[sparker72678]

The article explains that the result holds when controlling for race (and income, and education).

Yes, there are racial disparities in life expectancy.

Still, people of all races in the US are behind their European counterparts in life expectancy.

[rgmerk]

And British people at the same income decile have much longer life expectancies than Americans of the same income decile, despite the fact that Americans at every income decile (except perhaps maybe the very poorest) are richer in absolute terms than Brits.