Table 3.

Country profiles of four countries included in the case studies (2010)

	Indonesia	China	Ghana	Mexico
Demographics
Number of inhabitants in 1,000 s	242,326	1,355,243	24,966	114.8
Life expectancy in years 2011
Male	68	74	62	72
Female	71	77	65	78
Population distribution
Median age	28	35	21	27
% population under 15	27	19	38	29
% population over 60	8	13	6	9
Economics and health systems financing
Income group	Lower middle	Upper middle	Lower middle	Upper middle
% total health expenditure of GDP	2.8	5.0	5.2	6.3
% public expenditure of THE	36.1	54.3	58.2	49.0
% pharmaceutical expenditure of THE	1/3
per capita total expenditure on health (PPP int. $)	123	373	85	962
Health indicators
Age-standardized mortality rates by NCD (per 100,000 population) 2008	647	604	711	493
Prevalence of raised fasting blood glucose among adults aged ≥ 25 years] (%) 2008
Male	6.6	9.6	9.9	13.2
Female	7.1	9.4	10.3	14.9
Prevalence of raised blood pressure among adults aged ≥ 25 years 2008
Male	32.5	29.8	32.7	27.4
Female	29.3	25.6	31.6	21.5
Adults aged ≥20 years who are obese, 2008
Male	2.5	4.6	4.4	26.7
Female	6.9	6.5	11.7	38.4
Prevalence of smoking any tobacco product among adults aged ≥15 years (%), 2009
Male	61	51	11	24
Female	5	2	3	8
Alcohol consumption Among adults aged ≥15 years (litres of pure alcohol per person per year) 2008	0.6	5.6	3.1	8.6
Maternal mortality, 2011    Deaths per 100 000 live births	220	37	350	50
Under five mortality, 2011    Total number of such deaths per 1000 live births	151	15	78	16
Vaccination measles Immunization coverage among 1-year-olds (%) 2011	89	99	91	98
HIV prevalence    HIV infections per 100 000 population per year	155	…	907	156
Health systems capacity
Number of physicians per 10,000 inhabitants	2.0	14.6	0.9	19.6
Hospital beds (per 10,000 population)	6	39	9	17
Formal population coverage (% covered by insurance or tax-based arrangements)	40–60%			75–100%
Year of implementation UHC	2005			2003