Sunday, January 15, 2012

Interesting health data and posts

1 (110k) out of 6 pregnancies are finished by induced abortion in Spain (2011)

US tax money went to ~$4B in cancer research and ~$670B in the defense budget (2011)

A list of 13 highlights on healthcare that the author came across during 2011:
http://blogs.forbes.com/danmunro/

On the cost of dying in US. It would be interesting to know how much is in other countries:
http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-18560_162-5711689.html?tag=contentMain;contentBody

How does our probability of dying change over time and some theories behind:
http://singularityhub.com/2012/01/09/your-body-wasn%E2%80%99t-built-to-last-a-lesson-from-human-mortality-rates/