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Health Statistics > Background (most recent) by country
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| Australia |
Australians are generally quite healthy with an average life expectancy of 81 years, the 2nd highest rate in the world - only Japan has a higher life expectancy of 82 years. What’s more, of those 81 years, 71.6 are expected to be healthy years, the 4th highest globally. Even when ill, the situation is positive with 4th highest rate of nurses per capita in the world, with 10.7 per 1,000 people. |
| Brazil |
Brazil may lead South American in population, area and the economy, but in life expectancy Brazil doesn't fare so well. Its rate of 71.24 years coming behind Paraguay (71.45), Colombia (72.81), Venezuela (74.22), Ecuador (74.67), Argentina (74.83), Uruguay (75.61) and Chile (78.15). In fact, the Brazilian men are only given a 59.3% chance of reaching the age of 65 and an 11% chance of not reaching 40. |
| Canada |
In general, Canadians are fairly healthy. Only 25% of all Canadian adults smoke, with 17% admitting to being daily smokers. Even so, the average number of cigarettes consumed per smoker per year is 24th highest in the world, at 1,976. In fact, Canadians are happy to have regular check ups too, and boast the 7th highest rate of doctor consultations per capita per year in the world, with 6.3. |
| China |
Health is considered one of the chief priorities in China. The country boasts a rather healthy proportion of physicians per 1,000 of the population for a nation of its size, with 1.51, and hospital beds per 1,000 people, with 2.45. Perhaps aptly, life expectancy in China is at a modest 71.83 years, placing it 86th in the world, with a 71% chance for males reaching 65, and a 79% chance for females reaching 65. |
| Denmark |
Danish women are not quite as well off as those of some other European nationalities. Denmark has the second highest incidences of breast cancer per capita in the world, with 30.4 in every 100,000 women diagnosed with the condition. Only Iceland is higher, with 39.4, with the Netherlands and Belgium sharing 3rd with a rate of 28.7. Having said that, it has been calculated that the percentage share of life lived in ill health for Danish women is 10.9%, lower that their counterparts in the UK (11.3%), France (11.4%) and Poland (14.7%). |
| Egypt |
Health issues in Egypt includeTyphoid Fever and Hepatitis A. However, there is also an issuer with the overall crude birth rate, which stood to just over 25 births per 1,000 of the population. In fact, the nation's total fertility rate has plummeted over the last half century, with an average of 7.03 births to Egyptian women in 1960 falling to 3.1 births in 2005. Meanwhile, life expectancy rates remain low too, with a 63.9% chance that an Egyptian male reaching the age of 65 - some way of the 85% chance Israeli men are given. |
| Ethiopia |
Ethiopia's health system struggles to meet the health needs of the public, with one of the lowest rate of hospital beds per capita - just 0.24 beds for each 1,000 of the population. Children, in particular, have it tough, with Ethiopia having the 3rd highest rate of children underweight, with 16% of children malnourished. Only India (18%) and neighbours Erithrea (17%) have higher rates. Infant mortality is the 11th highest in the world, at 102.12 deaths per 1,000 births within the first year, with those that do survive have a life expectancy of just 42.65 years. |
| France |
Despite a reputation for consuming fine wine and even finer food, French people are quite healthy when compared to the rest of the world. Obesity is condition that affects only 9.4% of its population, far lower than leaders US (30.6%), Mexico (24.2%) and the UK (23%). Its rate of heart disease deaths per capita is amongst the lowest in developed nations, with 39.8 deaths per 100,000 of the population. Even if they do feel unwell, there is no shortage of physicians to see about it, with the 3rd highest rate of physicians per capita in the world, 3.37 per 1,000 people. |
| Germany |
For a leading developed nation, Germany has an arguably low physicians per capita, with a rate of 3.4 doctors per 1,000 of the population, the 23rd highest rate globally with counties such as Bulgaria, Switzerland, Israel and even Turkmenistan having higher rates. However, it doesn't seem like the German's need many more doctors anyway, with obesity (14th), hearth disease (14th) and general life lived in ill health for men (19th) and women (23rd) all down in the global rankings. |
| Greece |
Greece's main health concern has been smoking, with the country having the 2nd highest rate of daily smokers in the world, with 35% of adults admitting to a daily habit. However, Greeks also consume the most cigarettes in the world, with an average of 4,313 smoked per adult per year - Hungary is 2nd with 3,265. Perhaps surprisingly, despite the heavy tobacco consumption, heart disease deaths are not at prevalent as much have been suspected, with its per capita rate of 68.8 per 100,000 of the population placing its 20th in the world. |
| India |
As home to some of the world's poorest people, it can comes as no great surprise that the country has the highest rate of children underweight in the world, with 18% of children under the age of 5 considered underweight. In fact, Indian children face considerable challenges in health terms. The country's infant mortality rate is the amongst the top 50 in the world, with 57.92 deaths per 1,000 of the population. Even those who survive their first year face a life expectancy of only 63.5 years and boys only a 59.9% chance of reaching 65. |
| Ireland |
Cancer is one of the biggest health threats in Ireland, with the country having the 6th highest rate of deaths by cancer per capita, with 357.6 deaths per 100,000 of the population. Ireland also has the 6th highest incidences of breast cancer with 27.5 women suffer the condition per 100,000 females of the population. However, for those who are ill, Ireland at least has plenty of personnel to them, as it boasts the 4th highest rate of physicians per capita rate in the world, with 2.79 doctors per 1,000 of the population. |
| Italy |
Cancer is one of the major health issues in Italy. The country has the 2nd highest rate of cancer deaths per capita in the world, with 418 deaths per 100,000 of the population, just 5 deaths per 100,000 behind the Netherlands. Italy also has one on the highest rates of motor vehicles deaths per capita, with 12.9 deaths per 100,000 the 5th highest globally, behind the US (15.5), Belgium (15.4), New Zealand (14) and France (13.7). There good news is there is no shortage of doctors to care for the injured or ill, as Italy boasts one of the highest number of physicians per capita, with 4.2 per 1,000 people. |
| Japan |
Despite its rather conservative image, Japan has the 4th highest number of legal abortions in the world, with 343,024 operations registered. Russia leads the table with 2.77 million cases, with the US 2nd with 1.21 million, and India 3rd with 596,345. In fact, Japan had the 6th highest rate of teenage pregnancies in 1998, with 17,501 infants born to mothers under the age of 20 - though that figure is somewhat shorter than the US's rate of almost half a million. |
| Kenya |
For prospective mothers, Kenya is one of the worst counties to be in, with one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world. Children rate slightly better with a 42nd highest infant mortality globally, though Kenyans have a life expectancy of just 48.99 years at birth. And despite low sanitation access, drug access and water availability, annual expenditure on health is less than 5% of GDP. |
| Korea, South |
In terms of access to health resources, South Korea ranks very highly. The country's drug access rating is 95, while the OECD state that a respectable 5.5 hospital beds are available for every 1,000 citizens. However, South Korea is also the 3rd highest prevalence of smokers amongst adult men, at 64.9%. |
| Netherlands |
Despite high levels of education, the Dutch are the 11th biggest smokers in the world, with adults’ annual rate of cigarette consumption estimated to be 2,300. Unsurprisingly, they also are number 1 in cancer deaths amongst 16 nations in 2000, with 433 deaths per 100,000 citizens. |
| New Zealand |
The chief health concerns in New Zealand are heart disease (127.3 deaths per 100,000 people) and cancer (327.3 deaths) and obesity (20.9%). It also has one of the highest rates of breast cancer incidents with 28 per 100,000 women. |
| Nigeria |
Nigeria has an infant mortality rate of just over 70 per 1,000 population, a figure that places it 30th in the world. However, even those who infants who survive their first year face an uphill task, with the life expectancy just under 44 years and a 33% probability of not reaching 40. |
| Philippines |
Amongst the major health concerns in the Philippines are infectious diseases like bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A and typhoid, while only 50% of citizens have access to medicinal drugs. Nevertheless, the life expectancy from birth is a respectable 71 years. |
| Russia |
Statistics have shown that Russia has the most number of legal abortions in the world, with 2.7 million registered procedures, more than double that of the US (1.2 million) and 4.5 times that of India (596,345). Interestingly, life expectancy at birth is amongst the lowest globally, at 65.47 years, less than 17 years lower than leaders, Japan. |
| South Africa |
South Africa spends some 8.7% of its GDP on health, but many of its problems remain. Infants face a life expectancy of only 48 years, while they have just a 40% chance of reaching 65 years of age, and a 24% chance of not reaching 40. |
| Spain |
Spanish women are amongst the greatest users of contraception, with 81% of married women admitting to using it regularly. Strangely, however, the number of teenage pregnancies among Spanish girls is one of the highest. |
| Sweden |
Swedes are amongst the most health conscious nationalities, a fact that is born out by statistics that show just 19% of young adults smoke, placing it 92nd in the world, while obesity is at a respectable 9.7%. Meanwhile, just 110.1 heart disease deaths per capita occur. |
| Switzerland |
Switzerland’s investment in its health service is significant, registering the 2nd highest health spending rate per person in the world, behind the US. Understandably then, the country boasts a respectable 6 beds per 1,000 people, and 3.6 physicians per 1,000 people. |
| United Kingdom |
Diet is one of the biggest health concerns in the UK, with the 3rd highest rate of obesity in the world at 23% of the population. And, at almost 23%, it has one of the highest rates of obesity amongst women. In general, heart disease is a major killer with 122 deaths per 100,000 the 7th highest rate globally. |
| United States |
Health costs in the US are the highest in the world, with figures showing that in total, some $4,271 is spent on health care per capita, ahead of Switzerland ($3,857) and Norway ($3,182). However, most of the cost is paid by citizens, with government spending on health one of the lowest amongst developed nations, at less than 45%. |
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