Table 1 Comparison of health care indicators

Public health care coverage, per cent of population

100

100

Life expectancy at birth in years (2000)

Males

71.7

75.7

Females

78.4

80.8

GDP per capita (PPP, USD, 2003)

15,700

21,600

Health expenditure as a percentage of GDP (2002)

7.4

8.5

Public expenditure on health as a per cent of trend GDP (2000)

6.5

6.2

Health expenditure per capita (PPP, USD, 2002)

1,118

1,857

Infant mortality (Deaths per 1,000 live births, 2000)

4.1

5.8

Practicing physicians per 1,000 population (2002)

3.5

2.1

Practicing nurses per 1,000 population (2002)

9.4

9.4

Discharges (all causes) per 100,000 population (2002)

21,861

20,555