National Geographic: Per capita healtcare expenditure, by country, correlated to longevity

U.S. Per Capita Healthcare Cost in Global Perspective -- Contrasted with Average Life Expectancy Around the World

National Geographic InfoGraphic

by DIKE DRUMMOND

Pasted below is a National Geographic infographic (2009) showing three things.

• The average annual cost of healthcare per person in countries around the world – left vertical axis
• The average life expectancy in those same countries – right vertical axis
• Whether or not the nation has national health insurance – the color of the line

The USA is a major outlier in two respects.

• We have far and away the highest annual healthcare costs in the world
• The USA and Mexico are the only western democracies without national health insurance (and Mexico has a nationwide system of free health clinics).

And we are square in the middle of the pack with regards to life expectancy.

Here is the worldwide cost of healthcare vs. average life expectancy infographic.

(Alan: If you cannot see a graph in the space below, please visit http://www.thehappymd.com/blog/bid/290405/Cost-of-Healthcare-and-Average-Life-Expectancy-World-Averages-show-USA-a-MASSIVE-Outlier-InfoGraphic)