YOU'RE OVERWEIGHT! does it always say that ? =[

[Demotruk]

Kasz216 said:

There really aren't any facts when it comes to healthcare statistics.  Just political spin.

If you looke at Demotruk he stated that both the US healthcare sysem is worse, and the US has a worse lifestyle.

Yet the US stats aren't very far behind Europe in life expectancy... the difference of which can actually be explained by the fact that the US has a lot more murders.

Outside that, the US has higher survival rates for most major causes of death then europeon countries including the big 3 killers that account for most premature deaths.

You are more likely to live longer in europe.  Yet, if you have a major illness you are more likely to survive in the US.

The second is a much better indicator of healthcare if you ask me.  Actual treatment of illnesses vs simple life expectancy which can be effected by crime rates and culutral problems like overeating.

Also different reporting methods... since pretty much every europeon countries have "qualfiers" on what counts as a baby.  If it dies after birth but is too small it is not considered a child.  While the US counts any child birthed no matter how small our light it was.

There's a lot more to life expectancy than the health care you get. There's far too much noise to use that as an indicator, and nobody said that Americans had a lifestyle that led to higher death rates. Even with a much higher murder rate in the US, murder barely makes a difference to the death rate, not that it matters.

As I said in my first post, being overweight may actually increase your life expectancy.