A 2015 paper by Case and Deaton showed that all-cause mortality has been declining in France, Germany, UK, Canada, Australia, Sweden, and Hispanic Americans, but rising in US non-Hispanic whites. The rise in mortality is not solely due to lack of healthcare access but also includes drug and alcohol-related poisonings, suicide, and chronic liver disease
Health inequalities by education have increased in the US over time, with a similar gradient across societies.
-