Why Can’t Money Buy a Long Life?
One of the few things our nation ranks first in is health care expenditure. Yet for all the money in the world it isn’t helping us live longer.
Per Capita healthcare spending [3]
(In International $’s)
Lowest spender. Eritrea: $17
Lowest 20%: $20.15
Second 20%: $207
Middle 20%: $526.89
Fourth 20%: $1241.28
Highest 20%: $3845.15
Highest spender US: $8233
The US spends nearly double the average of the highest 20% spenders
And 16x what the bottom 80% spends.
Yet the US is ranked 51st for life expectancy
99.99th percentile on healthcare spending =
79th percentile for life expectancy.
…Doesn’t look like we’re getting a bang for our buck:
Top 50 Countries by Life Expectancy
[#rank/country/life expectancy]
1.)Monaco, 89.63
2.)Macau, 84.46
3.)Japan, 84.19
4.)Singapore, 84.07
5.) San Marino, 83.12
6.) Andorra, 82.58
7.) Guernsey, 82.32
8.) Switzerland, 82.28
9.) Hong Kong, 82.2
10.) Australia, 81.98
11.) Italy, 81.95
12.) Liechtenstein, 81.59
13.) Canada, 81.57
14.) Jersey, 81.57
15.) France, 81.56
16.) Spain, 81.37
17.) Sweden, 81.28