TABLE 2—

Infant and Maternal Mortality, Health Expenditure, and Economic Growth in Selected Years: Costa Rica, Chile, Venezuela, Panama, Colombia, and Mexico

	Infant Mortalitya
	1970	2001	Reductionb in Infant Mortality,a 1970–2001	Maternal Mortality,c 1985–2001	Health Expenditure per Capita,d 2001, $	GDP per Capita,d 2001, $	GDP per Capita Annual Growth Rate, 1975–2001, %
Costa Rica	62	9	7	29	562	9460	1.2
Chile	78	10	8	23	792	9190	4.1
Venezuela	47	19	2	60	386	5670	0.9
Panama	46	19	2	70	458	5750	0.8
Colombia	69	19	4	80	356	7040	1.5
Mexico	79	26	3	55	544	8430	0.9

Note. GDP = gross domestic product. Data were derived from the United Nations Development Programme,5^,36 the United Nations Children’s Fund,8 and the World Bank.9

^aProbability of dying between birth and exactly 1 year of age, expressed per 1000 live births.

^bCalculated from 1970 and 2001 figures.

^cAnnual number of deaths of women from pregnancy-related causes per 100 000 live births (data refer to the most recent year available during the period specified, adjusted for underreporting and misclassification).

^dPurchasing power parity.