Meanwhile, diabetes patients enjoyed better outcomes in the UK, where there was a “relatively low hospital admission rate” and second-lowest foot and leg amputation rate.
The breast cancer survival rate in the UK was below average compared to peer countries, while infant mortality rate and case fatality rates for heart attacks and strokes were higher than average. The UK is also at the top of the league regarding avoidable mortality rates, with the fourth-highest rate of mortality from preventable causes and the second-highest rate of mortality from treatable diseases.īetween January 2020 and June 2022, the UK’s cumulative mortality rates also were higher than many comparable countries, the research said. The life expectancy of males in Britain was the third-lowest in the time period, at around 78 years, higher only than that in Portugal and the United States. While the taxpayer-funded health care system does well in shielding the ill from the financial impact, it performs worse in a number of important outcomes such as life expectancy and avoidable deaths, according to the research ( pdf), published on June 26 by The King’s Fund.Īmong a basket of 19 higher-income industrialised countries, British females’ life expectancy at birth was the second-lowest, ahead of only the United States, between 20, the study shows.īritish females’ life expectancy was between 82 to 84 years, while Japanese females were expected to live to more than 87. The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) is lagging behind many comparable countries in terms of health outcomes, a study has found.
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