Health Care Facts: Cuba and the U.S.
Just how does the Cuban health care system measure up to health care provision in the U.S? We took a look at some key indicators from the World Health Organization and the UN.
posted Jun 14, 2007
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Sources:
Life Expectancy Graph: Human Development Index, 2006. United Nations Development Programme, 2006.
Others: World Health Organization Core Health Indicators, 2005.
Research and graphics by Adam MacKinnon
MacKinnon, A. (2007, June 14). Health Care Facts: Cuba and the
U.S.. Retrieved February 12, 2012, from YES! Magazine Web site: http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/latin-america-rising/1784.
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