Health in Spain
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Health care in Spain accounted for 8.4% of GDP in Spain
in 2006. It was 2,458 USD in 2006 (adjusted for purchasing power parity), compared with an OECD average of 2,824 USD.
Life expectancy
at birth in Spain was 81.1 years in 2006, more than two years higher than the OECD average.
Spain
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in 2006. It was 2,458 USD in 2006 (adjusted for purchasing power parity), compared with an OECD average of 2,824 USD.
Life expectancy
Life expectancy
Life expectancy is the expected number of years of life remaining at a given age. It is denoted by ex, which means the average number of subsequent years of life for someone now aged x, according to a particular mortality experience...
at birth in Spain was 81.1 years in 2006, more than two years higher than the OECD average.
External links
- Health Care Systems in Transition Spain (Preliminary version (1996) - World Health Organization