The ‘missing Americans:’ Researchers uncover troubling mortality disparity

The ‘missing Americans:’ Researchers uncover troubling mortality disparity

Each year, the United States has hundreds of thousands of deaths that could have been averted, according to a new collaboration between researchers at Boston University and the Minnesota Population Center.  The U.S. is one of many nations considered wealthy, with the World Bank defining a wealthy nation as one with an average gross national income per capita of $14,005 or above.  If death rates in the U.S. matched those of other wealthy nations,…