Table 10: Social Performance Indicators—Selected OECD Countries

US

Japan

UK

Canada

Italy

France

UN Human Development Rank, 1994

4

7

15

1

21

2

Life Expectancy at birth, 1960

70

68

71

71

71

70

Life Expectancy at birth, 1994

76.2

79.8

76.7

79

77.8

78.7

Infant Mortality/1,000 live births, 1994

8.5^a

4.2

6.2

6.8^b

7.3^b

6.1

Prisoners/100,000 persons, 1993

n/a

n/a

92

45

89

86

Suicides/100,000 persons, 1989-93

25

33

n/a

29

16^a

43

Doctors/1,000 persons, 1994

2.5^b

1.8

1.5^b

2.2

1.7

2.9

Divorces/1,000 persons, 1987-91

48

22

42

43

8

39

Adult Literacy Rate (Percent), 1994

99

99

99

99

98

99

^a1992 data.
^b1993 data.
Sources: United Nations Human Development Report, 1997 and 1990 editions; OECD Historical Statistics 1960-1994, 1996 edition; OECD Economic Outlook, June 1997 and December 1985; OECD Economic Surveys, 1997.