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Information every voter who enjoys life must know: "Prior to 2010, the authors write, life expectancy for the average millennial-aged adult in America had been ticking steadily upward, thanks to a drop-off in deaths from diseases like HIV and cancer, homicide, and cardiovascular disease. After 2010, however, this trend began to stall, as drug overdoses, vehicular accidents, and gastrointestinal disease wiped out previous life expectancy gains.

While Americans in general die at a much higher rate than residents of other high-income countries, the rise excess mortality among millennials still manages to stand out.

As the experts write for Slate, about 50 percent of the deaths among Americans under 65 wouldn't have happened if those unfortunate souls lived in another country. For those young adults aged 25 to 44, that number becomes a whopping 62 percent, or two out of every three deaths.

The exact cause of rising excess mortality among millennials is still debated, and likely can't be blamed on a single issue. However, while life expectancy has fluctuated through the years, we do know that the number of excess deaths in the US has risen steadily among all age groups since 1980 — the year of US President Ronald Reagan's landslide electoral victory.

That might not be a coincidence, as the millennial death drive likely has its roots in a number of Reagan-era political decisions made to siphon money to the ultra-rich.

Since the economic policies enacted by Reagan and his ideological majority in Congress, the US has gradually decimated its social safety net, empowered corporate interests over public welfare, and prioritized devastating military interventions throughout the global south at the expense of workers' rights, public services, and economic equality."

https://futurism.com/neoscope/millennial-death-dying-early

That is more than interesting, could even affect voting trends if all Americans knew it. And travel plans.