April 17, 2007 9:30AM 

# New Health Care Reading 

By [Arnold Kling](https://www.cato.org/people/arnold-kling) 

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David Hogberg has joined the blogosphere with [Health Hog.](http://dhogberg.com/wordpress/) One of his first posts links to a debate between David Gratzer and Jonathan Cohn. [Gratzer’s opening salvo](http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=w070416&s=cohngratzer041607) mentions a book by Robert J. Ohsfeldt and John E. Schneider, which is among three books [reviewed here](http://www.pacificresearch.org/pub/hpp/2007/hpp_03-07.html). Gratzer writes,

> Robert L. Ohsfeldt and John E. Schneider factor out intentional and unintentional injuries from life expectancy statistics, concluding that this non-injury group of Americans outlive similar groups in other countries.

I’ve often wondered what would happen if you did this sort of calculation. I can’t say that I am entirely shocked that if you adjust longevity data for things like murders or car accidents, the U.S. comes out ahead.

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