“Two major research studies in the last year compare health indicators in the United States with other major upper-income countries. Both exhaustively review government statistics and published articles. The first\u00c2\u00a0<\/span>study<\/a>, from the Institute of Medicine, draws on a panel of luminary demographers and epidemiologists to explore the causes of U.S. health disadvantage. The second\u00c2\u00a0<\/span>study<\/a>, from the Global Burden of Disease Group (led by Christopher Murray), applies complex modeling to assess the relative consequences of different diseases and their sequelae on premature death and disability.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n The two reports reach the same conclusion: the United States fares worse than virtually every other rich country across a broad set of outcomes \u00e2\u20ac\u201c babies in the United States are more likely to die at birth; teenagers are more likely to have unintended pregnancies, to be the victims of homicide, and to die in a car accident; and adults are more likely to experience diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, drug overdoses, and HIV…”<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n For example,\u00c2\u00a0the probability of survival up to age 50 for women:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n If you think our health care system is the best in the world, you are dead wrong. U.S. Health Disadvantage is Not Inevitable | Inequalities. “Two major research studies in the last year compare health indicators in the United States … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.halepassage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/new.jpg\")
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