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Politics : A US National Health Care System?
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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (16570)4/10/2010 9:02:23 AM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (2) of 42652
 
I suggest you read this.....Jan 2010, NEJM

I suggest you look up just what it is that's represented in any numbers you put forth before you draw conclusions about them and apply them inappropriately. If you look you will find that the computations include deaths from all causes, including what WHO calls intentional and unintentional accidental deaths. If you look at the data you find that accidental deaths in the US are about one fourth higher in the US than in Sweden. (bodgbddeathdalyestimates.xls from who.int) Now, folks who die from other than disease are just as dead but their deaths aren't relevant to health care so aren't a basis for conclusions about health care.

The chart is for men aged 15-60. Note that all the lines have been going down for a while but the US line has flattened lately. Consider the number of American men in that cohort killed in military combat during that period vs the number of Swedes or Australians (0/2, according to Wiki). Surely you can see how including accidental deaths can change things.
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