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Data
The authors’ main data set used is The Joint Canada/U.S. Survey of Health (JCUSH). Collected between the fall of 2002 and spring of 2003, this data set includes 3,505 Canadian and 5,183 American individuals.
Basic Statistics
U.S. | Canada | |
Life Expectancy (Male) | 74.8 | 77.4 |
Life Expectancy (Female) | 80.1 | 82.4 |
Infant Mortality/1000 live births | 6.8 | 5.3 |
Obesity Rate (Male) | 31.1 | 17.0 |
Obesity Rate (Female) | 32.2 | 19.0 |
HC spending as % of GDP (2005) | 16.0% | 10.4% |
We can readily see that the U.S. has worse life expectancy, infant mortality rates, and obesity rates that Canada, yet pays more for these relatively poorer outcomes. Canada is clearly better…right?
