More On Our Healthcare Systems

Here are some cancer statistics... Intended only to debunk the outcome arguements that we hear on TV so often. The Canadian life expectanct is two years longer than the American... on average... there can not be such results if the Canadian System sucks... one doesn't need to change the US system to the Canadian... but it doesn't need to pound on it either.

Females

Cancer	Canadian mortality rate	Canadian incidence rate	American mortality rate	American incidence rate
Intestinal	17.1	42.2	16.1	44.2
Stomach	3.5	4.8	3.0	4.9
Lung	35.4	44.9	41.9	56.6
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	5.5	13.6	5.9	15.8
All cancers	148.2	346.6	160.5	403.6

Males

Cancer	Canadian mortality rate	Canadian incidence rate	American mortality rate	American incidence rate
Intestinal	26.8	60.9	23.0	60.4
Stomach	7.4	11.5	5.7	10.0
Lung	62.7	70.9	71.9	86.8
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	8.5	18.9	9.3	22.2
All cancers	215.1	455.5	234.1	541.8

Sources: U.S. Cancer Statistics Working Group and Canadian Cancer Society