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So What?
1) The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) compiled data for life expectancy at birth and the
average annual spending on health care in several countries.
2) Generally a positive correlation between life expectancy (how long the average new born will live) and health expenditure in
the countries studied. That is, the more you spend on health care the longer you can expect a person to live.
3) The trend of more spending gets longer life expectancy flattens when spending gets above about $3500 per year.
4) Surprisingly, Luxembourg and the U.S. spend 84% and 128% (more than twice) more than the typical country in the study
and have about average life expectancy.
5) This chart doesn't explain why Luxembourg and the U.S. have higher health expenditures nor why their life expectancies are
about average.
6) Japan has the highest life expectancy in the study and about average health care spending.
1) The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) compiled data for life expectancy at birth and the
average annual spending on health care in several countries.
2) Generally a positive correlation between life expectancy (how long the average new born will live) and health expenditure in
the countries studied. That is, the more you spend on health care the longer you can expect a person to live.
3) The trend of more spending gets longer life expectancy flattens when spending gets above about $3500 per year.
4) Surprisingly, Luxembourg and the U.S. spend 84% and 128% (more than twice) more than the typical country in the study
and have about average life expectancy.
5) This chart doesn't explain why Luxembourg and the U.S. have higher health expenditures nor why their life expectancies are
about average.
6) Japan has the highest life expectancy in the study and about average health care spending.
Life Expectancy vs. Health Care Spending by Country
Supporting Evidence
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