Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people
12.55 per 1,000 people
9.3 per 1,000 people
DEFINITION:
Crude birth rate indicates the number of live births occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the population growth rate in the absence of migration.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 137th in 2005. 35% more than Latvia
Ranked 173rd in 2005.
Drug access
95%
80%
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. 19% more than Latvia
Ranked 70th.
expenditure per capita > current US$
3,123.3 $
417.8 $
DEFINITION:
Total health expenditure is the sum of public and private health expenditures as a ratio of total population. It covers the provision of health services (preventive and curative), family planning activities, nutrition activities, and emergency aid designated for health but does not include provision of water and sanitation. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 16th in 2004. 6 times more than Latvia
Ranked 52nd in 2004.
Fertility rate, total > births per woman
1.77 births per woman
1.31 births per woman
DEFINITION:
Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with current age-specific fertility rates.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 137th in 2005. 35% more than Latvia
Ranked 164th in 2005.
Hospital beds > per 1,000 people
7.6 per 1,000 people
8.2 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 14th in 2001.
Ranked 10th in 2001. 8% more than Australia
Infant mortality rate
4.76
9.67
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.
Ranked 124th. 103% more than Australia
Life expectancy at birth, total > years
80.63 years
71.36 years
DEFINITION:
Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 5th in 2005. 13% more than Latvia
Ranked 85th in 2005.
Physicians > per 1,000 people
2.5 per 1,000 people
2.91 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 37th in 2001.
Ranked 29th in 2001. 16% more than Australia
Prevalence of HIV, total > % of population ages 15-49
0.1 %
0.79 %
DEFINITION:
Prevalence of HIV refers to the percentage of people ages 15-49 who are infected with HIV.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 137th in 2005.
Ranked 63rd in 2005. 7 times more than Australia
Probability of reaching 65 > Male
83.1%
56.9%
DEFINITION:
Probability at birth of reaching the age of 65.
SOURCE:
UN (United Nations). 2001. World Population Prospects 1950-2050: The 2000 Revision. Database. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. New York
Ranked 7th. 46% more than Latvia
Ranked 102nd.
Spending > Per person
1,714
166
DEFINITION:
Spending per capita (PPP) in $US 1998.
SOURCE:
World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC
Ranked 15th. 9 times more than Latvia
Ranked 54th.
Spending > Public
6.0%
4.0% (1999)
DEFINITION:
World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC.
Suicide rate > Females
4.4
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 th in 1970.
Suicide rate > Gender ratio
4.3 per 100,000 people
5.1 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.
Ranked 13th. 19% more than Australia
Suicide rate > Males
16.7
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 th in 1970.
Suicide rate > Young males
24.6 per 100,000 people
35 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.
Ranked 7th. 42% more than Australia
Teen birth rate
21
35
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.
Ranked 12th. 67% more than Australia
Tobacco > Total adult smokers
19.5
31
DEFINITION:
Total adults smoking
SOURCE:
World Health Organization 2005
Ranked 93rd.
Ranked 57th. 59% more than Australia
Total expenditure on health as % of GDP
9.5%
5.1%
DEFINITION:
Total expenditure on health as % of GDP , 2002
SOURCE:
World Health Organization
Ranked 18th. 86% more than Latvia
Ranked 119th.
Water availability
25,708 cubic meters
14,642 cubic meters
DEFINITION:
Water resources: total renewable per capita (m3/capita year)
Ranked 38th. 76% more than Latvia
Ranked 49th.
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