1. Maternal Mortality for U.S., Canada, Switzerland, UK, and Japan:
1970 - 2005
50
40
Canada
US
Switzerland
UK
Deaths / 100,000 live births
30 Japan
20
10
0
1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010
Source: UN Annual Demographic Yearbooks
2. Life Expectancy at Birth by % of GDP Spent on Health, 2006
(For Selected OECD Countries)
83
Japan r = - 0.43
r (no USA) = - 0.07
82
Switzerland
Italy
Iceland
Life Expectancy at birth, 2006
Spain
81 Australia
Canada France
Norway Sweden
New Zealand
80 Ireland Austria
Netherlands
UK Germany
Greece
Finland Belgium
79
Denmark
USA
78
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
% of GDP Spent on Health, 2006
Source: OECD HEALTH DATA 2010
3. % GDP Spent on Health in Five Nations
(actual through 2007 and projected to 2017 for U.S.)
20%
18%
16%
% GDP Spent on Health
14%
12%
10%
8%
Canada
United States
6%
Switzerland
United Kingdom
4% Japan
2%
1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020
Sources: OECD health data - selected data 1960 - 2007: OECD Health Statistics (database); Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary (2017 estimation)
