Adolescent fertility rate > births per 1,000 women ages 15-19
14.33 births
53.49 births
DEFINITION:
Adolescent fertility rate is the number of births per 1,000 women ages 15-19.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 152nd in 2005.
Ranked 73rd in 2005. 3 times more than Australia
Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people
12.55 per 1,000 people
13 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.
Ranked 134th in 2005. 4% more than Australia
Fertility rate, total > births per woman
1.77 births per woman
1.8 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.
Ranked 133rd in 2005. 2% more than Australia
Hospital beds > per 1,000 people
8.5 per 1,000 people
3.32 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 17th in 1996. 156% more than Puerto Rico
Ranked 61st in 1996.
Incidence of tuberculosis > per 100,000 people
5.8 per 100,000 people
4.54 per 100,000 people
DEFINITION:
Incidence of tuberculosis is the estimated number of new pulmonary, smear positive, and extra-pulmonary tuberculosis cases.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 186th in 2005. 28% more than Puerto Rico
Ranked 193rd in 2005.
Infant mortality rate
4.76
8.37
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 133rd. 76% more than Australia
Life expectancy at birth, female > years
83.16 years
81.81 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 7th in 2005. 2% more than Puerto Rico
Ranked 18th in 2005.
Life expectancy at birth, male > years
78.21 years
73.68 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 7th in 2005. 6% more than Puerto Rico
Ranked 40th in 2005.
Life expectancy at birth, total > years
80.63 years
77.65 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. 4% more than Puerto Rico
Ranked 35th in 2005.
life expectancy > Date of information
2006 est.
2006 est.
DEFINITION:
SOURCE:
Wikipedia: List of countries by life expectancy
Physicians > per 1,000 people
2.4 per 1,000 people
1.75 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 1995. 37% more than Puerto Rico
Ranked 54th in 1995.
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
9.2 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 2nd. 114% 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 females
4.1 per 100,000 people
1.6 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 25th. 156% more than Puerto Rico
Ranked 42nd.
Suicide rate > Young males
24.6 per 100,000 people
9.7 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. 154% more than Puerto Rico
Ranked 33rd.
Transplants > Heart
32 heart transplants
4 heart transplants
DEFINITION:
The number of heart transplants in the nation in 2002. (If the surveyed year is different, it is given in brackets).
SOURCE:
Abstracted from center-specific counts (Worldwide Transplant Center Directory, 2002)
Ranked 11th. 7 times more than Puerto Rico
Ranked 27th.
Transplants > Kidney
411 kidney transplants
68 kidney transplants
DEFINITION:
The number of kidney transplants in the nation in 2002. (If the surveyed year is different, it is given in brackets).
SOURCE:
Abstracted from center-specific counts (Worldwide Transplant Center Directory, 2002)
Ranked 9th. 5 times more than Puerto Rico
Ranked 35th.
Tuberculosis treatment success rate > % of registered cases
84.93 %
70.77 %
DEFINITION:
Tuberculosis treatment success rate is the percentage of new, registered smear-positive (infectious) cases that were cured or in which a full course of treatment was completed.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 57th in 2004. 20% more than Puerto Rico
Ranked 124th in 2004.
Water availability
25,708 cubic meters
1,814 cubic meters
DEFINITION:
Water resources: total renewable per capita (m3/capita year)
Ranked 38th. 13 times more than Puerto Rico
Ranked 125th.
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