हैं Canadians healthier than Americans?

उत्तर पश्चिमी प्रशांत में, कम से कम, वे कर रहे हैं. That’s according to the February 2009 Cascadia स्कोरकार्ड:

ब्रिटिश कोलंबिया के उत्तर पश्चिमी प्रशांत ले जाता है in several critical long-term trends, सहित मानव स्वास्थ्य, energy effiiciency, और स्मार्ट विकास, Cascadia स्कोरबोर्ड सूचना दी, a regional progress report released today by Sightline संस्थान.

…British Columbia residents live an average of 81.6 साल, two years longer than residents of the Northwest states and topping all other North American states और प्रांतों. वास्तव में, if BC were an independent nation, यह होगा second longest lifespan in the world, जापान के बाद, और आइसलैंड के साथ करार किया.

The healthiest jurisdiction in British Columbia is the suburban city of रिचमंड, ईसा पूर्व, where lifespans exceed 84 साल.

क्या ब्रिटिश कोलंबियाई तो स्वस्थ बनाता है? The Cascadia रिपोर्ट goes on to say:

British Columbians’ success in leading long, healthy lives results not from one single cause, लेकिन कई से. None of the province’s inhabitants goes without स्वास्थ्य बीमा — unlike the 1 में 7 residents of the Northwest states who do so each year.

ईसा पूर्व भी है lower rates of violent deaths: fewer homicides and also fewer fatal car crashes, the latter largely due to compact communities that allow residents to drive less.

Even economics may play a role. On average, residents of the province aren’t as wealthy as their American counterparts, लेकिन आय और धन gaps between the rich and the poor are narrower. दुनिया भर में, an unequal economic structure tends to be associated with poor health.

Other factors, सहित lower rates of severe obesity compared with the Northwest states, may also play a role.