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Table 1 Latin American and Caribbean key indicators

From: National research for health systems in Latin America and the Caribbean: moving towards the right direction?

Countries and regions

Population (×1,000 at mid-year), 2010

Life expectancy (both sexes), 2010–2015

Annual growth rate (GDP), 2010

Public investment in health (% of GDP current prices), 2009

Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births), 2010–2015

Maternal mortality rate (per 100,000 live births), 2008

Anguilla

15

Antigua and Barbuda

89

–7.9

Netherlands Antilles

201

76.8

11.7

Argentina

40,738

76.2

9.2

6.2

12.0

70

Aruba

107

75.5

9.6

14.0

 

Bahamas

343

75.9

0.9

2.3

7.9

49

Barbados

273

77.1

0.2

2.9

9.4

64

Belize

312

76.3

2.9

15.2

94

Bolivia

10,031

67.2

4.1

1.9

38.1

180

Brazil

195,498

73.5

7.5

20.3

58

Chile

17,133

79.1

5.2

4.1

6.5

26

Colombia

46,299

73.9

4.3

2.2

16.5

85

Costa Rica

4639

79.4

4.2

6.6

9.3

44

Cuba

11,203

79.1

2.1

10.6

4.5

53

Dominica

68

0.9

Ecuador

13,773

75.8

3.6

17.6

140

El Salvador

6,192

72.1

1.4

4.1

17.5

11

Grenada

104

76.2

0.0

2.8

11.7

Guatemala

14,376

71.4

2.8

1.4

22.6

110

Guyana

754

70.3

4.4

9.9

37.0

270

Haiti

10,089

62.5

–5.1

43.6

300

Honduras

7,621

73.1

2.8

24.9

110

Cayman Islands

56

Turks and Caicos Islands

38

British Virgin Islands

23

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United States Virgin Islands

109

79.6

 

8.4

Jamaica

2,741

73.5

–1.3

21.5

89

Mexico

110,675

77.2

5.6

3.1

13.7

85

Montserrat

6

Nicaragua

5,822

74.5

4.5

18.1

100

Panama

3,508

76.3

7.6

2.2

15.7

71

Paraguay

6,460

72.8

15.0

3.4

28.8

95

Peru

29,495

74.1

8.8

1.1

18.8

98

Puerto Rico

3,749

79.3

1.6

6.6

18

Dominican Republic

9,899

73.2

7.8

2.4

25.1

100

St. Kitts and Nevis

52

–2.4

4.0

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

109

72.6

–2.8

20.3

Saint Lucia

174

74.9

3.2

11.2

Suriname

525

70.9

4.5

2.5

20.5

100

Trinidad and Tobago

1,341

70.4

0.0

23.8

55

Uruguay

3,372

77.1

8.5

5.1

11.5

27

Venezuela

29,043

74.7

- 1.5

15.3

68

Latin America and the Caribbean

590,082

74.7

5.9

 

18.9

85

Latin America

575,867

74.6

6.0

 

18.6

 

The Caribbean

41,646

72.7

0.2

 

32.6

 
  1. Source: CEPAL 2011 Anuario estadístico de América Latina y el Caribe [17].