Surprising Facts about U.S Health Care
Hello. My name is Dr. DeCubellis, and I am a chiropractic downers grove, IL. Fact No. 4: Americans have more desirable access to preventive cancer screening than Canadians. 4 Take the proportion of the appropriate-age population groups who have obtained recommended evaluations for breast, cervical, prostate and colon cancer:* Nine of 10 middle-aged American women (89 percent) have needed a mammogram, compared to less than three-fourths of Canadians (72 percent).* Nearly all American females (96 percent) have had a pap smear, compared to less than 90 percent of Canadians.* More than half of American men (54 percent) have had a PSA test, compared to less than 1 in 6 Canadians (16 percent).* Nearly one-third of Americans (30 percent) have needed a colonoscopy, compared with less than 1 in 20 Canadians (5 percent).
