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. 2007 Feb 17;334(7589):346–348. doi: 10.1136/bmj.39091.493588.BE

Healthcare indicators for eight countries

Australia Canada France Germany Japan New Zealand United Kingdom United States
Health expenditures per capita ($)w1 2876 3165 3159 3005 2249 2083 2546 6102
Life expectancy at age 60*w2 18.2 17.7 18.4 17.5 19.6 17.1 16.9 16.6
Deaths amenable to medical care/100 000 populationw2 88 92 75 106 81 109 130 115
Access problems (%)†w3 34 26 n/a 28 n/a 38 13 51
Breast cancer 5 year survival (%)w1 80.0 82.0 79.7 78.0 79.0 79.0 80.0 88.9
Myocardial infarction 30 day hospital mortality (%)w1 8.8 12.0 8.0 11.9 10.3 10.9 11.0 14.8
Deaths from surgical or medical mishaps/ 100 000 population (2004)w1* 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.2 n/a 0.5 0.7

*Average of male and female healthy life expectancies.

†Percentage of adults with health problems who did not fill prescription or skipped doses, had a medical problem but did not visit doctor, or skipped test, treatment, or follow-up in the past year because of costs.