Re: The World Health Organization's ranking,of the world's health systems

On Jun 27, 9:03 pm, Jim Higgins <gordian...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
USA is #37, just behind Costa Rica

The World Health Organization's ranking of the world's health systemshttp://www.photius.com/rankings/healthranks.html

"The world health report 2007 - A safer future: global public health
security in the 21st century"

Full report download as a .pdf file:http://www.who.int/entity/whr/2007/whr07_en.pdf(4.15MB)

1         France
2         Italy
3         San Marino
4         Andorra
5         Malta
6         Singapore
7         Spain
8         Oman
9         Austria
10        Japan
11        Norway
12        Portugal
13        Monaco
14        Greece
15        Iceland
16        Luxembourg
17        Netherlands
18        United  Kingdom
19        Ireland
20        Switzerland
21        Belgium
22        Colombia
23        Sweden
24        Cyprus
25        Germany
26        Saudi Arabia
27        United  Arab  Emirates
28        Israel
29        Morocco
30        Canada
31        Finland
32        Australia
33        Chile
34        Denmark
35        Dominica
36        Costa Rica
37        United  States  of  America
38        Slovenia
39        Cuba
40        Brunei
41        New Zealand
42        Bahrain
43        Croatia
44        Qatar
45        Kuwait
46        Barbados
47        Thailand
48        Czech Republic
49        Malaysia
50        Poland
51        Dominican Republic
52        Tunisia
53        Jamaica
54        Venezuela
55        Albania
56        Seychelles
57        Paraguay
58        South     Korea
59        Senegal
60        Philippines
61        Mexico
62        Slovakia
63        Egypt
64        Kazakhstan
65        Uruguay
66        Hungary
67        Trinidad and Tobago
68        Saint     Lucia
69        Belize
70        Turkey
71        Nicaragua
72        Belarus
73        Lithuania
74        Saint Vincent  and the   Grenadines
75        Argentina
76        Sri  Lanka
77        Estonia
78        Guatemala
79        Ukraine
80        Solomon   Islands
81        Algeria
82        Palau
83        Jordan
84        Mauritius
85        Grenada
86        Antigua   and Barbuda
87        Libya
88        Bangladesh
89        Macedonia
90        Bosnia-Herzegovina
91        Lebanon
92        Indonesia
93        Iran
94        Bahamas
95        Panama
96        Fiji
97        Benin
98        Nauru
99        Romania
100       Saint Kitts and Nevis
101       Moldova
102       Bulgaria
103       Iraq
104       Armenia
105       Latvia
106       Yugoslavia
107       Cook Islands
108       Syria
109       Azerbaijan
110       Suriname
111       Ecuador
112       India
113       Cape Verde
114       Georgia
115       El   Salvador
116       Tonga
117       Uzbekistan
118       Comoros
119       Samoa
120       Yemen
121       Niue
122       Pakistan
123       Micronesia
124       Bhutan
125       Brazil
126       Bolivia
127       Vanuatu
128       Guyana
129       Peru
130       Russia
131       Honduras
132       Burkina   Faso
133       Sao Tome and Principe
134       Sudan
135       Ghana
136       Tuvalu
137       Ivory Coast
138       Haiti
139       Gabon
140       Kenya
141       Marshall Islands
142       Kiribati
143       Burundi
144       China
145       Mongolia
146       Gambia
147       Maldives
148       Papua New Guinea
149       Uganda
150       Nepal
151       Kyrgystan
152       Togo
153       Turkmenistan
154       Tajikistan
155       Zimbabwe
156       Tanzania
157       Djibouti
158       Eritrea
159       Madagascar
160       Vietnam
161       Guinea
162       Mauritania
163       Mali
164       Cameroon
165       Laos
166       Congo
167       North Korea
168       Namibia
169       Botswana
170       Niger
171       Equatorial Guinea
172       Rwanda
173       Afghanistan
174       Cambodia
175       South     Africa
176       Guinea-Bissau
177       Swaziland
178       Chad
179       Somalia
180       Ethiopia
181       Angola
182       Zambia
183       Lesotho
184       Mozambique
185       Malawi
186       Liberia
187       Nigeria
188       Democratic Republic of   the Congo
189       Central   African   Republic
190       Myanmar

--
Civis Romanus Sum



How is it possible that countries with government provided health care
are lower on the list than the US?

And how is it possible for countries with private health insurance are
higher on the list than some with government provided health
insurance?


If you read the WHO report on longevity, you will see that difference
in longevity amongst the industrial countries is lifestyle dependent.
The best example they presented was two groups within the same
country, France.  The reason France has such a high longevity figure
is because the female longevity figure pulls the average up.  France
has a very low percentage of female smokers.  The WHO predicted that
France's longevity figures will decline in the future since the
incidence of smoking is increasing in the younger women.  The WHO
listed 4 lifestyle issues that pull the US longevity down.
There are also other factors such as genetics and cultural habits
listed by the WHO.  Japan has a high longevity figure.  The Japanese
who move to the US have the same high longevity figure.  If their
longevity were based on the health care system, their longevity would
drop in this country.
In the US, 66% are overweight.  The state with the lowest obesity
rate 
is Colorado, with a 17% rate.  The state with the highest
obesity rate 
has a 33% rate. In 2006, only four states had a
prevalence of obesity 
less than 20%. Twenty-two states had a
prevalence equal or greater 
than 25%.
No amount of health care, either quantity or quality, will bring the
average longevity of obese people up to the average longevity of the
group who is normal weight.  No amount of health care will bring the
average smoker's longevity up to that of the nonsmoker group.


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