Health care in the United States
Health in the U.S. in a global context

Health care in the United States

Section Title: Health in the U.S. in a global context
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United States 2015 mortality and life expectancy in a global context

Indictor	U.S.	Region of the Americas	Globe	European Region	South East-Asia Region	African Region	Western Pacific Region	Eastern Mediterranean Region

Under-five child mortality rate (deaths per 1000 live births)	6.5	14.2	40.8	9.6	38.9	76.5	12.9	51.7

Maternal mortality ratio (deaths per 100,000 live births)	14	52	216	16	164	542	41	166

Life expectancy (at birth in years)	81.6 (females) 76.9 (males)	79.9 (females) 74 (males)	73.8 (females) 69.1 (males)	80.2 (females) 73.2 (males)	70.7 (females) 67.3 (males)	61.8 (females) 58.3 (males)	78.7 (females) 74.5 (males)	70.3 (females) 67.3 (males)

Data obtained from the World Health Organization Global Health Observatory data repository.

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Globally, average life expectancy is 73.8 for females and 69.1 for males born in 2015.

final_sentence: Globally, average life expectancy is 73.8 for females and 69.1 for males born in 2015.