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Table 1 Summary descriptive measures for healthy life expectancy (HALE) at birth and at 65 years-old, health expenditure (HE) per capita, age-adjusted HE per capita, ageing index, proportion of population (0–14 years old and 65 + years old) and efficiency scores by model, in 2015 for 188 countries

From: Should we adjust health expenditure for age structure on health systems efficiency? A worldwide analysis

 

Min

p25

Median

p75

Max

Mean

SD

HALE at birth (years)

42.4

57.1

64.0

67.1

73.9

62.6

6.4

HALE at 65 years-old (years)

7.6

10.5

11.8

13.7

16.9

12.1

2.1

HE per capita (US$ PPP)

12.0

211.8

814.0

1781.0

9780.0

1406.2

1699.9

Age-adjusted HE per capita (US$ PPP)

22.4

368.1

1100.0

2131.3

10,739.8

1684.9

1810.8

Ageing index

0.51

0.59

0.67

0.87

1.21

0.73

0.17

Proportion of population 0–14 years-old (%)

12.6

18.3

27.8

38.5

49.1

28.5

10.8

Proportion of population 65 + years-old (%)

0.7

3.3

5.7

13.1

27.3

8.2

6.0

  1. Min minimum, Max maximum, SD standard deviation