When health in the United States is compared to health in other countries, the picture is disappointing. The World Health Organization, in its annual World Health Statistics 2008, compares the United States to the nations of the world on a large variety of measures. While the U.S. does exceed many countries, it is far from the best in many of the common measures used to gauge our healthiness and lags behind its peers in other developed countries.
Read more at:
http://www.americashealthrankings.org/2008/othernations.html
Read more at:
http://www.americashealthrankings.org/2008/othernations.html
