Sono Canadians healthier than Americans?

Nel nord-ovest del Pacifico, almeno, essi sono. That’s according to the February 2009 Cascadia Scorecard:

British Columbia conduce il Pacifico nord-occidentale in several critical long-term trends, compresi umano salute, energy effiiciency, e crescita intelligente, riportato il Scorecard Cascadia, a regional progress report released today by Sightline Istituto.

…British Columbia residents live an average of 81.6 anni, two years longer than residents of the Northwest states and topping all other North American states e province. Di fatto, if BC were an independent nation, avrebbe l' second longest lifespan in the world, dopo il Giappone, e di essere legato con l'Islanda.

The healthiest jurisdiction in British Columbia is the suburban city of Richmond, AC, where lifespans exceed 84 anni.

Ciò che rende colombiani britannici modo sano? L' Cascadia rapporto goes on to say:

British Columbians’ success in leading long, healthy lives results not from one single cause, ma da molti. None of the province’s inhabitants goes without assicurazione sanitaria — unlike the 1 in 7 residents of the Northwest states who do so each year.

BC ha anche 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, ma il reddito e della ricchezza gaps between the rich and the poor are narrower. In tutto il mondo, an unequal economic structure tends to be associated with poor health.

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