Which European Country Takes the Top Spot as World’s Healthiest in 2019?
No, it’s not Norway or Sweden
For 2019, Spain is considered the healthiest country, followed by Italy. Canada made the top 20 at 16, while the United Kingdom came in at 19.
There are several factors that are used to tabulate the health grade, which the difference between the health score and health risks, such as:
Life expectancy
2016 data on Spanish life expectancy shows an average life expectancy comes in at about 82.8 years, while the U.K. and U.S. average about 80.96 and 78.69 years, respectively.
Mortality
In 2016, over 80 percent of the deaths were of those 70 years and older. While Spain did see a rise is some causes, such as certain cancers and chronic kidney disease, incidents of road injuries dropped from 4th leading cause of death to number 16, and diabetes moved to position 10 from 6.
Spain WHO initiative to save 193,000 by 2025 by reducing deaths by non-communicable diseases shows that as of 2017, NCD medicines and technologies were generally available, and cardiovascular risk reduction initiatives looked like they wereon target to meet their health goals.
Here’s the full top 20 list for you to check out:
Where is the U.S., you ask? It dropped a spot to 35, below Cuba who went up a spot to 30! Macedonia has the worst drop, 12 points, to finish last
Source: Bloomberg
