- 46,000,000 - Number of Americans without health insurance.
- 8,300,000 - Number of children in the U.S. without health insurance.
- 73.8% - Amount that U.S. health insurance premiums have increased since the year 2000.
- 5 - Consecutive years that the percentage of Americans with job-based health insurance has declined.
- 0.46% - Percent of U.S. health care costs related to malpractice claims.
- 31% - Percent of U.S. health care expenditures that go towards administative costs.
- 15% - Percent of European health care expenditures that go towards administrative costs.
- $6,100 - Amount the U.S. spends per person on health care.
- $2,550 - Average per person spent on health care by the 30 OECD countries.
- 22nd - Rank of U.S. life expectancy among the 30 OECD countries.
By: Jello | 12/17/06 | 10 Numbers - Health Care | Trackback | Comments [RSS 2.0]