More than 90 per cent of the population is Roman Catholic, while the remaining include people of Jewish, Protestant, Muslim and other religions. Free education is available at all levels. The quality of public education in Argentina has been traditionally good and widely recognized. Besides public education, a growing number of private schools and universities offer a large range of alternatives for students to choose from. Responsibility over education was recently transferred from the federal government to the provinces.
Health care is free and universally available to all residents in Argentina.
There are near 7,000 public hospitals or health institutions with 85,000 beds. There is also a strong private health sector, which provides approximately 8,800 centres and more than 67,000 beds. There is one doctor for every 365 inhabitants. Average life expectancy is over 71 years and the infant mortality rate stands at 31 per 1000 births.