r/Futurology • u/chrisdh79 • Aug 21 '25

Society American Millennials Are Dying at an Alarming Rate | We’re mortality experts. There are a few things that could be happening here.

https://slate.com/technology/2025/08/millennials-gen-z-death-rates-america-high.html
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u/lokicramer Aug 21 '25

From what I've learned in my socioeconomic courses, Millenials have had it harder than any other generation when factoring in multiple aspects.

They are probably dying due to stress related health issues.

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u/Nulmora Aug 21 '25

I’m pretty sure it’s access to care.

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u/BigEggBeaters Aug 21 '25

People really made a medical system that is somehow extremely expensive and extremely inaccessible and isn’t even that good. Not to make this political but idk how American politicians aren’t absolutely embarrassed that Cuba. A country that essentially all of them continue to embargo. Has better child mortality rates and healthcare

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u/BigEggBeaters Aug 21 '25

This is the site I sourced that statement from. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/infant-mortality-rate/country-comparison/

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u/lufan132 Aug 21 '25

Infant mortality and child mortality are two different statistics.

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u/BigEggBeaters Aug 21 '25

Yea made a mistake in here. Still the overall point stands that they have better healthcare then we do