Editing Laos (section)

=== Health ===
{{Main|Health in Laos}}
[[File:VientianeHospital.jpg|thumb|[[Mahosot Hospital]] in Vientiane]]
Male [[life expectancy at birth]] was at 62.6 years and female life expectancy was at 66.7 years in 2017.<ref name="cia.gov">{{Citation |title=Laos |date=2025-05-14 |work=The World Factbook |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/laos/ |access-date=2025-05-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307193820/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/laos/ |archive-date=7 March 2021 |publisher=Central Intelligence Agency |language=en}}</ref> Healthy life expectancy was 54 years in 2007.<ref name="hdrstats.undp.org">{{cite web|url=http://hdrstats.undp.org/en/countries/data_sheets/cty_ds_LAO.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100707000524/http://hdrstats.undp.org/en/countries/data_sheets/cty_ds_LAO.html|archive-date=7 July 2010|title=Human Development Report 2009. Lao People's Democratic Republic |publisher=HDRstats.undp.org |access-date=27 June 2010}}</ref> Government expenditure on health is about 4% of GDP,<ref name="hdrstats.undp.org"/> about US$18 (PPP) in 2006.<ref name="hdrstats.undp.org"/>