Table 1 Demographic, Economic and Health Worker Indicators for Iran

Population (million) (2006) ^a	70
GDP/capita (International $, 2004)^a	8367
Total expenditure on health as % of GDP (2005) ^a	7.8
Total expenditure on health per capita (International $, 2005)^a	677
Life expectancy at birth, male/female (2005) ^a	69/73
Physicians/10,000 inhabitants (2005) ^a	9.0
Hospital beds/10,000 population (2005) ^b	17.2

a: World Health Organization. Accessed January 2009. http://www.emro.who.int/index.asp
b: World Health Organization. Accessed January 2009. http://www.who.int/en/
GDP, gross domestic product

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