$135,000
Median amount of debt with which the average student attending private medical school graduates.
$1,761
Monthly payment on a debt of $150,000 at the end of a medical student’s residency at an interest rate of 2.8 percent.
80
The average hours a resident works in a week.
$186,00
Average annual wage of a general practitioner
21%
The percentage of the U.S. Federal budget spent on Medicare, Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) in 2010.
11.9 %
The percentage of the Canadian gross domestic product (GDP) spent on healthcare in 2010.
78 million
The number of people expected to be on Medicare in 2030.
2%
The percentage of the U.S. Federal budget spent on scientific and medical research in 2010.
Sources: Forbes Magazine, The New England Journal of Medicine, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, The Kaiser Family Foundation, The NY Times, The Canadian Institute for Health Information
