ImHere

Stumbled across this one:

www.nationmaster.com. It gives every fact, stat, figure and whatever for every country. Hers an interesting comparison:

UK
Consultation with doctors: 4.9 per person per year
Death from cancer: 253.5 deaths per 100000 people


USA
Consultation with doctors: 8.9 per person per year
Death from cancer: 321.9 deaths per 100000 people


We have half the doctors consultations in the UK yet only 3/4 the deaths from cancer the USA has.

edwords

You need to compare lifespans as well. Younger people who die from something else (accidents, suicides, AIDs, etc.), don't live long enough to develop cancer. Also rates in the UK may be higher for accidents, suicides, strokes, heart attacks, etc., again leading to fewer cancer deaths. Or maybe not. In any case, the stats you presented are meaningless without supporting data.

Yorkieabroad

Fair comment about the stats - normally the case.

Wonder why, with access to free doctors, the visit per year number is almost half in the UK versus the US? Harder to get to see one in the UK? Healthier people in the UK? More "quit-whining-and-pack-your-schoolbag" mums in the UK

NC Penguin

I pulled up the table for the top 20 countries with the highest level of personal income tax. Makes for interesting reading...




NC Penguin

AdobePinon

Don't worry - they have a pill for that too.

sibsie

Hours I'm going to spend on that site. Hours. And I don't even give a rat's testicle about stats!

Yorkieabroad

Pink or Blue?

Just had half a bottle of the red ones, so my typings slowing down a bit....

Ikke

Yes, wish Belgium could be number one in the world for something else. Income tax in just the start, once you add in VAT at 21%, Petrol Tax etc etc etc it's horrendous

ImHere

ok since you asked...

UK:
Life expectancy at birth - Total population: 78.16 years

USA:
Life expectancy at birth - Total population: 77.14 years

elfman

That's where I got the personal tax burden stats that caused ScotsmaninTexas to go completely doolally.

ImHere

lol so its already proven its worth.

TouristTrap

Take anything on this site with a grain of salt.

Reading through murder stats will give you a clue as to why I say so.

Wintersong

I think it's probably because of the fact that you are less likely to get an answer from your GP over here, and more likely to get referred to a specialist, thereby making it two consultations instead of one. I doubt whether people are more likely to go to the doctor, it's just that once they've been, they're more likely to have to have a second visit, if you see what I mean.

Toontje

Are you trying to tell us that you should have been death by now?

krizzy

Americans go to the docs so much because they believe in the wonder pills they see on TV....and its easier to see a doc because he makes more money out of you.....

In the UK you could die before seeing a doc.......my mum had to wait a week or more most of the time......so give up going.......