US Best Health Care in the World because of Siamese Twins?

[Antitrust32]

Originally Posted by Riot

Heck no, our babies are starting out immorally, and just getting worse as they age .... it's Obama's fault!

Joey, seriously, you need to google some basic health stats: American isn't in the upper echelon of any of them, unfortunately. We are 40th or worse in life expectancy. Infant mortality. Healthcare costs. Children living to over 5 years of age.

We are, however, excellent in the category of obesity.

Edit: These figures are from our own CIA. The United States, in 2009, is 50th in life expectancy rank, for a child born in 2009. The following are just some of the countries that have longer life expectancies than our own:

Germany
Belgium
Netherlands
Austria
Greece
Italy
United Kingdom
New Zealand
Finland
Jordon
Iceland
Isreal
South Korea
Switzerland
Sweden
France
Canada
Australia
Puerto Rico
Bosnia
Denmark
Ireland
Portugal

I would make a huge bet that figure is made by our eating habits, not our healthcare. I mean, New Zealand and Ireland are on that list and they have crappy social healthcare. All the fast food and the "supersize" is what would lower us on that list, not healthcare.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by Antitrust32

I would make a huge bet that figure is made by our eating habits, not our healthcare. I mean, New Zealand and Ireland are on that list and they have crappy social healthcare. All the fast food and the "supersize" is what would lower us on that list, not healthcare.

No, sorry. This particular figure definitely includes healthcare that contributes to longevity in our country.

You don't have to guess or bet, you just have to look at how such figures are obtained and what they include, it's listed right there with the figures (this list is off the CIA's .gov website, readily obtained via a google search)

The WHO has similar, but slightly different, rankings, based upon inclusion and exclusion of a few other things.