Editing Peru (section)

=== Healthcare ===
[[File:Hospital de Tarapoto 2.jpg|thumb|Hospital of [[Tarapoto]]]]
{{main|Health in Peru|Healthcare system}}

According to the [[Pan American Health Organization]], life expectancy for men is 72.6 years, while for women it is 77.9 years. Infant mortality is eighteen per thousand births, having been reduced 76% from 1990 to 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Core Indicators, Health Situation in the America's |url=https://iris.paho.org/bitstream/handle/10665.2/34329/CoreIndicators2017_eng.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y |access-date=9 May 2024 |archive-date=1 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601200823/https://iris.paho.org/bitstream/handle/10665.2/34329/CoreIndicators2017_eng.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y |url-status=live}}</ref> The main causes of death of Peruvians are [[neoplasm]], [[influenza]] and [[pneumonia]], bacterial diseases, ischemic heart diseases and cerebrovascular diseases. According to the 2017 Population and Housing Censuses, 75.5% of the population has some type of health insurance, that is, 22,173,663 people, despite this, 24.5% of the population does not have any type of insurance.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Perfil Sociodemografico |url=https://www.inei.gob.pe/media/MenuRecursivo/publicaciones_digitales/Est/Lib1539/libro.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200211135110/https://www.inei.gob.pe/media/MenuRecursivo/publicaciones_digitales/Est/Lib1539/libro.pdf |access-date=27 September 2018 |archive-date=11 February 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref>