TABLE 1—
Costa Rica | United States | Mexico | |
GDP per capita, $a | 9 460 | 34 320 | 8 430 |
Health expenditure per capita, $ | 562 | 4 887 | 544 |
Infant mortalityb | 9 | 7 | 24 |
Life expectancy at birthc | 78.0 | 77.0 | 73.3 |
Gini indexd | 46.5 | 40.8 | 54.6 |
Note. GDP = gross domestic product. All data are for 2001 with the exception of the Gini index, which reflects 2000 figures. Data were derived from the United Nations Development Programme.5,36
aPurchasing power parity.
bProbability of dying between birth and exactly 1 year of age, expressed per 1000 live births.
cNumber of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of age-specific mortality at the time of the infant’s birth were to stay the same throughout his or her life.
dMeasurement of inequality in the distribution of income or consumption within a country, expressed as a percentage. A value of 0 represents perfect equality and a value of 100 represents perfect inequality.