Age of women at first childbirth
25.5 years old
29.1 years old
DEFINITION:
Average age of women at first chilbirth for selected OECD countries.
SOURCE:
OECD
Ranked 12th.
Ranked 2nd. 14% more than Iceland
Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people
14.2 per 1,000 people
11.9 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 129th in 2005. 19% more than United Kingdom
Ranked 141st in 2005.
Breast cancer incidence
39.4 per 100,000 females
26 per 100,000 females
DEFINITION:
Breast cancer incidence per 100,000 females.
SOURCE:
World Health Organization
Ranked 1st. 52% more than United Kingdom
Ranked 8th.
Daily smokers
22.4%
26%
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 24th.
Ranked 17th. 16% more than Iceland
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 34th.
Ranked 15th.
Health care funding > Total per capita
$2,608.00 per capita
$1,764.00 per capita
DEFINITION:
Public and private funding of health care expenditure, in US $ PPP per capita. Data for 2000.
SOURCE:
OECD
Ranked 4th. 48% more than United Kingdom
Ranked 16th.
Heart disease deaths
115.4 per 100,000 people
122 per 100,000 people
DEFINITION:
Heart disease deaths per 100000 population (1995-1998)
SOURCE:
World Health Organization
Ranked 8th.
Ranked 7th. 6% more than Iceland
Hospital beds > per 1,000 people
7.6 per 1,000 people
4.2 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 7th in 2002. 81% more than United Kingdom
Ranked 25th in 2002.
Life expectancy > Healthy years
71.1 years
69.6 years
DEFINITION:
Estimated number of years of life while healthy, as defined by the OECD . Estimates for 2001. See source for details.
SOURCE:
OECD
Ranked 6th. 2% more than United Kingdom
Ranked 20th.
Obesity
12.4%
23%
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 17th.
Ranked 3rd. 85% more than Iceland
Obesity in men
12.4%
22.1%
DEFINITION:
Percentage of men who have a BMI (body mass index) greater than 30 Kg/sq.meters (Data for 2002).
SOURCE:
OECD Health Data 2004
Ranked 4th.
Ranked 1st. 78% more than Iceland
Obesity in women
12.4%
22.8%
DEFINITION:
Percentage of women who have a BMI (body mass index) greater than 30 Kg/sq.meters (Data for 2002).
SOURCE:
OECD Health Data 2004
Ranked 4th.
Ranked 2nd. 84% more than Iceland
Physicians > per 1,000 people
3.6 per 1,000 people
2.2 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 8th in 2003. 64% more than United Kingdom
Ranked 36th in 2003.
Practising physicians
3.6 per 1,000 people
2.1 per 1,000 people
DEFINITION:
Number of doctors in the country per 1,000 people (Data for 2002).
SOURCE:
OECD Health Data 2004
Ranked 3rd. 71% more than United Kingdom
Ranked 21st.
Spending > Per person
2,701
1,675
DEFINITION:
Spending per capita (PPP) in $US 1998.
SOURCE:
World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC
Ranked 6th. 61% more than United Kingdom
Ranked 18th.
Suicide rate > Females
4.6
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 16th.
Ranked th in 1970.
Suicide rate > Gender ratio
5.3 per 100,000 people
3.4 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 12th. 56% more than United Kingdom
Ranked 38th.
Suicide rate > Males
18.9
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 13th.
Ranked th in 1970.
Teen birth rate
29
33
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 18th.
Ranked 14th. 14% more than Iceland
Water availability
609,319 cubic meters
2,465 cubic meters
DEFINITION:
Water resources: total renewable per capita (m3/capita year)
Ranked 3rd. 246 times more than United Kingdom
Ranked 117th.
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