Table 1.

Basic Health Indicators for Turkey and OECD34 averages, 2013 (or nearest year)

Indicator		OECD34 average	Turkey	Ranka (out of 34 OECD countries)
Life expectancy at birth		80.5	76.6	31
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)		3.8	10.2	34
Total expenditure on health, % GDP		8.9	5.1	34
Total expenditure on health, per capita, US$ PPP		3453	941	34
Physicians, per 1000 population		3.3	1.8	34
Nurses, per 1000 population		9.1	1.8	34
Hospital beds, per 1000 population		4.8	2.7	31
MRI units per 1 million population		14.1	10.5	20b
CT scanners per million population		24.4	14.2	25b

^aA lower number indicates higher ranking

^bOut of 32 OECD countries

Source: OECD [20]