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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jan 24.
Published in final edited form as: Lancet Oncol. 2008 Aug;9(8):721–729. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(08)70194-3

Table 4.

Demographic, economic, and health indicators in the surveyed countries

Total population (×1000)16 Physicians per 1000 population*18 Nurses per 1000 population18 Under-5 mortality (per 1000)19 Per capita GDP (US$)22 Total per capita health-care expenditure (US$)18 Per capita public health-care expenditure (US$)18 Human development index20 Human poverty index20
Bangladesh 144 320 [A1] [A1] 73 400 13 4 0.53 44.2
Egypt 77 506 0.54 2 33 1265 55 24 0.70 20
Honduras 7168 0.57 1.29 40 1148 72 41 0.68 17.2
Morocco 32 760 0.51 0.78 40 1713 72 24 0.64 33.4
Philippines 87 857 0.58 1.69 33 1168 31 14 0.76 15.3
Senegal 11 860 0.06 0.32 136 738 29 12 0.46 44
Tanzania 36 766 0.02 0.37 122 336 12 7 0.43 36
Ukraine 46 959 2.95 7.62 17 1766 60 40 0.77 NA
Venezuela 25 375 1.94 NA 21 5026 146 65 0.78 8.8
Vietnam 85 536 0.53 0.56 19 618 26 7 0.71 15.7

GDP=gross domestic product. NA=not available.

*

Refers to all physicians.