Quality of health care in Australia In an international comparative study of the health care systems in six countries (Australia, Canada, Germany, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States), found that Australia ranks highest on healthy lives, scoring first or second on all of the indicators, although its overall ranking in the study was below the UK and Germany systems, tied with New Zealands and above those of Canada and far above the U.S. A global study of end of life care, conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit, part of the group which publishes The Economist magazine, published the compared end of life care, gave the highest ratings to Australia and the UK out of the 40 countries studied, the two countrys systems receiving a rating of 7.9 out of 10 in an analysis of access to services, quality of care and public awareness Cigarette smoking is the largest preventable cause of death and disease in Australian health statistics show that chronic disease such as heart disease, particularly strokes which reflects a more affluent lifestyle is a common cause of death. Australians are prone to skin cancer with cancers affecting Queensland the most.This is known as a disease of affluence[citation needed] and is common in many Western World countries (North America, Europe, Canada, New Zealand). Other issues include compensation for victims of asbestos exposure related disease and the slow development of HealthConnect. The provision of adequate mental health services and the quality of aged care, are other problems in some parts of the country. Australia
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