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Table 1 General sociodemographic, education and health indicators of Canada and Brazil

From: Cross-country discrepancies on public understanding of stress concepts: evidence for stress-management psychoeducational programs

Characteristics

Canada

Brazil

Total population (in millions)

34,017

194,946

Population over 60 years (%)

20

10

Annual growth rate (%)

1.0

1.1

Life expectancy at birth (years)

81

73

Life expectancy at age 60 (years)

24

21

Literacy rate among adults aged ≄ 15 years (%)

---

90

Crude death rate (per 1000 inhabitant)

7.1

6.3

Gross National Income per capita (US$)

38,310

11,000

Population living below national poverty line (%)

9.4

26

Health workforce

  

 Physicians (per 10,000 inhabitant)

19.8

17.6

 Nurses (per 10,000 inhabitant)

104.3

64.2

 Hospital beds (per 10,000 inhabitant)

32

24

Mortality rate by cardiovascular disease and diabetes (ages 30 – 70 per 100,000 inhabitant)

82

248

  1. Source: World Health Organization 2012 and World Development Indicators, World Bank 2012