Mortality in the USA, the UK and Other Western Countries, 1989-2015: What Is Wrong With the US?


Journal

International journal of health services : planning, administration, evaluation
ISSN: 1541-4469
Titre abrégé: Int J Health Serv
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 1305035

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
01 2021
Historique:
pubmed: 17 10 2020
medline: 31 8 2021
entrez: 16 10 2020
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

This population-based study compares U.S. effectiveness with 20 Other Western Countries (OWC) in reducing mortality 1989-1991 and 2013-2015 and, responding to criticisms of Britain's National Health Service, directly compares U.S. with U.K. child (0-4), adult (55-74), and 24 global mortality categories. World Health Organization Age-Standardized Death Rates (ASDR) data are used to compare American and OWC mortality over the period, juxtaposed against national average percentages of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Expenditure on Health (%GDPEH) drawn from World Bank data. America's average %GDPEH was highest at 13.53% and Britain's the lowest at 7.68%. Every OWC had significantly greater ASDR reductions than America. Current U.S. child and adult mortality rates are 46% and 19% higher than Britain's. Of 24 global diagnostic mortalities, America had 16 higher rates than Britain, notably for Circulatory Disease (24%), Endocrine Disorders (70%), External Deaths (53%), Genitourinary (44%), Infectious Disease (65%), and Perinatal Deaths (34%). Conversely, U.S. rates were

Identifiants

pubmed: 33059529
doi: 10.1177/0020731420965130
pmc: PMC7756066
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

59-66

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Auteurs

Colin Pritchard (C)

Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, UK.

Sam Porters (S)

Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, UK.

Emily Rosenorn-Lanng (E)

Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, UK.

Richard Williams (R)

Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, UK.

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