America’s Health
Did you know?
The USA makes up about 5% of the world’s population.
Americans spend more on health care than all other countries combined!
Americans consume over 75% of the world’s medications!
The 3rd Leading Cause of Death in the USA is from Medical Treatments – 255,000 Deaths/Year:
106,000 from side effects of properly prescribed drugs
80,000 from Hospital Infections
12,000 from unnecessary surgery
7,000 from medication errors
20,000 from other errors in the hospital
Health Study – “The US Health Disadvantage”: 17 of the highest income nations ranked according to their health in 2013;
The USA ranked the worse in the following categories:
Overweight/Body Mass Index/Diabetes/Infant Mortality/Probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 50 years of age.