| Rath said: Well what measures of your health system are you willing to accept or do you refuse to accept any? http://www.photius.com/rankings/world_health_performance_ranks.html http://www.photius.com/rankings/healthranks.html |
Uh. Have you ever seen the WHO's ratings?
Like broken down what's in them. It's actually really funny.
There is a total of 1 factor out of like 12 that actually has anything to do with someones health... and that's life expectancy which is EXTREMELY flawed.
See the facts above.
Also the thing Montana was talking about is...
"First, it's shaky ground to compare U.S. infant mortality with reports from other countries. The United States counts all births as live if they show any sign of life, regardless of prematurity or size. This includes what many other countries report as stillbirths. In Austria and Germany, fetal weight must be at least 500 grams (1 pound) to count as a live birth; in other parts of Europe, such as Switzerland, the fetus must be at least 30 centimeters (12 inches) long. In Belgium and France, births at less than 26 weeks of pregnancy are registered as lifeless.[5] And some countries don't reliably register babies who die within the first 24 hours of birth. Thus, the United States is sure to report higher infant mortality rates. For this very reason, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, which collects the European numbers, warns of head-to-head comparisons by country."[6] However, all of the countries named adopted the WHO definition in the late 1980s or early 1990s.[7]
