Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people
24.16 per 1,000 people
23.41 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 71st in 2005. 3% more than Tonga
Ranked 76th in 2005.
Contraceptive prevalence > % of women ages 15-49
47 %
33 %
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 19th in 2000. 42% more than Tonga
Ranked 29th in 2000.
Dependency ratio per 100
66
73
DEFINITION:
Dependency ratio (per 100), 2003
SOURCE:
World Health Organization
Ranked 75th.
Ranked 63rd. 11% more than Philippines
Drinking water availability %
86%
100%
DEFINITION:
Coverage estimates shown are derived from information collected from two main sources: assessment questionnaires and household surveys. Assessment questionnaires were sent to all WHO country representatives, to be completed in liaison with local UNICEF st
SOURCE:
World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Global Water Supply and Sanitation Assessment 2000 Report and updates provided by UNICEF to the United Nations Millennium Indicator Database
Ranked 70th.
Ranked 25th. 16% more than Philippines
expenditure per capita > current US$
36.1 $
117.1 $
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 134th in 2004.
Ranked 102nd in 2004. 2 times more than Philippines
expenditure, private > % of GDP
2.1 %
1.3 %
DEFINITION:
Private health expenditure includes direct household (out-of-pocket) spending, private insurance, charitable donations, and direct service payments by private corporations.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 110th in 2004. 59% more than Tonga
Ranked 151st in 2004.
expenditure, total > % of GDP
3.4 %
6.3 %
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 168th in 2004.
Ranked 84th in 2004. 85% more than Philippines
Fertility rate, total > births per woman
3.2 births per woman
3.31 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 66th in 2005.
Ranked 63rd in 2005. 3% more than Philippines
Hospital beds > per 1,000 people
1 per 1,000 people
3.2 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 58th in 2001.
Ranked 45th in 2001. 2 times more than Philippines
Incidence of tuberculosis > per 100,000 people
291.23 per 100,000 people
25 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 30th in 2005. 11 times more than Tonga
Ranked 139th in 2005.
Life expectancy at birth, male > years
68.93 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 84th in 2005.
Ranked 63rd in 2005. 4% more than Philippines
Life expectancy at birth, total > years
71.04 years
72.65 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 92nd in 2005.
Ranked 72nd in 2005. 2% more than Philippines
Life expectancy at birth, years > Total population
68
71
DEFINITION:
Life expectancy at birth (years) 2003 - Total population
SOURCE:
World Health Organization
Ranked 102nd.
Ranked 81st. 4% more than Philippines
Physicians > per 1,000 people
0.58 per 1,000 people
0.5 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 71st in 2000. 16% more than Tonga
Ranked 73rd in 2000.
Private expenditure on health as % of total expenditure on health
61%
26.5%
DEFINITION:
Private expenditure on health as % of total expenditure on health , 2002
SOURCE:
World Health Organization
Ranked 35th. 130% more than Tonga
Ranked 138th.
Tobacco > Adult female smokers
11
14.2
DEFINITION:
Total adult females smoking
SOURCE:
World Health Organization
Ranked 71st.
Ranked 66th. 29% more than Philippines
Tobacco > Adult male smokers
53.8
62.4
DEFINITION:
Total adult males smoking
SOURCE:
World Health Organization
Ranked 24th.
Ranked 7th. 16% more than Philippines
Tobacco > Total adult smokers
32.4
38.3
DEFINITION:
Total adults smoking
SOURCE:
World Health Organization 2005
Ranked 51st.
Ranked 19th. 18% more than Philippines
Total expenditure on health as % of GDP
2.9%
6.9%
DEFINITION:
Total expenditure on health as % of GDP , 2002
SOURCE:
World Health Organization
Ranked 178th.
Ranked 66th. 138% more than Philippines
Total fertility rate
3.1
3.7
DEFINITION:
Total fertility rate , 2003
SOURCE:
World Health Organization
Ranked 74th.
Ranked 66th. 19% more than Philippines
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