[extropy-chat] Health data

[Hughes, James J.]

> Healthy years from age 60
> 
>          female  male
> Japan      21.7  17.5
> France     20.4  16.6
> Sweden     19.6  17.1
> Australia  19.5  16.9
> Italy      19.4  16.4
> Canada     19.3  16.1
> Germany    19    15.9
> Norway     18.9  16.2
> Dutch      18.4  15.5
> UK         18.1  15.7
> US         17.9  15.3


Oh my Damien - how could that be? The US is the best of all possible
worlds! And we spend the most of healthcare per person in the OECD!
Could it be that our healthcare system wastes money and doesn't work as
well as that of the UK, which spends less than half as much?

Total health expenditure per capita, US$, 2003
	
United States	$5,635
Norway	$3,807
Switzerland	$3,781
Luxembourg	$3,705
Iceland	$3,115
Canada	$3,001
Germany	$2,996
Netherlands	$2,976
France	$2,903
Belgium	$2,827
Denmark	$2,763
Sweden	$2,703
Australia	$2,699
Ireland	$2,451
Austria	$2,302
Italy	$2,258
United Kingdom	$2,231
Japan	$2,139
Finland	$2,118
Greece	$2,011
New Zealand	$1,886
Spain	$1,835
Portugal	$1,797
Czech Republic	$1,298
Hungary	$1,269
Korea	$1,074
Slovak Republic	$777
Poland	$744
Mexico	$583
Turkey	$513