Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics of Nigeria compared to the United States*

	United States	Nigeria
Population	302,841,000	144,720,000
Gross national income per capita ($)	44,070	1,410
Life Expectancy at birth m/f (years)	75/80	48/49
Probability of dying under 5 (per 1000 live births)	8	191
Per Capita Health Expenditure ($)	6,714	50
Total expenditure on health as % of GDP (2006)	15.3	4.1
Physician Density (per 1000)	2.56	0.28
Orthopaedic Surgeon Density (per 100,000)	6.06	0.14

^*Information extracted from World Health Organization Country Profile: Nigeria and United States.