Table : TABLE 2.1Health-related indexes for Canada and the United States

Country	Health care cost as a percentage of GDP	Percentage of population with no insurance	Deaths per 1000†	Infant mortality per 1000 live births in 2009*	Maternal mortality per 100,000 live births in 2008‡	Life expectancy at birth (years) in 2011*	Annual health expenditures per capita (PPP U.S.$) in 2009
Canada	10.9	0	7	6	7	78.5	$5452^§
United States	16.2	15.5	8	8	17	81	$8086^**

Sources: ^*United Nations Development Program, Human Development Report 2011 (New York: United Nations Development Programme), Tables 1, 9, and 10, at http://hdr/undp.org/en/reports/global/hdr2011/. Retrieved January 2012.

^†Population Reference Bureau, 2011 World Population Data Sheet, at http://www.prb.org/Publications/Datasheets/2011/world-population-data-sheet/data-sheet.aspx. Retrieved January 2012.

^‡Medical News Today, “Maternal Mortality Rises in the USA, Canada and Denmark and Falls in China, Egypt, Ecuador and Bolivia,” April 13, 2010, at http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/185154.php.

^§News Medical, “Health Care Spending in Canada Expected to Reach $183.1 Billion in 2009: CIHI,” November 19, 2009, at http://www.news-medical.net/news/20091119/Health-care-spending-in-Canada-expected-to-reach-241831-billion-in-2009-CIHI.aspx.

^**Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, “National Health Expenditure Data,” at https://www.cms.gov/NationalHealthExpendData/25_NHE_Fact_Sheet.asp#TopOfPage. Retrieved July 2012.