Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people
8.41 per 1,000 people
10.5 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 180th in 2005.
Ranked 156th in 2005. 25% more than Japan
Contraceptive prevalence > % of women ages 15-49
55.9 %
62 %
DEFINITION:
Contraceptive prevalence rate is the percentage of women who are practicing, or whose sexual partners are practicing, any form of contraception. It is usually measured for married women ages 15-49 only.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 16th in 2000.
Ranked 12th in 2000. 11% more than Japan
expenditure per capita > current US$
2,831.1 $
45.7 $
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 19th in 2004. 61 times more than Moldova
Ranked 128th in 2004.
expenditure, total > % of GDP
7.8 %
7.4 %
DEFINITION:
Total health expenditure is the sum of public and private health expenditure. 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.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 45th in 2004. 5% more than Moldova
Ranked 58th in 2004.
Fertility rate, total > births per woman
1.26 births per woman
1.27 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 170th in 2005.
Ranked 169th in 2005. 1% more than Japan
Hospital beds > per 1,000 people
14.3 per 1,000 people
6.7 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 1st in 2003. 113% more than Moldova
Ranked 16th in 2003.
Infant mortality rate
3.28
41
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 178th.
Ranked 58th. 12 times more than Japan
Intestinal diseases death rate
0.88%
1.04%
DEFINITION:
Death rate from intestinal infectious diseasesWHO code B01 for all age groups by sex. These were then combined with UN Population Division population data for the country in that particular year. The death rates were standardized utilizing the age structure for the population of Canada . See page 22 of the2001 ESI report for more details on the methodology.
SOURCE:
World Health Organisation. 1997-1999 World Health Statistics Annual . Geneva: WHO, 2000
Ranked 112nd.
Ranked 108th. 18% more than Japan
Life expectancy at birth, total > years
82.08 years
68.26 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 1st in 2005. 20% more than Moldova
Ranked 110th in 2005.
Physicians > per 1,000 people
1.9 per 1,000 people
3.18 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 49th in 2000.
Ranked 25th in 2000. 67% more than Japan
Prevalence of HIV, total > % of population ages 15-49
0.1 %
1.05 %
DEFINITION:
Prevalence of HIV refers to the percentage of people ages 15-49 who are infected with HIV.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 125th in 2005.
Ranked 56th in 2005. 10 times more than Japan
Private expenditure on health as % of total expenditure on health
18.3%
41.8%
DEFINITION:
Private expenditure on health as % of total expenditure on health , 2002
SOURCE:
World Health Organization
Ranked 163rd.
Ranked 93rd. 128% more than Japan
Smoking prevalence, females > % of adults
14.5 %
1.8 %
DEFINITION:
Prevalence of smoking, female is the percentage of women who smoke cigarettes. The age range varies among countries but in most is 18 and older or 15 and older.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 18th in 2003. 7 times more than Moldova
Ranked 33rd in 2003.
Smoking prevalence, males > % of adults
46.9 %
33.6 %
DEFINITION:
Prevalence of smoking, male is the percentage of men who smoke cigarettes. The age range varies among countries but in most is 18 and older or 15 and older.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 8th in 2003. 40% more than Moldova
Ranked 19th in 2003.
Suicide rate > Females
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 1st.
Ranked th in 1970.
Suicide rate > Gender ratio
2.1 per 100,000 people
3.9 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 65th.
Ranked 29th. 86% more than Japan
Suicide rate > Males
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 2nd.
Ranked th in 1970.
Teen birth rate
4
38
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 42nd.
Ranked 10th. 9 times more than Japan
Total expenditure on health as % of GDP
7.9%
7.0%
DEFINITION:
Total expenditure on health as % of GDP , 2002
SOURCE:
World Health Organization
Ranked 43rd. 13% more than Moldova
Ranked 61st.
Water availability
3,383 cubic meters
2,712 cubic meters
DEFINITION:
Water resources: total renewable per capita (m3/capita year)
Ranked 98th. 25% more than Moldova
Ranked 111st.
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