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. 2018 Dec 17;15(12):2889. doi: 10.3390/ijerph15122889

Table 2.

Summary of World Health Organization rankings, total expenditure on health/GDP, life expectancy, lung cancer incidence, mortality, and mortality-to-incidence ratio of selected countries.

Country Ranking Total Expenditure on Health/GDP (%) Life Expectancy 1 Number Crude Rate 2 Age-Standardized Rate 2 Mortality-to-Incidence Ratio 3
Incidence Mortality Incidence Mortality Incidence Mortality
France 1 11.6 82 40,043 31,434 63.1 49.5 35.0 25.3 0.78
Italy 2 9.2 83 37,238 33,531 61.1 55.0 24.5 20.7 0.90
Malta 5 8.7 81 181 139 43.2 33.2 20.4 15.6 0.77
Singapore 6 4.2 83 1974 1590 37.6 30.2 24.9 19.8 0.80
Spain 7 9.3 83 26,715 21,118 57.1 45.2 30.3 22.8 0.79
Oman 8 2.7 76 76 70 2.6 2.4 5.1 4.8 0.92
Austria 9 11.1 81 4576 3658 54.3 43.4 27.5 20.7 0.80
Japan 10 10.3 84 94,855 75,119 75.0 59.4 24.6 17.4 0.79
Norway 11 9.3 82 2845 2219 57.4 44.7 30.0 22.2 0.78
Portugal 12 9.9 81 4192 3441 39.2 32.2 20.2 15.7 0.82
Iceland 15 9.0 82 162 141 49.3 42.9 29.8 24.5 0.87
Luxembourg 16 7.2 82 261 218 49.9 41.7 28.4 23.1 0.84
Netherlands 17 12.7 81 11,968 10,609 71.6 63.5 37.2 30.5 0.89
United Kingdom 18 9.3 81 40,382 35,581 64.3 56.7 30.0 25.4 0.88
Ireland 19 8.9 81 2273 1778 49.6 38.8 31.3 23.6 0.78
Switzerland 20 11.4 83 4237 3194 54.8 41.3 27.3 20.0 0.75
Belgium 21 10.9 80 7794 7179 72.2 66.5 36.8 30.5 0.92
Colombia 22 6.8 78 4780 4417 10.1 9.3 11.0 10.1 0.92
Sweden 23 9.6 82 3891 3695 41.0 38.9 19.1 16.4 0.95
Cyprus 24 7.3 82 276 258 24.4 22.8 16.2 14.7 0.93
Germany 25 11.3 81 50,813 43,420 62.0 53.0 27.5 22.2 0.85
Israel 28 7.4 82 2270 1956 29.5 25.4 21.2 17.9 0.86
Canada 30 10.9 82 25,481 20,108 73.5 58.0 37.9 28.4 0.79
Finland 31 9.1 81 2494 2138 46.2 39.6 20.1 16.7 0.86
Australia 32 8.9 83 11,331 8232 49.4 35.9 27.0 18.5 0.73
Chile 33 7.3 80 3127 2980 17.9 17.1 13.3 12.5 0.96
Denmark 34 11.0 80 4566 3806 81.6 68.1 39.2 31.4 0.83
Costa Rica 36 10.1 79 363 256 7.6 5.3 7.3 5.1 0.70
United States of America 37 17.0 79 214,226 167,545 67.8 53.1 38.4 28.6 0.78
Slovenia 38 9.4 80 1360 1131 66.7 55.4 33.9 26.8 0.83
Cuba 39 8.6 78 6143 5763 54.6 51.2 32.9 30.1 0.94
New Zealand 41 10.2 82 2027 1659 45.4 37.2 25.9 20.8 0.82
Bahrain 46 4.4 77 84 64 6.2 4.7 15.5 12.4 0.76
Thailand 47 4.5 75 19,505 17,669 27.9 25.3 20.9 19.1 0.91
Czech Republic 48 7.5 78 6683 5228 63.3 49.5 32.5 24.7 0.78
Malaysia 49 4.0 74 4403 4134 15.0 14.1 17.9 17.0 0.94
Poland 50 6.8 77 26,230 23,371 68.5 61.0 38.0 33.4 0.89
Jamaica 53 5.6 74 512 460 18.5 16.7 18.2 15.8 0.90
Korea, Republic of 58 7.6 82 22,873 17,848 47.1 36.7 28.7 21.3 0.78
Philippines 60 4.4 69 12,074 10,369 12.5 10.7 19.3 17.0 0.86
Slovakia 62 8.1 76 2531 1981 46.2 36.1 28.3 21.6 0.78
Egypt 63 4.9 71 5017 4488 6.0 5.3 7.2 6.5 0.88
Uruguay 65 8.6 77 1411 1336 41.6 39.4 27.4 25.1 0.95
Trinidad and Tobago 67 5.5 71 184 165 13.6 12.2 12.2 10.8 0.90
Belarus 72 5.0 72 4012 3422 42.1 35.9 26.2 22.1 0.85
Lithuania 73 6.7 74 1555 1292 47.2 39.2 26.2 21.2 0.83
Argentina 75 6.8 76 11,244 10,531 27.3 25.6 20.9 19.1 0.94
Estonia 77 5.9 77 632 665 47.2 49.6 24.4 23.6 1.05
Ukraine 79 7.5 71 17,251 14,270 38.4 31.8 22.2 18.5 0.83
Mauritius 84 4.8 74 149 204 11.3 15.5 9.9 13.4 1.37
Fiji 96 4.0 70 45 39 5.1 4.5 6.0 5.1 0.88
Bulgaria 102 7.4 75 3936 3659 53.2 49.5 28.1 25.9 0.93
Latvia 105 5.9 74 1183 1002 52.9 44.8 27.8 22.2 0.85
Ecuador 111 6.4 76 1035 1057 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.2 1.01
Brazil 125 9.5 75 34,280 28,285 17.3 14.3 16.3 13.3 0.83
Russian Federation 130 6.5 69 55,805 50,888 39.1 35.7 24.0 21.5 0.91
South African Republic 175 8.9 60 7242 6465 14.3 12.7 18.5 16.7 0.89

1 year; 2 per 100,000 population; 3 the percentage in the ratio of the crude rate of mortalities and the crude rate of incidences.