The New Pornographers - Moves
[T]he difference in UK/USA life expectancy isn't what really strikes me about this chart. Rather, it's the fact that both countries show almost identical curves based on income. In Britain, the richest live 11 years longer than the poorest; in the US it's 14 years. The difference within each country dwarfs the difference between them.
The other thing that's always struck me about this chart is the spike at the very richest level. It's easy to understand why the rich might live longer than the poor, but why does someone in the top 1% live three years longer than someone in the top 5%? Both are likely to have excellent health coverage, so it's probably not that. That means it's likely to be some kind of systemic lifestyle difference. But what? (In the comments: lack of anxiety.)
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