CNN: America flunks its health exam

CNN: America flunks its health exam

  January 11, 2013 at 8:43 pm

  Aaron Carroll

I expanded on my chart posts from yesterday in a longer form piece over at CNN.com. I encourage you to go read it!

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- Comments (5)
- by C Bedell on January 11th, 2013 at 22:15
  
  Where can I find the research informatin on this report?
  
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- by Richard on January 12th, 2013 at 00:19
  
  “When compared with peer countries, the United States was the absolute worst with respect to still births, infant mortality and low birth weight.”
  
  What other industrial countries have a comparable racial demographic to the U.S.? I realize the religious Left refuses to use “nuance”, science, and reams of data on race to join the reality-based community, but can you commit a sin here for your readers and tell us how white Americans compare to “peer” white Europeans, for example?
  
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- by Paul Nelson on January 13th, 2013 at 00:50
  
  Why no mention of maternal mortality, especially since your own state of Indiana does so well? By the way, why is that?
  
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- by Floccina on January 13th, 2013 at 21:38
  
  North Dakota and Utah do as well as the Europeans perhaps the rest pf the country should do what they do in North Dakota and Utah.
  
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- by Floccina on January 13th, 2013 at 21:53
  
  Life expectancy by US country:
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expectancy
  Life expectancy by US state:
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_life_expectancy
  
  Maybe all but Japan are flunking.
  
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