Spanish health care is no longer ranked among the world's top ten. A study published in medical journal The Lancet gives Spain an overall ranking for its health care of nineteenth in the world.
The study, the Healthcare Access and Quality Index, measures the quality of health care in 195 countries around the world by comparing data on 32 causes of death that are curable with proper medical attention, such as tuberculosis and tetanus, to give a score from 0 to 100. The figures just released, which cover the year 2016, place Spain in 19th position with 92 points, a considerable fall from the 8th place achieved in the statistics for 2015.
The worst Spanish scores were with regard to skin cancer, with 57 points out of 100, cervical cancer, with 60 points, and testicular cancer, with 79 out of 100. The countries that head the table are Iceland, Norway and the Netherlands, while those that close the list are the Central African Republic, Somalia and Guinea-Bissau.