"Life expectancy rose sharply in the US through the 20th century but over the past two decades fell by 25% for white Americans without a university degree even as it continued to rise for the better educated and for other races. The geography of this tragedy people dying younger in West Virginia and Mississippi and living longer in New York and California reflects the countrys deepening class divide."https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/mar/19/us-healthcare-industry-working-class-deathsAccording to this source it's because of a lack of affordable medical care. Other sources blame alcoholism, drug abuse, obesity, and gun suicide. Their resentment about becoming the new underclass in America likely contributed a lot towards the result of the 2016 presidential election.
Do the tens of thousands of homeless count as ‘Californians’?
Life expectancy for Americans overall is rising slightly.
With data like this, sometimes it's better to put countries in tiers, rather than ranks. If the difference between 4th and 40th isn't very significant, all a ranking does is cloud the issue. Not that it's necessarily the case here, but in general.
Is the (potential) second service visit worth paying a $5000 premium for the “more reliable” brand, considering that it will likely be covert by the manufacturer’s warranty?
Covert warranties are the worst. ;)
That was an autocorrect, is the British spelling (like “learnt”) but secret warranties *are* a thing. Honda was famous for them. Take your car in for an oil change, they swap out your struts for free under warranty. Sometimes they didn’t even tell you.
35th out of 200ish countries is pretty good. That's well above the global average.