Health in Norway

Being a first world country with access to modern medicine and health practices, Norway has a life expectancy, infant mortality rate, and nutrition rate comparable to that of other first world nations such as the United States. Norway's relatively tiny population gives it the advantage of effectively using a state run healthcare service for its citizens. This has led it to have one of the highest life expectancys in the developed world, with males expected to live to 80 and females to 84. Norway spends a bit over 9% of GDP on medical costs which breaks down to the equivalent of about six thousand dollars per citizen.