Most Ukrainians say stresses, medical errors affect their health

Recent polls show that the number of Ukrainians, who rated their health as fair, has increased by 9%, compared with 2011. In particular, men defined their health as "good", a higher percent than that of women.

In these polls 42% and 40% of the respondents say stresses and impossibility to get qualified medical treatment have respectively affected their health. In addition, 21% and 20% of Ukrainians think faulty nutrition and bad habits have a negative influence on their health respectively.

Incidentally, more than 200,000 people die each year from preventable medical errors in the United States. According to Paul Craig Roberts, chairman of the Institute for Political Economy, you are safer walking in the worst areas of Chicago than you are when you are in a hospital.