Age 40 Age 65 Age 80 Female  Male Female  Male Female Male Wors primary care (Belgium, France, Germany, and USA*) 7.8 9.5 8.0 8.0 7.4 6.9 Better primary care (Australia, Canada, Japan, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Netherlands, Spain, UK**) 6.7 5.9 6.6 6.6 6.8 7.1 *Best level of health is ranked 1: worst is ranked 13: thus, lower average ranks indicate better performance. **England and Wales only.

Table 1: Average rankings* for life expectancy at ages 40, 65 and 80 for countries grouped by primary care orientation.