What is Health in the United States?
'''Health in the United States''' is generally poor when compared with other rich countries. Since 1992 [[life expectancy]] increased very slowly and in 2020 and 2021 it fell from a high point of 79.1 years. This was partly because of the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|Covid epidemic]] but unlike in other countries it has continued to fall, and in 2022 it was 77.2 years. [[Public health]] policies are not popular. [[Drug overdose]]<nowiki/>s, [[Alcoholic drink|alcohol]] use, [[Suicide|suicides]], [[obesity]], [[Diabetes mellitus|diabetes]], and [[heart disease]] are all part of the cause. [[Native American|Native]] and [[African Americans|Black Americans]] have on average much shorter lives than [[White Americans]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2023-06-01|title=Opinion {{!}} American life expectancy is dropping — and it’s not all covid’s fault|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/01/american-life-expectancy-decline-covid/|access-date=2023-06-03|website=Washington Post|language=en}}</ref> It has the highest [[Maternal health|maternal]] and [[infant mortality]], and one of the highest suicide rates in the world. Although [[vaccination]] of children has been required since the 1850s rates of vaccination against Covid were 19th in the world in 2020.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Mathieu|first=Edouard|last2=Ritchie|first2=Hannah|last3=Rodés-Guirao|first3=Lucas|last4=Appel|first4=Cameron|last5=Giattino|first5=Charlie|last6=Hasell|first6=Joe|last7=Macdonald|first7=Bobbie|last8=Dattani|first8=Saloni|last9=Beltekian|first9=Diana|last10=Ortiz-Ospina|first10=Esteban|last11=Roser|first11=Max|date=2020-03-05|title=Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19)|url=https://ourworldindata.org/covid-vaccinations|journal=Our World in Data}}</ref> [[Sexually transmitted disease|Sexually transmitted diseases]], especially [[gonorrhoea]] and [[chlamydia]] are common with about 19 million new infections each year. <ref>{{Cite journal|last=Kuehn|first=Bridget M.|date=2022-05-24|title=Resurgence of Sexually Transmitted Diseases