The JCUSH (Joint Canada/United States Survey of Health) represents a unique
population health survey conducted jointly by two national statistical agencies, Statistics Canada and the United States National Center for Health Statistics. The use of a common questionnaire and identical data collection and processing methods provides highly comparable data. As a result, the findings from JCUSH provide valuable insights regarding similarities and differences between Canada and the United States in a manner not previously possible.
Overall, the health status of Canadians and Americans is generally similar with most individuals in both countries reporting that they are in good, very good or excellent health. More Americans, however, reported being at either end of the health status spectrum - in excellent health and in fair and poor health - compared with Canadians. This was particularly true among women. This may be associated with the higher rate of highly severe mobility limitation and obesity among American women. There were relatively few differences between men.
Source:
http://www.pnhp.org/news/2004/june/c...nd_america.php