Saturday, January 12, 2013

Poor Health

According to a panel of experts that authored the massive report, U.S. Health in International Perspective: Shorter Lives, Poorer Health, the health of Americans under fifty does not compare well with the same age group in Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and the UK.

The US health disadvantage, as the report calls it, is more prevalent among “socioeconomically disadvantaged groups.” But even if you’re “white, insured, college-educated, or in upper-income groups” and live a healthy lifestyle, you’re less likely to make it to 50 than your counterparts in the other 16 wealthy “peer” countries of the study.

The lucky Americans who do reach 50 get there “in poorer health than their counterparts.”

Read more here: http://www.zerohedge.com/contributed/2013-01-12/deaths-all-causes-short-not-necessarily-happy-life-americans

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