Editing Colombia (section)

===Health===
{{Main|Health care in Colombia}}
[[File:Complejo Médico - Hospital Internacional de Colombia HIC.jpg|thumb|Colombia leads the annual ''[[América Economía]]'' ranking of the best clinics and hospitals in Latin America.<ref name="Colombian clinics" />]]
The overall [[life expectancy]] in Colombia at birth is 79.3 years (76.7 years for males and 81.9 years for females).<ref name="Life expectancy at birth" /> Healthcare reforms have led to massive improvements in the healthcare systems of the country, with health standards in Colombia improving very much since the 1980s. The new system has widened population coverage by the social and health security system from 21% (pre-1993) to 96% in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ministra de Salud dice que la cobertura en este sector subió al 96%|url=http://www.elpais.com.co/elpais/colombia/noticias/ministra-dice-cobertura-en-salud-fue-96|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728140425/http://www.elpais.com.co/elpais/colombia/noticias/ministra-dice-cobertura-en-salud-fue-96|archive-date=28 July 2014|access-date=18 August 2013|publisher=[[El País (Colombia)]]|language=es}}</ref> In 2017, the government declared a [[cancer research]] and treatment center as a Project of National Strategic Interest.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://es.presidencia.gov.co/noticia/171012-Luis-Carlos-Sarmiento-Angulo-agradece-apoyo-del-Gobierno-a-moderno-centro-de-tratamiento-del-cancer |title=Centro de Tratamiento e Investigación sobre Cáncer (CTIC) |date=12 October 2017 |language=es|website=presidencia.gov.co}}</ref>

A 2016 study conducted by ''[[América Economía]]'' magazine ranked 21 Colombian [[Health facility|health care institutions]] among the top 44 in Latin America, amounting to 48 percent of the total.<ref name="Colombian clinics">{{cite web|url=http://rankings.americaeconomia.com/2016/clinicas/ranking|publisher=America Economia magazine|title=21 Colombian clinics among the best 44 in Latin America|access-date=9 June 2017|archive-date=23 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170623141648/http://rankings.americaeconomia.com/2016/clinicas/ranking|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2022, 26 Colombian hospitals were among the 61 best in [[Latin America]] (42% total).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cinco hospitales colombianos en el top 10 de los mejores de Latinoamérica |url=https://www.agenciapi.co/noticia/salud/cinco-hospitales-colombianos-en-el-top-10-de-los-mejores-de-latinoamerica |access-date=30 March 2023 |website=Agenciapi.co |language=es}}</ref> Also in 2023, two Colombian hospitals were among the top 75 of the world.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=2023 |title=Global Top 250 Hospitals 2023 |url=https://brandirectory.com/download-report/brand-finance-amc-hospitals-100-2023-full-report.pdf |journal=Brand Finance |pages=14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mosquera |first=Eddy |date=17 February 2023 |title=Tres hospitales colombianos están entre los 100 mejores centros médicos del mundo |url=https://caracol.com.co/2023/02/17/tres-hospitales-colombianos-estan-entre-los-100-mejores-centros-medicos-del-mundo/ |access-date=30 March 2023 |website=Caracol Radio |language=es}}</ref>