Americas Quarterly - Summer 2010

Figure 1: Percentage of
Population with Private Health
Insurance
Figure 2: Percentage of Population with
Public Health Insurance and Who Accessed
Public Health Services Last Year

lAtin AmericA

7.0%

Belize

5.3%

lAtin AmericA

28.9%

With puBlic heAlth insurAnce
Accessed puBlic heAlth services
BoliviA

46.4%

5.0%

Belize

11.9%

BrAzil

35.3%

19.0%

BoliviA costA ricA

24.7%

47.1%

19.2%

BrAzil 3.7%

63.3%

ecuAdor

3.6% el sAlvAdor

2.6% guAtemAlA

4.7%

guyAnA hondurAs

6.5%

7.7%

cAnAdA

73.9%

colomBiA

49.5% 46.7%

costA ricA dominicAn repuBlic

ecuAdor

13.2%

48%

77.4% 61.2%

mexico

2.6% nicAr AguA

3.2% pAn Am A

2.7%
pAr AguAy
el sAlvAdor

53.8%

guAtemAlA 7.1%

43.3%

guyAnA

10.9%

43. 2

8.8%

peru

4.9%
surinAme
hondurAs

jAmAicA

18.6%

17.3%

45.8%

trinidAd & to BAgo
mexico

25.1%

51.3% 35.9%

uruguAy
nicArAguA
9.2%

52.7%

14.5%

pAnAmA

43.6% 45.8%

pArAguAy

17.3%

51.1%

peru

41.9%

56.4%

surinAme

60.3% 55.6%

trinidAd & toBAgo

6.8%

32.1%

united stAtes

22.8% uruguAy

81.4%

40.4%

venezuelA 15.7%

source: AmericAsBArometer By lApop 2010

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