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Americans More Susceptible to Chronic Diseases Than Europeans
Patients in the United States are also more likely to get treatment for those costly diseases, making US health care 100 to 150 billion dollars (70 to 105 billion euros) more expensive than in Europe annually, according to the study published online by Health Affairs.
Nearly twice as many Americans are obese as Europeans, and there are more current or former cigarette smokers in the US population than in Europe -- making Americans more susceptible to chronic diseases, according to the study conducted by researchers at Emory University Rollins School of Public Health.
The researchers compared 2004 data on the prevalence and treatment of diseases among adults 50 and older in the United States and 10 European countries: Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.
The study found that 33.1 of older Americans are obese compared with 17.1 percent of Europeans. And 53 percent of Americans are former or current smokers, compared with 43 percent of Europeans.
"It is possible that we spend more on health care because we are, indeed, less healthy," said Kenneth Thorpe, chairman of the Rollins School's Health Policy and Management Department.
"If the US could bring its obesity rates more in line with Europe's, it could save 100 billion dollars a year or more in health care costs," he said in a news release.
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