Some more interesting stats from the CDC:
The total number of beds in hospitals has declined steadily from 1,465,828 in 1975 to 946,997 in 2005. Surprisingly, the occupancy rate has also declined from 76.7 to 69.3 in the same period.
Our national health expenditures went from 27.5 billion dollars in 1960 to 1,987.7 billion in 2005.
In 2005, our health expenditures as a percentage of our GDP was 15.3%. Canada’s was 9.9%. France’s was 10.5%. Germany’s was 10.6% Iceland’s was 10.2%. Correspondingly, our per capita health expenditure was higher than every other country listed.
Marijuana use by seniors in high school has declined from 33.7 percent in 1980 to 18.3 percent in 2006.
The number of people considered obese has gone from 13 percent in the 1960s to 34 percent in 2004. 67 percent fall into the overweight or obese category today.
