As for infant mortality, the U.S. is #21, behind all the above countries except Israel and Cyprus. Now when this country is behind in infant mortality 20 other countries, it really shows how really bad the health care is in this country. The U.S. is behind Portugal in both life expectancy and infant mortality--but our economy is much bigger. Under the next four years of Bush, I'm afraid these figures will all worsen, as Bush's priorities aren't health care. Under Bush's first terms another million people lost their health insurance. Remember, for this bad health care system Americans pay much more than any other country in the world.
When people say we can't have universal health care system as in any other industrialized country because it would cost too much, one most respond that we in the U.S. are pay more for our privatized health care system than people in Europe and Japan but we get worse health care.
Infant Mortality and Life Expectancy for Selected
Countries, 2004, U.S. Census Bureau, International Database.
Country Life Expectancy Infant mortality
Japan 81 3.3
Sweden 80.2 2.8
Australia 80.3 4.8
Finland 78.2 4.4
Norway 79.2 3.7
5-Canada 80 4.8
Czech Republic 75.8 4
Italy 79.5 6.1
10-Germany 78.5 4.2
France 79.4 4.3
Spain 79.4 4.5
Israel 79.2 7.2
Norway 79.2 3.7
15Denmark 77.4 4.6
Austria 78.9 4.7
Greece 78.9 5.6
New Zealand 78.5 6
Portugal 77.3 5.1
20-United Kingdom 78.3 5.2
Ireland 77.4 5.5
Cyprus 77.5 7.4
23United States 77.4 6.6
1. Infant deaths per 1,000 live births.
2. Life expectancy at birth, in years, both sexes.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, International Database.
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hi..just come upon your blog & read about healthy standards in your country.Well, i stay in Malaysia & i can tell you that Malaysian health standard are far more terrible..haha..anyway, where ever we are, we have to take care of our environment..take care
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