COVERAGE & WORKFORCE

# of people uninsured¹

44.8 million

# of children uninsured²

8.3 million

% of total population uninsured¹

15.3%

% of children uninsured²

11%

Regions with highest % of uninsured²

The South (19%)
The West (18%)

State with highest % of uninsured²

Texas (25%)

# of unnecessary deaths annually due to lack of health insurance³

18,000

% higher risk of death for uninsured vs insured woman with breast cancer³

30-50%

# of industrialized nations, besides US, without national health care⁴

0

% of physicians practicing in the US who are foreign graduates⁵

27%

% of nurses working in the US who are foreign graduates⁵

5%

Physicians per 100,000 population⁶

264

Year when there will be an acute shortage of physicians⁶

2020

# of people living in federally-designated underserved areas⁶

30 million

% of population medically underserved⁶

20%

% of physicians working in primary care⁷

33%

% of US physicians that are Latino, Black or Native American⁸

6.4%

% of US population that is Latino, Black or Native American⁸

26%

MEDICAL EDUCATION

First year medical students per 100,000 population, 1980⁶

7.3

First year medical students per 100,000 population, 2005⁶

5.6

% of medical graduates who are Latino, Black or Native American, 2004⁸

12%

% tuition increase at public medical school in US, 1981-2002⁹

528%

% tuition increase at private medical school in US, 1981-2002⁹

345%

Average US medical school graduate indebtedness, 2006¹⁰

$130,000

% increase of US medical school graduate indebtedness 2005 to 2006¹⁰

8.5%

% of medical graduates who chose primary care specialties, 2005¹¹

37%

HEALTH SPENDING

% of GDP spent on health, public
and private (2003)⁵

15%

Per capita expenditures on health (2003)⁵

$2,548

Total health expenditures, public & private (2005)⁷

$1.88 trillion

amount  private health interests spent lobbying Congress (2005-2006)¹²

$400 million

BASIC INDICATORS¹³

Infant mortality per 1,000

7

Under 5 mortality per 1,000

8

Life expectancy  at birth – both sexes

77.5

Life expectancy at birth – men

74.8

Life expectancy at birth – women

80.2

HIV prevalence

0.6

% of children under 5 underweight for age

1%

PUBLIC OPINION

% of voters who believe there are too few doctors today¹⁴

60%

% of voters who believe there will be too few doctors in 10 years¹⁴

66%

% of voters ranking health care as the most important US problem¹⁵

29%
(ranking second, after war in Iraq)

% of voters who rank coverage for the uninsured as top health reform priority¹⁵

52%