This file is on health as found in authoritative sources.

I find the following sites very useful for quick reference or detailed information on wellness and health.

1) http://www.mayoclinic.com/

2) http://www.cdc.gov/

3) http://www.nhs.uk/Pages/HomePage.aspx

4) http://www.webmd.com/

 

Oct 18, 2011

Table from Wikipedia

America spends more than double what Australia spends per capita and yet life expectancy, infant mortality, Health care dollars... do not indicate we are a healthy nation. We spend more, get less for the buck and enjoy less health.

Country Life expectancy Infant mortality rate Physicians per 1000 people Nurses per 1000 people Per capita expenditure on health (USD) Healthcare costs as a percent of GDP % of government revenue spent on health % of health costs paid by government
Australia 81.4 4.2 2.8 9.7 3,137 8.7 17.7 67.7
Canada 81.3 4.5 2.2 9.0 3,895 10.1 16.7 69.8
France 81.0 4.0 3.4 7.7 3,601 11.0 14.2 79.0
Germany 79.8 3.8 3.5 9.9 3,588 10.4 17.6 76.9
Japan 82.6 2.6 2.1 9.4 2,581 8.1 16.8 81.3
Sweden 81.0 2.5 3.6 10.8 3,323 9.1 13.6 81.7
UK 79.1 4.8 2.5 10.0 2,992 8.4 15.8 81.7
US 78.1 6.9 2.4 10.6 7,290 16.0 18.5 45.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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