There was some good news but a lot of bad news for death rates in the US compared with other industrialized, high income countries in a study of 17 industrialized countries. Americans are more likely to die younger and have higher rates of diseases and injuries compared with 16 other countries including Japan, Canada, Australia and many European nations, according to a report from the National Research Council and Institute of Medicine.
Even Americans with health insurance, college educations, higher incomes and healthy behaviors seem to be sicker than people fitting this description in other countries. The U.S. ranks at or near the bottom in nine health areas including: infant mortality and low birth weight; injuries and homicides; teenage pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections; prevalence of HIV and AIDS; drug-related deaths; obesity and diabetes; heart disease; chronic lung disease; and disability.
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