Some more health care info...more Democrat scare tactics

I keep hearing people throw things out like "Our life expectancy is way lower than those with nationalized health care." That must mean it's better, right? Well, unlike many sheep, I like to actually think critically and look at data. Here's some that I found:

Life expectancy @ birth
#8 Canada (81.16)
#10 Sweden (80.74)
#37 United Kingdom (78.85)
# 47 U.S. (78.14)

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_li…

Murder rates per capita:
#24 United States (4.2 per 100,000)
#44 Canada (1.5 per 100,000)
#46 United Kingdom (1.4)

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_mu…

Also, Lowest annual motor vehicle death rate (per 100,000, so it has nothing to do with the U.S. having more people):
#1 Sweden (5.7)
#3 United Kingdom (6.2)
#8 Canada (10.4)

U.S. (15.4)
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml…

Lowest annual accidental death rates:
#2 United Kingdom (20.5 per 100,000)

http://www.benbest.com/lifeext/causes.ht…

"Investigators from the Department of Family Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston compared the results of two large-scale studies of the US population in 1988-1994 and in 2001-2006. In the intervening 18 years, the percentage of adults aged 40-74 years with a body mass index greater than 30 has increased from 28% to 36%; physical activity 12 times a month or more has decreased from 53% to 43%; smoking rates have not changed (26.9% to 26.1%); eating 5 or more fruits and vegetables a day has decreased from 42% to 26%; and moderate alcohol use has increased from 40% to 51%. The number of people adhering to all 5 healthy habits has decreased from 15% to 8%."

http://www.prisonplanet.com/following-a-…

So in the U.K., they live months longer on average. In Sweden and Canada, a couple years. But our murder rate is roughly 3 times higher, our auto accident rate is at least 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 times higher.
Add in our overall unhealthy lifestyle, where we are exercising less, eating less fruits and vegetables, and drinking more...

Isn't it a testament to our great health care system that we are where we are?

Can we stop spreading ignorance and have a real discussion about what we can do to help bring down costs?