America is Sick
Quite literally.
This is a third hand account of how sick we are by Paul Krugman (NYTIMES) via Malcolm Gladwell's blog,
"The first conclusion is that Americans are really, really sick compared to the British. In every socio-economic group, for instance, the prevalence of diabetes is roughly double in the United States than it is in the United Kingdom. Rates of hypertension, heart disease, heart attacks, stroke, lung disease and cancer are also all higher in the United States. And not just a little big higher. Much higher. So, for example, 2.3 percent of the English have had a stroke, versus 3.8 percent of the Americans."
The remainder of the blog goes on to review the differences in the US (spending $5274 per person) vs. UK (spending $2164 per person) healthcare systems, and the differences in lifestyle (so did you know that if you are rich and well educated you are more likely to be a heavy drinker than if you are poor and undereducated?) - and the suggestion is that stress is the major reason why Americans are sicker.... go figure.
People who are not sick......
This is a third hand account of how sick we are by Paul Krugman (NYTIMES) via Malcolm Gladwell's blog,
"The first conclusion is that Americans are really, really sick compared to the British. In every socio-economic group, for instance, the prevalence of diabetes is roughly double in the United States than it is in the United Kingdom. Rates of hypertension, heart disease, heart attacks, stroke, lung disease and cancer are also all higher in the United States. And not just a little big higher. Much higher. So, for example, 2.3 percent of the English have had a stroke, versus 3.8 percent of the Americans."
The remainder of the blog goes on to review the differences in the US (spending $5274 per person) vs. UK (spending $2164 per person) healthcare systems, and the differences in lifestyle (so did you know that if you are rich and well educated you are more likely to be a heavy drinker than if you are poor and undereducated?) - and the suggestion is that stress is the major reason why Americans are sicker.... go figure.
People who are not sick......
posted by AK | 12:43
2 Comments:
So what do British people die of? Or do they just go on living?
Yeah, Americans need more exercise, less junk food, fewer medications, and more nature. For sure.
Actually, british people die of the same things we do, but in statistically much lower percentages (per disease). The overeating by Americans was (in the opinion of the authors) countered by the more prevalent occurance of smoking, and heavier drinking among Brits. The only factor that was considerably different was the amount of stress.
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