Olympic Post III: China and India Healthcare Statistics

Below is a side-by-side comparison of health care and economic statistics from China and India.

Category	China	India
Population	1.33 billion	1.15 billion
Life Expectancy (2008)	73.18	69.25
Infant Mortality Rate (per 1000 live births)	21.16	32.31
GDP (PPP) – 2007	$6.99 billion	$2.99 trillion
GDP/capita (PPP) – 2007	$5,300	$2,700
GDP growth – 2007	11.4%	9.2%
GDP/capita Growth (1994-2004)	7.8%	4.4%
% below poverty line (PL)	13.7%	31.1%
% below PL after medical expenses	16.2%	34.8%
Healthcare spending/GDP (1988)	3.3%	3.5%
Healthcare spending/GDP (2002)	5.5%	5.0%
Gov’t health spending/total health spending (1980s)	~30%	~30%
Gov’t health spending/total health spending (2002)	~15%	~15%
Health Insurance Coverage	56% (urban); 21% (rural)	15%
OOP Medical Expense (1990)	21%	70%
OOP Medical Expense (2002)	58%	80%
% of pop. over 65 (2000)	10.2%	7.6%
% of pop. over 65 (2050)	29.9%	20.6%
For-profit hospital market share (2004)	13.8%	N/A
For-profit clinic market share (2004)	72.0%	N/A
Pop. covered by commercial insurance (2004)	5.6%	N/A
Pop. living with HIV/AIDS	5.1 million	0.8 million
HIV/AIDS deaths (2003)	44,000	310,000
Prevalent food and waterbourne diseases:	bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A & E, and typhoid fever	bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
Prevalent vectorborne diseases:	chikungunya, dengue fever, Japanese encephalitis, and malaria	Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever, Japanese encephalitis, and malaria
Prevalent animal contact diseases:	rabies	rabies
Prevalent Water Contact Diseases	N/A	leptospirosis