Many retirees would love to retire somewhere warmer with a beautiful coast and a reasonable cost of living. Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, is one of the options many retirees may want to consider. There are several challenges to consider such as the difficulties with Medicare in foreign countries and the different income tax situations.
The air pressure inside a human body is roughly equivalent to the pressure of the atmosphere. Normal air pressure is about 13.7 pounds per square inch at sea level.
Effects as a function of altitude. The human body can perform best at sea level, where the atmospheric pressure is 101,325 Pa or 1013.25 millibars (or 1 atm, by definition). The concentration of oxygen (O2) in sea-level air is 20.9%, so the partial pressure of O2 (pO2) is 21.136 kPa.