A new global health ranking has identified the world's healthiest — and most unhealthy — countries in 2019.
The Indigo Wellness Index, compiled and led by Richard Davies at economics consultancy Bloomsbury Economics and published by investment business LetterOne in the new journal, is one of the most comprehensive to date, covering 191 countries across the globe. The Index created a series of rankings based on 10 key measures, ordering the countries from the weakest performers to the strongest .
The 10 measures were healthy life expectancy, blood pressure, blood glucose , obesity, depression, happiness, alcohol use, tobacco use, inactivity , and government spending on healthcare. It then calculated a ratio to asses how close each country is to the best score overall — the worst score is 0, while the best score is 1.While Canada came out on top as the most healthy country, war-torn sub-Saharan African countries were some of the worst performers. Perhaps more surprising, though, are the poor rankings for countries most people consider to be idyllic, such as Saint Lucia and Barbados, which, the data shows, comes down to poor diet and lack of exercise.
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