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The table below is a quick comparison of health statistics.

source: PAHO  Anguilla Antigua

Antilles

Argentina Aruba

Bahamas

Barbados

Belize

Bermuda Bolivia

Brazil

Canada source: PAHO  Cayman

Chile

Colombia

Costa Rica

Cuba

Dominica

Dom Rep

Ecuador

El Salvador

French Guiana

Grenada

Guadeloupe

source: PAHO 

Guatemala

Guyana

Haiti

Honduras

Jamaica

Martinique

Mexico Montserrat Nicaragua

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

source: PAHO 

Puerto Rico

St Kitts

St Lucia

St Vincent

Suriname

Trinidad

Turks Caicos

UK VI

USA

Uruguay

US VI

Venezuela source: PAHO 

population (1,000)

8 67 198 36,123 72 293 263 230 64 7,957 165,158 30,194

population (1,000)

32 14,824 37,685 3,650 11,115 71 8,232 12,175 6,059 153 93 444

population (1,000)

11,562 856 7,534 6,147 2,539 392 95,831 11 4,464 2,767 5,222 24,797

population (1,000)

3,807 41 148 115 442 1,318 16 98 273,754 3,329 107 23,242

population (1,000)

urban population (%) 11.8 36.4 69.9 88.9 0 87.7 48.9 46.5 100 63.1 80.1 76.9 urban population (%) 100 84.3 74 50.9 77.1 70.3 63.9 61 46 77.4 37.1 99.6 urban population (%) 39.8 37.1 33.7 45.7 55.1 94.3 74 17.6 63.7 56.7 54.6 72 urban population (%) 74.4 34.1 37.6 52.1 51 73.1 44.6 0 81.8 90.9 45.9 86.8 urban population (%)
life expectancy 74.3 74.3 76.5 73.3 77.2 73.9 76.5 74.8 75 61.7 67.2 79 life expectancy 77 75.4 71 76.9 76.1 77.3 71 69.9 69.6 76.4 71.4 75.6 life expectancy 67.4 64.4 54.4 69.9 74.7 77.2 72.6 76 68.4 74 69.8 68.5 life expectancy 76.6 67.6 70.4 73.4 71.6 73.8 75 72.8 76.8 72.9 75 72.9 life expectancy
literacy rate (%) 95.4 89 94 96 97 98 97 75 99 83 85 99 literacy rate (%) 98 95 91 95 97 82 82 90 79 83 98 90 literacy rate (%) 64 98 45 80 85 93 90 97 66 91 91 90 literacy rate (%) 90 98 82 96 93 98 99 99 99 97 ... 93 literacy rate (%)
rural pop. w/access to water services (%) ... 95 ... 24 100 56 100 69 ... 24 28 100 rural pop. w/access to water services (%) 98 47 77 100 75 91 46 51 26 ... ... ... rural pop. w/access to water services (%) 48 49 41 66 69 ... 57 ... 12 73 7 33 rural pop. w/access to water services (%) ... 100 ... 85 70 88 ... ... ... 6 ... 79 rural pop. w/access to water services (%)
rural pop. w/access to excretal disposal (%) ... 100 ... 42 100 100 100 22 ... 39 43 99 rural pop. w/access to excretal disposal (%) ... 92.9 57 100 79 80 68 37 65 ... ... ... rural pop. w/access to excretal disposal (%) 50 89 16 71 92 ... 30 ... 54 81 44 37 rural pop. w/access to excretal disposal (%) ... 89 ... 100 36 92 ... ... 99 ... ... 60 rural pop. w/access to excretal disposal (%)
population living in poverty (%) ... ... ... 25 ... ... ... 33 ... 70 27.2 10.2 population living in poverty (%) ... 20.5 17.7 27.1 ... 28 18.3 54.7 47.5 ... ... ... population living in poverty (%) 75.2 ... 65 50 34 ... 38.5 ... 63 30 21.8 50 population living in poverty (%) ... ... ... ... ... 21 ... ... 9.4 7 ... 42 population living in poverty (%)
national health expenditure per capita (US $) 336 496 ... 795 ... 518 421 106 ... 48 280 1,899 national health expenditure per capita (US $) 1,284 331 140 224 106 198 77 71 158 ... 150 ... national health expenditure per capita (US $) 56 44 9 44 76 ... 160 383 35 253 85 128 national health expenditure per capita (US $) ... 289 167 125 ... 176 ... ... 3,858 516 ... 229 national health expenditure per capita (US $)
infant mortality (per 1.000 live births) 26 17.1 18 20.9 2.1 18.4 14.9 26 13 59 39.8 5.6 infant mortality (per 1.000 live births) 1.7 11.1 24 11.8 7.2 21 45 39.4 40 20 24.3 11 infant mortality (per 1.000 live births) 37.7 32 74 42 24.5 10 23.4 12 47 16.1 36 43 infant mortality (per 1.000 live births) 9 24 14.8 18 25.1 16.2 19 20 7 17.5 13 22 infant mortality (per 1.000 live births)
mortality under 5 yrs of age (per 1.000 births) 34 57.7 18 24.3 4.1 19.2 0.4 31.1 15 81 44.2 6.9 mortality under 5 yrs of age (per 1.000 births) 1.7 14.8 29.6 6.2 9.4 25 56 48.3 52 23 25 13 mortality under 5 yrs of age (per 1.000 births) 54.6 39 131 53 19.6 12 28 15 64 21.1 47 68 mortality under 5 yrs of age (per 1.000 births) 14 27.6 18.5 23 8.7 19.8 22 23 8.9 20.5 15 25 mortality under 5 yrs of age (per 1.000 births)
maternal mortality (per 1.000 births) 48 149 ... 44 ... 64. 0 139 44 390 114 5 maternal mortality (per 1.000 births) 20 25 87 29 33 40 110 159 60 ... ... ... maternal mortality (per 1.000 births) 190 172 457 110 100 ... 48 ... 124 84 123 265 maternal mortality (per 1.000 births) ... 240 ... 78 112 75 380 341 8 19 ... 56 maternal mortality (per 1.000 births)
physicians (per 10.000 population) 17.5 11.2 14 24.9 12.8 14.6 12.8 5.31 17.7 12.9 12.6 21.1 physicians (per 10.000 population) 21.5 10.6 11.6 14.1 52.9 4.93 21.5 16.9 10.4 6.9 4.9 10.5 physicians (per 10.000 population) 9.3 1.8 .76 8.32 13.6 19.7 17.5 1.8 7.4 12.1 5.1 11.4 physicians (per 10.000 population) 17.5 11.7 4.7 8.7 2.52 7.5 7.3 2.2 26.5 37 16.5 2.4 physicians (per 10.000 population)
hospital beds (per 1,000) ... ... ... 44.8 37 39.1 74.1 23.98 ... 14 34.9 47.8 hospital beds (per 1,000) 2.2 30.9 8 25 59.9 35.9 10 16 14.9 ... 54.9 ... hospital beds (per 1,000) 11 30.9 8 7 21 ... 1.2 ... 11.3 18.3 13.7 12.8 hospital beds (per 1,000) ... 64.1 33 ... ... 38 ... ... 5.2 45 ... 2.3 hospital beds (per 1,000)
source: PAHO  Anguilla Antigua

Antilles

Argentina Aruba

Bahamas

Barbados

Belize

Bermuda Bolivia

Brazil

Canada source: PAHO  Cayman

Chile

Colombia

Costa Rica

Cuba

Dominica

Dom Rep

Ecuador

El Salvador

French Guiana

Grenada

Guadeloupe

source: PAHO 

Guatemala

Guyana

Haiti

Honduras

Jamaica

Martinique

Mexico Montserrat Nicaragua

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

source: PAHO 

Puerto Rico

St Kitts

St Lucia

St Vincent

Suriname

Trinidad

Turks Caicos

UK VI

USA

Uruguay

US VI

Venezuela source: PAHO 
 

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