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Similar, sure, but US is ranked: * 31st for Life Expectancy [1] * 32nd in infant mortality [2] * 5th for colorectal cancer survival [3] * 1st for breast can
by gregmac 9y ago
Similar, sure, but US is ranked:
* 31st for Life Expectancy [1]
* 32nd in infant mortality [2]
* 5th for colorectal cancer survival [3]
* 1st for breast cancer survival [3]
* 19th for cervical cancer survival [3]
* 7th for heart attack mortality [3]
The actual numbers are reasonably close, but the cost is also about 25% more per captia [4] than the second highest-spending country.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expectancy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expe...
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_infant_and_under-five_mortality_rates https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_infant_an...
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_quality_of_healthcare https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_quality_o...
[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_total_health_expenditure_per_capita https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_total_hea...