health disparities friday

population pyramids

DTM: Demographic Transition Model

HDI: Human Development Index

GHI: Gross Happiness Index

Same as Croatia, Cuba, Estonia, and Poland;

if the U.S. infant mortality rate were the same as that of top-ranked Sweden, 21,000 more American babies would live to celebrate their first birthdays every year.

In 2015, over 10 percent of Cuba’s GDP, or $9.2 million, went to public health.

Specifically, funding went to providing more staff, supplies and medicine to hospitals and clinics across the island.

Additionally, the Cuban Health Minister focused his efforts on public health measures

He got women and children clean water, adequate diet and food supply and regular free checkups for expecting mothers and children.

in 2017, Cuba spent $988 per capita (per person) on healthcare

In 2017, the US spent $10,246 per capita (per person) on healthcare

a white woman without a high school diploma

a black woman with university degrees