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How Much is Your Life Worth?

How much is your life worth? Ô2/ Gender Bias The value to place on life is one of the most complicated moral questions that confronts any society. It seems the realm of health refuses to obey old adage of 'you get what you pay for. Here we examine the efficiency of different nations health care systems by comparing life expectancy with average health care spending per head. I Height of 1 square = 1.5 years of life Female citizens of the United States not only spend more on health care in absolute terms , proportionaly their health expenditure is significantly higher; almost a quater of average lifetime income. I Width of1 square = $250 US dollars of health spending per year -0% xx.x Average Life Expectancy $$$$ Yearly Per Capita Health Expenditure North Korea spends the lowest amount per citizen in the entire world, only one dollar 80.8 Years Average US Female Lifespan Percentage of Lifetime Earnings Spent on Healthcare. a year. 75.6 Difference bettween the life expecatncy of Cuban and United States Citizen. Years $1 24% 14% Average US male Lifespan 82.6 80.7 $2581 $2034 81.7 $4179 •$3046 Lifetime Average Amount Spent on ealthcare $361,200 $268,700 80.7 $3673 78.6 A Tale of Two Countries 78.3 $674 78.3 $6719 $1467 I Even though in terms of life expecatncy outcomes the U.S.A. and Cuba are identical, the USA spends proportionaly more, nearly 20% of its GDP. 17.4% 2009 7.6% 13.0% 11.9% 8.7% 6.9% 5.1%| 6.2% 5.5% 3.7% 3.5% 1.2% 2000 Difference bettween the US and the next highest spender, Switzerland. 67.3 $1 1990 1980 1970 1960 2.4 Years % of GDP Expended on Health Care Vs * Cuba U.S.A. 7840.19 Seconds Low Tax & Long Life The number of extra years a average citizen of Canada gets I The USA personal tax is around 30%; these states offer a better deal. How much life 1$ buys in the USA. Hong Kong Bulgaria Qatar compared to a resident of the USA. Tax Rate 15% 10% 0% Life Exp. 82.2 73.2 75.3 $0 $1000 $2000 $3000 $4000 $5000 $6000 $7000 Sources: www.oecd.org / www.wikipedia.org/ www.heritage.org / www.who.int How much is your life worth? Ô2/ Gender Bias The value to place on life is one of the most complicated moral questions that confronts any society. It seems the realm of health refuses to obey old adage of 'you get what you pay for. Here we examine the efficiency of different nations health care systems by comparing life expectancy with average health care spending per head. I Height of 1 square = 1.5 years of life Female citizens of the United States not only spend more on health care in absolute terms , proportionaly their health expenditure is significantly higher; almost a quater of average lifetime income. I Width of1 square = $250 US dollars of health spending per year -0% xx.x Average Life Expectancy $$$$ Yearly Per Capita Health Expenditure North Korea spends the lowest amount per citizen in the entire world, only one dollar 80.8 Years Average US Female Lifespan Percentage of Lifetime Earnings Spent on Healthcare. a year. 75.6 Difference bettween the life expecatncy of Cuban and United States Citizen. Years $1 24% 14% Average US male Lifespan 82.6 80.7 $2581 $2034 81.7 $4179 •$3046 Lifetime Average Amount Spent on ealthcare $361,200 $268,700 80.7 $3673 78.6 A Tale of Two Countries 78.3 $674 78.3 $6719 $1467 I Even though in terms of life expecatncy outcomes the U.S.A. and Cuba are identical, the USA spends proportionaly more, nearly 20% of its GDP. 17.4% 2009 7.6% 13.0% 11.9% 8.7% 6.9% 5.1%| 6.2% 5.5% 3.7% 3.5% 1.2% 2000 Difference bettween the US and the next highest spender, Switzerland. 67.3 $1 1990 1980 1970 1960 2.4 Years % of GDP Expended on Health Care Vs * Cuba U.S.A. 7840.19 Seconds Low Tax & Long Life The number of extra years a average citizen of Canada gets I The USA personal tax is around 30%; these states offer a better deal. How much life 1$ buys in the USA. Hong Kong Bulgaria Qatar compared to a resident of the USA. Tax Rate 15% 10% 0% Life Exp. 82.2 73.2 75.3 $0 $1000 $2000 $3000 $4000 $5000 $6000 $7000 Sources: www.oecd.org / www.wikipedia.org/ www.heritage.org / www.who.int How much is your life worth? Ô2/ Gender Bias The value to place on life is one of the most complicated moral questions that confronts any society. It seems the realm of health refuses to obey old adage of 'you get what you pay for. Here we examine the efficiency of different nations health care systems by comparing life expectancy with average health care spending per head. I Height of 1 square = 1.5 years of life Female citizens of the United States not only spend more on health care in absolute terms , proportionaly their health expenditure is significantly higher; almost a quater of average lifetime income. I Width of1 square = $250 US dollars of health spending per year -0% xx.x Average Life Expectancy $$$$ Yearly Per Capita Health Expenditure North Korea spends the lowest amount per citizen in the entire world, only one dollar 80.8 Years Average US Female Lifespan Percentage of Lifetime Earnings Spent on Healthcare. a year. 75.6 Difference bettween the life expecatncy of Cuban and United States Citizen. Years $1 24% 14% Average US male Lifespan 82.6 80.7 $2581 $2034 81.7 $4179 •$3046 Lifetime Average Amount Spent on ealthcare $361,200 $268,700 80.7 $3673 78.6 A Tale of Two Countries 78.3 $674 78.3 $6719 $1467 I Even though in terms of life expecatncy outcomes the U.S.A. and Cuba are identical, the USA spends proportionaly more, nearly 20% of its GDP. 17.4% 2009 7.6% 13.0% 11.9% 8.7% 6.9% 5.1%| 6.2% 5.5% 3.7% 3.5% 1.2% 2000 Difference bettween the US and the next highest spender, Switzerland. 67.3 $1 1990 1980 1970 1960 2.4 Years % of GDP Expended on Health Care Vs * Cuba U.S.A. 7840.19 Seconds Low Tax & Long Life The number of extra years a average citizen of Canada gets I The USA personal tax is around 30%; these states offer a better deal. How much life 1$ buys in the USA. Hong Kong Bulgaria Qatar compared to a resident of the USA. Tax Rate 15% 10% 0% Life Exp. 82.2 73.2 75.3 $0 $1000 $2000 $3000 $4000 $5000 $6000 $7000 Sources: www.oecd.org / www.wikipedia.org/ www.heritage.org / www.who.int How much is your life worth? Ô2/ Gender Bias The value to place on life is one of the most complicated moral questions that confronts any society. It seems the realm of health refuses to obey old adage of 'you get what you pay for. Here we examine the efficiency of different nations health care systems by comparing life expectancy with average health care spending per head. I Height of 1 square = 1.5 years of life Female citizens of the United States not only spend more on health care in absolute terms , proportionaly their health expenditure is significantly higher; almost a quater of average lifetime income. I Width of1 square = $250 US dollars of health spending per year -0% xx.x Average Life Expectancy $$$$ Yearly Per Capita Health Expenditure North Korea spends the lowest amount per citizen in the entire world, only one dollar 80.8 Years Average US Female Lifespan Percentage of Lifetime Earnings Spent on Healthcare. a year. 75.6 Difference bettween the life expecatncy of Cuban and United States Citizen. Years $1 24% 14% Average US male Lifespan 82.6 80.7 $2581 $2034 81.7 $4179 •$3046 Lifetime Average Amount Spent on ealthcare $361,200 $268,700 80.7 $3673 78.6 A Tale of Two Countries 78.3 $674 78.3 $6719 $1467 I Even though in terms of life expecatncy outcomes the U.S.A. and Cuba are identical, the USA spends proportionaly more, nearly 20% of its GDP. 17.4% 2009 7.6% 13.0% 11.9% 8.7% 6.9% 5.1%| 6.2% 5.5% 3.7% 3.5% 1.2% 2000 Difference bettween the US and the next highest spender, Switzerland. 67.3 $1 1990 1980 1970 1960 2.4 Years % of GDP Expended on Health Care Vs * Cuba U.S.A. 7840.19 Seconds Low Tax & Long Life The number of extra years a average citizen of Canada gets I The USA personal tax is around 30%; these states offer a better deal. How much life 1$ buys in the USA. Hong Kong Bulgaria Qatar compared to a resident of the USA. Tax Rate 15% 10% 0% Life Exp. 82.2 73.2 75.3 $0 $1000 $2000 $3000 $4000 $5000 $6000 $7000 Sources: www.oecd.org / www.wikipedia.org/ www.heritage.org / www.who.int How much is your life worth? Ô2/ Gender Bias The value to place on life is one of the most complicated moral questions that confronts any society. It seems the realm of health refuses to obey old adage of 'you get what you pay for. Here we examine the efficiency of different nations health care systems by comparing life expectancy with average health care spending per head. I Height of 1 square = 1.5 years of life Female citizens of the United States not only spend more on health care in absolute terms , proportionaly their health expenditure is significantly higher; almost a quater of average lifetime income. I Width of1 square = $250 US dollars of health spending per year -0% xx.x Average Life Expectancy $$$$ Yearly Per Capita Health Expenditure North Korea spends the lowest amount per citizen in the entire world, only one dollar 80.8 Years Average US Female Lifespan Percentage of Lifetime Earnings Spent on Healthcare. a year. 75.6 Difference bettween the life expecatncy of Cuban and United States Citizen. Years $1 24% 14% Average US male Lifespan 82.6 80.7 $2581 $2034 81.7 $4179 •$3046 Lifetime Average Amount Spent on ealthcare $361,200 $268,700 80.7 $3673 78.6 A Tale of Two Countries 78.3 $674 78.3 $6719 $1467 I Even though in terms of life expecatncy outcomes the U.S.A. and Cuba are identical, the USA spends proportionaly more, nearly 20% of its GDP. 17.4% 2009 7.6% 13.0% 11.9% 8.7% 6.9% 5.1%| 6.2% 5.5% 3.7% 3.5% 1.2% 2000 Difference bettween the US and the next highest spender, Switzerland. 67.3 $1 1990 1980 1970 1960 2.4 Years % of GDP Expended on Health Care Vs * Cuba U.S.A. 7840.19 Seconds Low Tax & Long Life The number of extra years a average citizen of Canada gets I The USA personal tax is around 30%; these states offer a better deal. How much life 1$ buys in the USA. Hong Kong Bulgaria Qatar compared to a resident of the USA. Tax Rate 15% 10% 0% Life Exp. 82.2 73.2 75.3 $0 $1000 $2000 $3000 $4000 $5000 $6000 $7000 Sources: www.oecd.org / www.wikipedia.org/ www.heritage.org / www.who.int How much is your life worth? Ô2/ Gender Bias The value to place on life is one of the most complicated moral questions that confronts any society. It seems the realm of health refuses to obey old adage of 'you get what you pay for. Here we examine the efficiency of different nations health care systems by comparing life expectancy with average health care spending per head. I Height of 1 square = 1.5 years of life Female citizens of the United States not only spend more on health care in absolute terms , proportionaly their health expenditure is significantly higher; almost a quater of average lifetime income. I Width of1 square = $250 US dollars of health spending per year -0% xx.x Average Life Expectancy $$$$ Yearly Per Capita Health Expenditure North Korea spends the lowest amount per citizen in the entire world, only one dollar 80.8 Years Average US Female Lifespan Percentage of Lifetime Earnings Spent on Healthcare. a year. 75.6 Difference bettween the life expecatncy of Cuban and United States Citizen. Years $1 24% 14% Average US male Lifespan 82.6 80.7 $2581 $2034 81.7 $4179 •$3046 Lifetime Average Amount Spent on ealthcare $361,200 $268,700 80.7 $3673 78.6 A Tale of Two Countries 78.3 $674 78.3 $6719 $1467 I Even though in terms of life expecatncy outcomes the U.S.A. and Cuba are identical, the USA spends proportionaly more, nearly 20% of its GDP. 17.4% 2009 7.6% 13.0% 11.9% 8.7% 6.9% 5.1%| 6.2% 5.5% 3.7% 3.5% 1.2% 2000 Difference bettween the US and the next highest spender, Switzerland. 67.3 $1 1990 1980 1970 1960 2.4 Years % of GDP Expended on Health Care Vs * Cuba U.S.A. 7840.19 Seconds Low Tax & Long Life The number of extra years a average citizen of Canada gets I The USA personal tax is around 30%; these states offer a better deal. How much life 1$ buys in the USA. Hong Kong Bulgaria Qatar compared to a resident of the USA. Tax Rate 15% 10% 0% Life Exp. 82.2 73.2 75.3 $0 $1000 $2000 $3000 $4000 $5000 $6000 $7000 Sources: www.oecd.org / www.wikipedia.org/ www.heritage.org / www.who.int

How Much is Your Life Worth?

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