On 21 Jan 2006 01:53:51 GMT, D Murphy wrote:

Cliff wrote in
:

http://www.who.int/inf-pr-2000/en/pr2000-life.html
DALE life expectancy in years :

Japan, 74.5
Australia, 73.2
France, 73.1
Sweden, 73.0
Spain, 72.8
Italy, 72.7
Greece, 72.5
Switzerland, 72.5
Monaco, 72.4
Andorra, 72.3.

"The United States rated 24th under this system, or an average of
70.0 years
of healthy life for babies born in 1999."

Which means exactly nothing as far as a gage of our healthcare system. In
fact it's worse than nothing.

Consider how much more you are paying for those results ....
Cost/benefit ...
--
Cliff