raised there and the amount of particles plus inversion made our air really dirty and I’d take edinburgh air anytime of year
Is the air quality in the UK really that bad? Why?
I’d like to know how they determined the air quality is worse in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas than it is in the UK. Wide open rural spaces. The air is clean. Unless they are strictly measuring the urban areas.
So food security isn’t linked strongly to life expectancy?
The murder one always makes me curious. How does one get a gun as a law abiding citizen in the UK?
Like the whole zombie knife thing makes it seem like even big kitchen knives are hard to come by.
None of these show any pros to living in one to another, not even homicide rates.
NJ baby
This looks like ppp taken for the US as a whole, which is not correct. It should be adjusted to the PPP of each state. Only Mississippi is poor than the UK on true PPP adjusted metric. Source:https://besta.com.co/mapped-u-s-states-by-average-income/
The coloring system in not consistent. 1 time Blue is Higher then, other time it’s Lower, then Better.
US / FL resident (former NY and CA).
I love the UK. I’ve never not been impressed.
When I see these analyses, which I find interesting, I don’t think they are determinative. We are comparing apples to oranges.
Many people who live in the US and UK are perfectly happy where they are. Some might be happier if they switched. Some might feel less enthused after moving.
Incomes, taxes, healthcare, housing, food costs, transport, crime, it’s all comparable. Yet we are where we are! Make the most of it. Let’s root for each other.
Curious to see the numbers adjusted to ‘per capital’ to account for the 5:1 population ratio?
Who cares. Everyone knows that ANY U.S. state is 10x cooler than the UK.
Life expectancy is really a result of Americans consuming excessive amounts of fats and sugars rather than a healthcare thing.
Always so shocked that red states be red af in all these maps. Keep it MAGA in this Ho!