Infant mortality rate > female
4.07 deaths/1,000 live births
4.88 deaths/1,000 live births
DEFINITION:
This entry gives the number of deaths of infants under one year old in a given year per 1,000 live births in the same year; included is the total death rate, and deaths by sex, male and female . This rate is often used as an indicator of the level of health in a country.
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011
Ranked 190th in 2011.
Ranked 176th in 2011. 20% more than Netherlands
Infant mortality rate > male
5.08 deaths/1,000 live births
5.46 deaths/1,000 live births
DEFINITION:
This entry gives the number of deaths of infants under one year old in a given year per 1,000 live births in the same year; included is the total death rate, and deaths by sex, male and female . This rate is often used as an indicator of the level of health in a country.
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011
Ranked 185th in 2011.
Ranked 178th in 2011. 7% more than Netherlands
Infant mortality rate > total
4.59 deaths/1,000 live births
5.18 deaths/1,000 live births
DEFINITION:
This entry gives the number of deaths of infants under one year old in a given year per 1,000 live births in the same year; included is the total death rate, and deaths by sex, male and female . This rate is often used as an indicator of the level of health in a country.
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011
Ranked 187th in 2011.
Ranked 177th in 2011. 13% more than Netherlands
Life expectancy at birth > female
82.44 years
81.36 years
DEFINITION:
The average number of years to be lived by a females in this nation born in the same year, if mortality at each age remains constant in the future. Life expectancy at birth is also a measure of overall quality of life in a country and summarizes the mortality at all ages. It can also be thought of as indicating the potential return on investment in human capital and is necessary for the calculation of various actuarial measures.
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011
Ranked 36th in 2011. 1% more than Taiwan
Ranked 48th in 2011.
Life expectancy at birth > male
77.06 years
75.5 years
DEFINITION:
The average number of years to be lived by amen in this nation born in the same year, if mortality at each age remains constant in the future. The entry includes total population as well as the male and female components. Life expectancy at birth is also a measure of overall quality of life in a country and summarizes the mortality at all ages. It can also be thought of as indicating the potential return on investment in human capital and is necessary for the calculation of various actuarial measures.
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011
Ranked 33rd in 2011. 2% more than Taiwan
Ranked 49th in 2011.
Life expectancy at birth > total population
79.68 years
78.32 years
DEFINITION:
The average number of years to be lived by a group of people born in the same year, if mortality at each age remains constant in the future. Life expectancy at birth is also a measure of overall quality of life in a country and summarizes the mortality at all ages. It can also be thought of as indicating the potential return on investment in human capital and is necessary for the calculation of various actuarial measures.
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011
Ranked 35th in 2011. 2% more than Taiwan
Ranked 50th in 2011.
Tobacco > Cigarrete imports
14,250 million of cigarettes
19,672 million of cigarettes
DEFINITION:
Millions of cigarettes imported in 2000.
SOURCE:
USDA/FAS
Ranked 12th.
Ranked 10th. 38% more than Netherlands
Transplants > Heart
47 heart transplants
23 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 7th. 104% more than Taiwan
Ranked 13th.
Transplants > Kidney
565 kidney transplants
26 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 8th. 21 times more than Taiwan
Ranked 42nd.
Transplants > Total
773 transplants
49 transplants
DEFINITION:
The total of our statistics for kidney, liver, pancreas, kidney-pancreas, heart, lung, heart-lung and intestine transplants. Note that, in some cases, the figures for each individual organ type were taken in different years (either 2000, 2001, or 2002). Thus these totals are suggestive but not conclusive.
SOURCE:
Abstracted from center-specific counts (Worldwide Transplant Center Directory, 2002)
Ranked 8th. 15 times more than Taiwan
Ranked 39th.
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