Interesting statistics

This was forwarded to me:

A recent "Investor's Business Daily" article provided very interesting statistics from a survey by the United Nations International Health Organization.

Percentage of men and women who survived a cancer five years after diagnosis:

• U.S. 65%
• England 46%
• Canada 42%

Percentage of patients diagnosed with diabetes who received treatment within six months:

• U.S. 93%
• England 15%
• Canada 43%

Percentage of seniors needing hip replacement who received it within six months:

• U.S. 90%
• England 15%
• Canada 43%

Percentage referred to a medical specialist who see one within one month:

• U.S. 77%
• England 40%
• Canada 43%

Number of MRI scanners (a prime diagnostic tool) per million people:

• U.S. 71
• England 14
• Canada 18

Percentage of seniors (65+), with low income, who say they are in "excellent health":

• U.S. 12%
• England 2%
• Canada 6%

The percentage of each past president's cabinet who had worked in the private business sector prior to their appointment to the cabinet:

• T. Roosevelt 38%
• Taft 40%
• Wilson 52%
• Harding 49%
• Coolidge 48%
• Hoover 42%
• F. Roosevelt 50%
• Truman 50%
• Eisenhower 57%
• Kennedy 30%
• John son 47%
• Nixon 53%
• Ford 42%
• Carter 32%
• Reagan 56%
• GH Bush 51%
• Clinton 39%
• GW Bush 55%
• Obama 8%