. 2017 Aug 21;186(6):648–658. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwx045

Table 1.

Health-Relevant Characteristics of 7 Countries in the Americas and the United Kingdom

Country	Area, km²	Population Aged ≥ 18 Years (Year)	Gini Coefficient (2012)^a	Income Level^b	GNI per Capita^a,c	Population Living on Less Than $1.25/Day PPP, %^c	Population Living on Less Than $4/Day PPP, %^c	Population Living in Urban Areas, 2014, %	Life Expectancy at Birth, years^b		Dying Aged 30–70 Years From Main 4 NCDs^b	NCDs as % of All Deaths	Health-Care Coverage, %^d
Country	Area, km²	Population Aged ≥ 18 Years (Year)	Gini Coefficient (2012)^a	Income Level^b	GNI per Capita^a,c	Population Living on Less Than $1.25/Day PPP, %^c	Population Living on Less Than $4/Day PPP, %^c	Population Living in Urban Areas, 2014, %	Men	Women	Dying Aged 30–70 Years From Main 4 NCDs^b	NCDs as % of All Deaths	Health-Care Coverage, %^d
Brazil	8,538,000	135,000,000 (2013)	0.49	Upper middle	11,760	3.8	23.8	84.6	71.3	78.6	19	74	100^e
Chile	756,000	13,600,000 (2015)	0.51	High	14,900	0.8	9.9	89.2	77.1	82.7	12	84	97^f
Colombia	1,142,000	32,700,000 (2015)	0.54	Upper middle	7,780	5.6	32.8	75.3	72.3	78.9	12	71	94^g
Mexico	1,944,000	79,500,000 (2014)	0.48	Upper middle	9,980	1.0	23.7	78.1	71.7	77.4	16	77	87^f
England	130,427	42,700,000 (2014)	0.36^h	High	42,690^h			79.6^h	78.9	82.7	12^h	89^h	100^f
Scotland	78,772	4,300,000 (2014)		High					77.1	81.1			100^f
United States	9,147,000	245,000,000 (2015)	0.41	High	55,200			82.4	76.4	81.2	14	88	85^f

Abbreviations: GNI, gross national income; NCD, noncommunicable disease; PPP, purchasing power parity.

^a Data from the World Bank (67).

^b Data from the World Health Organization (1).

^c Current US dollars, Atlas method, 2014.

^d Total coverage includes public, social security, private, and other systems.

^e Data from the Brazilian Portal da Saúde (68).

^f Data from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (69).

^g Data from the Colombia Health Observatory (Así Vamos En Salud) (70).

^h Figure is for the United Kingdom.