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Ounce of prevention. (updates).(preventative health care and United States Global Health ranking)(Brief Article)
Even though the United States spends more money per capita on healthcare than any other country in the world, it ranks a mere 17th in terms of how healthy its citizens actually are, according to an index of global health published in March, 2002.
The index comes as the result of a recent research project performed by the World Markets Research Center (WMRC), an international business intelligence organization.
Belgium--more traditionally associated with a diet of mussels, French fries, beer and fine chocolate than fit bodies--ranks first in the world, followed by Iceland, the Netherlands, France, Switzerland, Austria, Sweden, Italy and Norway, respectively. Australia is the healthiest non-Western European country--sharing tenth place with Germany and Denmark--followed by Canada at No. 13. The United States comes in at No. 17, and the UK ranks No. 23.
The index measures health status by examining the amount of ...
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