I read the article, but on re-read, I gave up after the first few paragraphs of lazy journalism.<p>> gun violence,<p>no reference link<p>> drug overdoses<p>Reasonable reference link although the data ends at 2020.<p>> auto accidents<p>Links to an X post of IHME chart. Why not just link to the original IHME data? Data stops at 2019.<p>> America’s unusually short lifespans<p>The referenced data is "Child and Infant Mortality", and again till 2020.<p>> U.S. government reported that drug-overdose deaths fell 3 percent from 2022 to 2023.<p>Following the link to the data, each single state where there was significant drop is * as "*Underreported due to incomplete data." For example, North Carolina drug OD "dropped" 49.34% yoy. Not only that the data source has it on the top in large, framed box "Some states currently have longer than usual delays in reporting drug overdose deaths."<p>I really want this to be true, but after this, I am not convinced.