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Table 1 A comparison of social and demographic factors between South America countries

From: Mental health and psychiatric care in Bolivia: what do we know?

 

BOLIVIA

BRAZIL

ARGENTINA

CHILE

ECUADOR

PARAGUAY

PERÚ

URUGUAY

Population (Total) (2012)

10,027,254

198,656,019

41,086,927

17,464,814

15,492,264

6,687,361

29,987,800

3,395,253

Rural population (% of total population) (2012)

33

15

7

11

32

38

22

7

GDP (Current US$) (2012)

27,035,110,130

2,252,664,120,777

470,532,788,510

268,187,780,226

84,039,856,000

25,502,060,502

196,961,048,689

49,059,705,180

GINI

53,0

51.9

45.8

52.1

47.7

53.2

46.0

45.3

IDH (2013)

0,675

0.730

0.811

0.819

0.724

0.669

0.741

0.792

Population in poverty % (2011)

64,0

22.0

33.8

16.9

25.0

Rural 43.4

52.0

32.1

      

Urbana 39.8

  

Life expectancy at birth (years) (2011)

M 64

M 70

M 72

M 76

M 73

M 70

M 72

M 73

 

F 67

F 77

F 80

F 82

F 79

F 74

F 77

F 80

Incidence of tuberculosis (per 100,000 people) (2012)

131

42

26

18

62

45

101

21

Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births) (2010)

190

56

77

25

110

99

67

29

Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) (2012)

46

13

13

8

20

19

14

6

Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) (2012)

54

14

14

9

23

22

18

7

Prevalence of HIV, total (% of population ages 15-49) (2012)

0.3

0.5

0.4

0.4

0.6

0.3

0.4

0.7

Budget allocated to mental health of the total health budget (2011)

0.2

2.35

2.0

2.14

1.2

1.0

3.0

7.0

Psychiatric beds available per 100,000 (2011)

9.6

27.2

17

9.1

12

7.8

4.0

34.9

Rates of psychiatrists per 100,000 (2011)

1.06

3.20

9.20

4.70

2.00

1.31

2.10

19.36

Rates of psychologists per 100,000 (2011)

0.46

10.19

106

12.30

1.34

28.94

1.78

3.12

Rates of nurses per 100,000 (2011)

0.34

1.69

NA

1.70

0.94

1.58

1.94

0.69

  1. Sources: NA = Not applicable.