Healthcare Revisited – Relative Quality of Life

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Healthcare Revisited – Relative Quality of Life

More important than longevity is the length of time that we experience “quality” life experience. The following chart again shows how we compare to other countries.
Following was taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expectancy
 
 

– HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY (HALE)

Health attainment, level, and distribution in all Member States
Disability-adjusted life expectancy at birth (years) Adjusted for years spent in disability. When compared to longevity, the chart is revealing. It indicates that the last ten years of life are not pleasant (on average) and also likely very expensive.
   
 Rank  Country                Total      Male     Female
1       Japan                                   74.5            71.9            77.2
2       Australia                              73.2            70.8            75.5
3       France                                  73.1            69.3            76.9
4       Sweden                                73.0            71.2            74.9
5       Spain                                    72.8            69.8            75.7
6       Italy                                      72.7            70.0            75.4
7       Greece                                 72.5            70.5            74.6
8       Switzerland                         72.5            69.5            75.5
9       Monaco                               72.4            68.5            76.3
10    Andorra                                72.3            69.3            75.2
11    San Marino                          72.3            69.5            75.0
12    Canada                                 72.0            70.0            74.0
13    Netherlands                        72.0            69.6            74.4
14    United Kingdom                 71.7            69.7            73.7
15    Norway                                71.7            68.8            74.6
16    Belgium                               71.6            68.7            74.6
17    Austria                                 71.6            68.8            74.4
18    Luxembourg                       71.1            68.0            74.2
19    Iceland                                70.8            69.2            72.3
20    Finland                                70.5            67.2            73.7
21    Malta                                   70.5            68.4            72.5
22    Germany                             70.4            67.4            73.5
23    Israel                                    70.4            69.2            71.6
24    United States                     7 0.0            67.5            72.6

It is interesting to note that all of the five baseline countries rank well above the United States and 3 of the five rank in the top 5: Japan, France & Spain.