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Health expenditure per capita : $ 4,602

Expenditure as a pct . of GDP : 10.9 % ( 8th highest )

Pct . obese : 17.7 % ( 8th highest )

Life expectancy : 81.5 years ( 10th highest )

Health spending accounted for 10.9 percent of GDP in Canada , only one and a half percentage point higher than the OECD average of 9.3 percent . Canada experienced a substantial expansion of its medical workforce since 2000 , driven by the increase of graduates from Canadian universities . While a growing number of doctors will improve access to healthcare , it may put pressure on future healthcare budgets as more graduates enter the workforce .

44 August 2014