. 2017 Jan 19;58(3):488–499. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnw204

Table 1.

Social and Demographic Background of Study Countries

	Japan	Lebanon	Mexico	United States
Surface area (km²)^a	377,930	10,452	1,964,375	9,833,517
Total population (thousands)^a	127,000	4,966	123,799	322,583
GDP per capita ($US) (2013)^a	38,528	9,793	10,293	52,392
Percent above 60 years (2014)^a
Men	29.9	12.0	9.0	18.5
Women	35.5	12.5	10.6	21.8
Life expectancy at birth (2010–2015)^a
Men	80.0	77.9	74.9	76.4
Women	86.9	82.1	79.7	81.2
Total fertility rate^b
Year-1960	2.0	5.7	6.8	3.7
Year-2014	1.4	1.7	2.2	1.9
Social security	Yes^c	Partial^d	Partial^e	Yes^f
Health care	Yes^c	Partial^d	Partial^e	Yes^f
Long-term care	Yes^c	No^d	No^e	No^f

^aUnited Nations Statistics Division—Country Profile (http://data.un.org/CountryProfile). View full profile for detailed data.

^bWorld Bank—Fertility Rate Overview per Country (http://data.worldbank.org).

^cMuramatsu and Akiyama (2011).

^dAbdulrahim et al. (2015).

^eDíaz-Venegas, Sáenz, and Wong (2016).

^fHartmann and English (2009).