[giantg2]

We're talking about costs, not mortality. You also can't equate mortality with healthy or unhealthy lifestyle. Many of the things in the lifestyle are healthy, the two biggest being more physical activity and less processed foods. You can "live" in a nursing home for a long time. But quality of life is an important factor not captured in your mortality figures, including things like some of the lowest obesity rates (and chronic illnesses that go with that).