The state of US health ain\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t so good | The Incidental Economist<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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Let me summarize: \u00c2\u00a0This chart shows the rank of the 34 countries of the OECD considering age-standardized years of life lost rates in 2010 for each cause (1 is best, 34 is worst). \u00c2\u00a0The US ranks in the top group in stroke; in the median group (number of years lost indistinguishable from the mean) for self harm, cirrhosis, congenital anomalies, lower respiratory tract infections, colorectal, breast, kidney & pancreatic cancer, \u00c2\u00a0and leukemia; and in the poorest group for ischemic heart disease, lung cancer, road injury, interpersonal violence, COPD, diabetes, drug use disorders, Alzheimers, poisonings, cardiomyopathy, HIV\/AIDS, chronic kidney disease, other cardiovasculary & circulatory, and hypertensive heart disease. \u00c2\u00a0 There are 27 countries doing better than the US using this measure. \u00c2\u00a0We are in the bottom group in 14 out of 25 catagories — best health care in the world my ass.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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