Overview
- Life expectancy in Mexico averages 75.5 years versus about 81 across the OECD, with preventable mortality at 243 per 100,000 and treatable mortality at 175, both well above OECD norms.
- Thirty‑day mortality after acute events is among the highest in the OECD, with 22.6% after heart attacks and 17% after strokes compared with averages of 6.5% and 7.7%.
- Total health spending equals 5.9% of GDP and $1,588 per person, far below the OECD averages of 9.3% and $5,967, limiting system capacity and coverage.
- Only 78% of residents have basic health coverage and just 56% report satisfaction with the availability of quality care, below the OECD average of 64%.
- Mexico has 2.7 doctors and 3.0 nurses per 1,000 people and about 1 hospital bed per 1,000, and preventive services lag with childhood vaccination at 78% and mammography at 20% versus OECD averages of 93% and 55%.