Breast cancer incidence
21.6 per 100,000 females
8.6 per 100,000 females
DEFINITION:
Breast cancer incidence per 100,000 females.
SOURCE:
World Health Organization
Ranked 14th. 151% more than Japan
Ranked 26th.
Daily smokers
19.8%
30.3%
DEFINITION:
Data on tobacco consumption - this is a percentage of the total population who smoke at least one cigarette a day.(Data for Portugal and Austria is from 2002. All other data is from 2003).
SOURCE:
OECD Health Data 2005
Ranked 27th.
Ranked 8th. 53% more than Australia
Drug access
95%
95%
DEFINITION:
Population with access to essential drugs 2000. The data on access to essential drugs are based on statistical estimates received from World Health Organization (WHO ) country and regional offices and regional advisers and through the World Drug Situation Survey carried out in 1998-99. These estimates represent the best information available to the WHO Department of Essential Drugs and Medicines Policy to date and are currently being validated by WHO member states. The department assigns the estimates to four groupings: very low access (0-49%), low access (50-79%), medium access (80-94%) and good access (95-100%). These groupings, used here in presenting the data, are often employed by the WHO in interpreting the data, as the actual estimates may suggest a higher level of accuracy than the data afford. b.
SOURCE:
WHO (World Health Organization). 2001. Correspondence on access to essential drugs. Department of Essential Drugs and Medecines Policy. February. Geneva
Ranked 24th.
Ranked 4th.
Heart disease deaths
110.9 per 100,000 people
30 per 100,000 people
DEFINITION:
Heart disease deaths per 100000 population (1995-1998)
SOURCE:
World Health Organization
Ranked 10th. 3 times more than Japan
Ranked 26th.
Hospital beds
7.9 per 1,000 people
16.4 per 1,000 people
DEFINITION:
Hospital beds per 1,000 people
SOURCE:
OECD
Ranked 13th.
Ranked 2nd. 108% more than Australia
Hospital beds > per 1,000 people
7.4 per 1,000 people
14.4 per 1,000 people
DEFINITION:
Hospital beds include inpatient beds available in public, private, general, and specialized hospitals and rehabilitation centers. In most cases beds for both acute and chronic care are included.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 9th in 2002.
Ranked 1st in 2002. 95% more than Australia
Infant mortality rate
4.76
3.28
DEFINITION:
The number of deaths of infants under one year old in a given year per 1,000 live births in the same year. This rate is often used as an indicator of the level of health in a country
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbook , 28 July 2005
Ranked 166th. 45% more than Japan
Ranked 178th.
Motor vehicle deaths
10 deaths per 100,000 peopl
8.8 deaths per 100,000 peopl
DEFINITION:
Fatalities per 100000 population due to motor vehicle accidents (1999).
SOURCE:
GECD Health Data 2002
Ranked 8th. 14% more than Japan
Ranked 12th.
Obesity
21.7%
3.2%
DEFINITION:
Percentage of total population who have a BMI (body mass index) greater than 30 Kg/sq.meters (Data for Australia, Austria and Portugal is from 2002. All other data is from 2003). Obesity rates are defined as the percentage of the population with a Body Mass Index (BMI) over 30. The BMI is a single number that evaluates an individual's weight status in relation to height (weight/height2, with weight in kilograms and height in metres). For Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, figures are based on health examinations, rather than self-reported information. Obesity estimates derived from health examinations are generally higher and more reliable than those coming from self-reports, because they preclude any misreporting of people's height and weight. However, health examinations are only conducted regularly in a few countries (OECD).
SOURCE:
OECD Health Data 2005
Ranked 6th. 6 times more than Japan
Ranked 29th.
Physicians > per 1,000 people
2.5 per 1,000 people
2 per 1,000 people
DEFINITION:
Physicians are defined as graduates of any facility or school of medicine who are working in the country in any medical field (practice, teaching, research).
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 26th in 2002. 25% more than Japan
Ranked 37th in 2002.
Spending > Per person
1,714
2,243
DEFINITION:
Spending per capita (PPP) in $US 1998.
SOURCE:
World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC
Ranked 15th.
Ranked 9th. 31% more than Australia
Suicide rate > Females
4.4
13.7
DEFINITION:
Suicides per 100,000 females per year in OECD member countries.
SOURCE:
Various sources compiled into Wikipedia's List of OECD countries by suicide rate
Ranked 19th.
Ranked 1st. 2 times more than Australia
Suicide rate > Gender ratio
4.3 per 100,000 people
2.1 per 100,000 people
DEFINITION:
Suicide rates per 100,000 people
SOURCE:
annual figures:WHO databank, National Bureaus of Statistics. Department of Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis Population Division (1995). World population prospects. The 1994 revision. New York: United Nations. Partly computations: Department of Clinical Psychology, Psychiatric Clinic, University of W?rzburg, Germany
Ranked 20th. 105% more than Japan
Ranked 65th.
Suicide rate > Males
16.7
35.8
DEFINITION:
Suicides per 100,000 males per year in OECD member countries.
SOURCE:
Various sources compiled into Wikipedia's List of OECD countries by suicide rate
Ranked 21st.
Ranked 2nd. 114% more than Australia
Suicide rate > Young males
24.6 per 100,000 people
10.1 per 100,000 people
DEFINITION:
Suicide death rates (per 100,000 of population ) among 15 to 24 year-olds, various countries, latest available data, 1991 to 1993
SOURCE:
WHO, World Health Statistics Annual, 1994, Australian Bureau of Statistics, 1994
Ranked 13th. 144% more than Japan
Ranked 31st.
Teen birth rate
21
4
DEFINITION:
Average number of births for every 1,000 girls aged 15 to 19
SOURCE:
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects: The 1994 Revision, 1994
Ranked 25th. 4 times more than Japan
Ranked 42nd.
Teenage pregnancy
11,849 births
17,501 births
DEFINITION:
Number of births to women aged below twenty. Data for 1998.
SOURCE:
UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre
Ranked 7th.
Ranked 6th. 48% more than Australia
Tobacco > Cigarette consumption
1,907
3,023
DEFINITION:
Approximate average number of cigarettes smoked per adult per year
SOURCE:
World Health Organization
Ranked 28th.
Ranked 4th. 59% more than Australia
Tobacco > Total adult smokers
19.5
33.1
DEFINITION:
Total adults smoking
SOURCE:
World Health Organization 2005
Ranked 93rd.
Ranked 45th. 70% more than Australia
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