American Human Development Index

[luckyshot]

This just came out for 2013-2014. Basically a quantitative analysis of a variety of factors to yield a "quality of life" type score.

Some interesting comparisons, especially between states and ethnic groups.

http://ssrc-static.s3.amazonaws.com/moa/MOA3_Key_Findings.pdf

 

[Chesten_Hesten]

In spite of Houston being a major metro, it still licks dick they said. Go Houston!

 

[D3thr0n3d K1ng]

No surprise, Azns are kicking everyones arse.

 

[GhostZ06]

African Americans have the shortest lives

*sniffles and cry's a little *

i think i need a hug

 

[luckyshot]

I thought was surprising that Latinos live an average of four years longer than whites.

Some Cliffs:
In 1960, the country’s Human Development Index was 1.63 on a scale from 0 to 10. The average American could expect to live just under seventy years, was highly unlikely to have a bachelor’s degree (only 7.7 percent did), and had median earnings of about $19,000 per year (in today’s dollars).
• Today, the country’s score is 5.03; average life expectancy has increased by more than nine years and adults are nearly four times as likely to have a bachelor’s degree.
• While the human development trend shows steady progress in health and education, growth in earnings— the wages and salaries of the typical worker—has been anemic.

 

[UpaLoompa]

I thought was surprising that Latinos live an average of four years longer than whites.

Some Cliffs:
In 1960, the country

 

[James Keith]

Do they have ones for other species besides humans?

 

[WorldofWarcraft]

There's very, very few latinos who smoke tobacco