France Ranked First and US Ranked Last

As stated by a survey of preventable deaths in 19 industrialized countries, France ranked first, and the United States ranked last in giving timely and effective healthcare to its citizens. The death rates in subjects younger than 75 that could have been stopped by time,y and effective medical care are used as measurement.

The researchers from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine came upon that United States had a four percent decline in preventable death rates while most of the 19 industrialized countries surveyed had an average of 16 percent decline in preventable death rates.

Some countries exhibited dramatic improvement by reducing their preventable deaths more rapidly while the United exhibited only small improvement. United States ranked 15th of 19 countries by 1997-98, and ranked 19th by 2002-03.

Those countries having a large population must perform well in stopping preventable deaths. their ability to meet and deal with situation like preventable deaths must be developed to reduce the preventable death rates more rapidly.

[Via Yahoo! News ]