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U.S. life expectancy drops by 2.7 years for the colonizers, and 6.6 years for the indigenous population over two just two years.
(www.statnews.com)
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Hmm I think the point Slatlun is trying to make is that the average of 2.7 in the whole population could in fact be just the indigenous population life expectancy decrease.
For example, if 11 people's lifespan drops by 6 years and 12 other people's lifespan doesn't drop at all, the average of the 23 people's lifespan drop is a 2.75 years.
This part gives us some understanding that other groups are different but the article leaves out white people.
Anyway I went and read the actual study and this graph gives a firm breakdown:
Asian and White lose 2 and 2.5 years while everyone else loses 4years+
yeah that's a good observation
Yes, thank you.