From: Barriers in household access to medicines for chronic conditions in three Latin American countries
 | NIC | HON | GUT |
---|---|---|---|
Demographica | |||
 Population [Thousands] | 5,142,098 | 7,536,952 | 12,728,111 |
 Proportion of population 60 years and older [%] | 3.2 | 5.2 | 3.6 |
 Life expectancy at birth [Years] | 70.8 | 73.0 | 68.7 |
 Declares ethnic minority (%) | 15 | 6 | 41 |
Socio-economica | |||
 Literacy rate [%] | 74.1 | 78.0 | 71.0 |
 Gross Domestic Product (GDP), per capita, international $ (PPP-adjusted) [US$] | 3262 | 2665 | 4148 |
 Gini index | 40.1 | 57.7 | 55.1 |
 Proportion of population below the international poverty line [%] | 48.3 | 20.7 | 16.0 |
 Unemployed proportion of the labor force [%] | 12.2 | 3.8 | 1.8 |
Health servicesb | |||
 Physicians’ ratio [10,000 hab.] | 4.7 | 8.7 | 9.5 |
 Number of outpatient care facilities [10,000 hab.] | 2.2 | 2.8 | 1.2 |
 Hospital beds ratio [per 1000 pop.] | 0.9 | 1 | 0.5 |
 Outpatient health care visits ratio [per 1000 pop.] | 2154 | 1445 | 1071 |
 Annual national health expenditure as a proportion of the GDP [%] [12] | 3.7 | 2.0 | 1.4 |
 Annual national health expenditure as a proportion of the GDP [%] (Private) | 3.5 | 2.6 | 4.8 |
 Health insurance coverage [%] | 12.2 | 16.9 | 17.8 |
 Health services coverage [%] | 56.6 | 60.7 | 67.0 |
Health status (proportional mortality)c | |||
 Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) (%) | 25 | 31 | 14 |
 Cancers (%) | 13 | 13 | 11 |
 Respiratory diseases (%) | 4 | 4 | 2 |
 Diabetes (%) | 7 | 5 | 5 |
 Others non communicable diseases (%) | 20 | 16 | 15 |
 Deaths estimated as caused by NCDs of all deaths (%) | 69 | 69 | 47 |