Table 1.
Spanish health‐care statistics (2004)
| Statistic | Numbers |
|---|---|
| Health spending per capita US$ (US dollars calculated using PPPs*) | 2094 |
| Percentage of GDP spent on health‐care | 8.1 |
| Public expenditure as per cent of total expenditure on health | 70.9 |
| Life expectancy | 80.5 |
| Infant mortality per 1000 live births | 3.5 |
| Doctors per 1000 people | 3.4 |
| Acute care beds per 1000 (2003) | 2.8 |
| MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) units per million population | 7.7 |
OECD, Health Data 2006. 2
*PPP (purchasing price parity) which equalizes the purchasing price of different currencies for a given product or service.