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U.N. Health Statistics
A recent "Investor's Business Daily" article provided very interesting statistics from a survey
by the United Nations International Health Organization.
Percentage of men and women who survived a cancer five years after diagnosis:
U.S. 65%
England 46%
Canada 42%
Percentage of patients diagnosed with diabetes who received treatment within six
months:
U.S. 93%
England 15%
Canada 43%
Percentage of seniors needing hip replacement who received it within six months:
U.S. 90%
England 15%
Canada 43%
Percentage referred to a medical specialist who see one within one month:
U.S. 77%
England 40%
Canada 43%
Number of MRI scanners (a prime diagnostic tool) per million people:
U.S. 71
England 14
Canada 18
Percentage of seniors (65+), with low income, who say they are in "excellent
health":
U.S. 12%
England 2%
Canada 6%
The percentage of each past president's cabinet who had worked in the private
business sector prior to their appointment to the cabinet. You know what the
private business sector is? A real- life business, not a government job. Here
are the percentages.
T. Roosevelt............. 38%
Taft..................... 40%
Wilson .................. 52%
Harding.................. 49%
Coolidge................. 48%
Hoover................... 42%
F. Roosevelt............. 50%
Truman................... 50%
Eisenhower............... 57%
Kennedy.................. 30%
Johnson.................. 47%
Nixon.................... 53%
Ford..................... 42%
Carter................... 32%
Reagan................... 56%
GH Bush.................. 51%
Clinton ................ 39%
GW Bush.................. 55%
And the winner is:
Obama .................... 8%
A recent "Investor's Business Daily" article provided very interesting statistics from a survey
by the United Nations International Health Organization.
Percentage of men and women who survived a cancer five years after diagnosis:
U.S. 65%
England 46%
Canada 42%
Percentage of patients diagnosed with diabetes who received treatment within six
months:
U.S. 93%
England 15%
Canada 43%
Percentage of seniors needing hip replacement who received it within six months:
U.S. 90%
England 15%
Canada 43%
Percentage referred to a medical specialist who see one within one month:
U.S. 77%
England 40%
Canada 43%
Number of MRI scanners (a prime diagnostic tool) per million people:
U.S. 71
England 14
Canada 18
Percentage of seniors (65+), with low income, who say they are in "excellent
health":
U.S. 12%
England 2%
Canada 6%
The percentage of each past president's cabinet who had worked in the private
business sector prior to their appointment to the cabinet. You know what the
private business sector is? A real- life business, not a government job. Here
are the percentages.
T. Roosevelt............. 38%
Taft..................... 40%
Wilson .................. 52%
Harding.................. 49%
Coolidge................. 48%
Hoover................... 42%
F. Roosevelt............. 50%
Truman................... 50%
Eisenhower............... 57%
Kennedy.................. 30%
Johnson.................. 47%
Nixon.................... 53%
Ford..................... 42%
Carter................... 32%
Reagan................... 56%
GH Bush.................. 51%
Clinton ................ 39%
GW Bush.................. 55%
And the winner is:
Obama .................... 8%