How Mississippi Is Worse Off Than Bangladesh
“Deaton said that when he makes such observations, he usually gets the response that poor people in the U.S. are much healthier than their counterparts in India or Africa. Which is mostly true — there’s a vastly better public health infrastructure here, along with sewage systems and (mostly) easy access to clean water. Nevertheless, he concluded, ‘life expectancy in much of Appalachia and the Mississippi Delta is lower than in Bangladesh or in Nepal.'”