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Item #2 (Advanced Level)

Israelis are Healthier

According to a survey held by Teva Pharmaceuticals in nine different
countries including Israel, it turns out that our health is actually good

compared to the United States, the UK, Russia, Germany, Poland, France,

Chile and Mexico. Eighty one percent of Israelis feel that they’re healthy
compared to a world average of just seventy one percent. Fifty three

percent of the population here declare that they have chronic health

problems, in contrast of a world average of sixty percent. Only eight
percent of us have depression, compared to the world average of fifteen

percent. These are the data, and here’s a possible explanation for the good

results, “(You) have to take into account that the population in Israel is
younger than most surveyed countries, and so some of the differences

result from age differences.” But just a moment, don’t be too happy yet,

Teva Pharmaceuticals’ survey has another part, less flattering for us –
nineteen percent of Israelis have cholesterol problems, opposed to just

seventeen percent of the world average, and possibly the most troubling

(of all), seventeen percent of Israelis admitted that they just don’t do
anything for (their) health, as opposed to twelve percent in other countries

checked in the survey.

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