An American study has found that Australia’s health system comes third out of seven countries in overall show, but shares last put with the United States on availability to reasonable and suitable care.

It arrives as Australia's own official health report reveals that whilst Australia's performance on nearly all health and death pointers take up the top third position in world, it has gone towards the back on one critical ailment, diabetes, putting Australia's rank in battling it close to the bottom third.

The worldwide report by the Commonwealth Fund of New York, founded on a survey of a massive number of patients and physicians in similar western nations, also locates that Australia sits second last on secure care, with the maximum proportion of persons reviewed, 17%, thinking that they had faced a clinical error in the preceding two years.

Australia residents were also more prone to account problems in receiving care after hours. In spite of these flaws, Australia snagged the top position in the long, healthy and fruitful life category of the survey that also reviewed Canada, Germany, Netherlands, New Zealand and Britain.

The Australia's health 2010 report made public by the Federal Government yesterday states that Type 2 diabetes will turn out to be the chief disease by 2023, which would be augmented by obesity.