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 A recent “Investor’s Business Daily” article provided very interesting statistics from a survey by the United Nations International Health Organization.

Percentage of men and women who survived a cancer five years after diagnosis:
U.S.              65%
England       46%
Canada         42%

Percentage of patients diagnosed with diabetes who received treatment within six months:
U.S.              93%
England       15%
Canada         43%

Percentage of seniors needing hip replacement who received it within six months:
U.S.              90%
England       15%
Canada         43%

Percentage referred to a medical specialist who see one within one month:
U.S.              77%
England       40%
Canada         43%

Number of MRI scanners (a prime diagnostic tool) per million people:
U.S.              71%
England       14%
Canada        18%

Percentage of seniors (65+), with low income, who say they are in “excellent health”:
U.S.              12%
England         2%
Canada          6%

 Thank you for this forum,  Timofeevich Khalasnikov

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