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% immunized 1-year-old children > DPT3	98		[30th of 187]
% immunized 1-year-old children > HepB3	95		[40th of 114]
DEFINITION: Health - % immunized 2002 1-year-old children - HepB3
SOURCE: UNICEF
% immunized 1-year-old children > Measles	99		[9th of 186]
DEFINITION: Health - % immunized 2002 1-year-old children - Measles
SOURCE: UNICEF
% immunized 1-year-old children > Polio3	94		[74th of 187]
DEFINITION: Health - % immunized 2002 1-year-old children - Polio3
SOURCE: UNICEF
% of routine EPI vaccines financed by government > Total	100		[62nd of 133]
DEFINITION: Health - % of routine EPI vaccines financed by government 2002 - Total
SOURCE: UNICEF
Abortion law > Middle East > Physical Health	Restricted
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: UNICEF
Adolescent fertility rate > births per 1,000 women ages 15-19	23.18 births		[127th of 184]
DEFINITION: Adolescent fertility rate is the number of births per 1,000 women ages 15-19.		View time series
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Abortion law
ARI treatment > % of children under 5 taken to a health provider	89.5 %		[1st of 52]
DEFINITION: Children with acute respiratory infection (ARI) who are taken to a health provider refers to the percentage of children under age five with ARI in the last two weeks who were taken to an appropriate health provider, including hospital, health center, dispensary, village health worker, clinic, and private physician.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people	19.12 per 1,000 people		[101st of 195]
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.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Births attended by skilled health staff > % of total	100 %		[2nd of 76]
DEFINITION: Births attended by skilled health staff are the percentage of deliveries attended by personnel trained to give the necessary supervision, care, and advice to women during pregnancy, labor, and the postpartum period; to conduct deliveries on their own; and to care for newborns.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Births with health staff	98%		[29th of 116]
DEFINITION: Births attended by skilled health staff. Definitions of skilled health staff may vary across countries. Data refer to the most recent year available during the period specified or to a running average for a series of years surrounding the period 1995 to 2000.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Children Underweight Rate	3%		[62nd of 95]
DEFINITION: Children under 5 severely underweight, according to UNICEF estimates.
SOURCE: WHO 2002a
Contraception	50%		[47th of 89]
DEFINITION: % contraceptive prevalence 1995 - 2000. Data refer to married women aged 15-49, but the actual age range covered may vary across countries.
SOURCE: UNICEF
Contraceptive prevalence > % of women ages 15-49	50 %		[14th of 57]
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.		View time series
SOURCE: UN (United Nations). 2002. United Nations Population Division Database on Contraceptive Use. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. January. New York
Dependency ratio per 100	38		[166th of 166]
DEFINITION: Dependency ratio (per 100), 2003
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Drug access	95%		[22nd of 163]
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: World Health Organization
expenditure per capita > current US$	632.8 $		[41st of 186]
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.		View time series
SOURCE: WHO (World Health Organization). 2001. Correspondence on access to essential drugs. Department of Essential Drugs and Medecines Policy. February. Geneva
expenditure, private > % of GDP	0.63 %		[178th of 187]
DEFINITION: Private health expenditure includes direct household (out-of-pocket) spending, private insurance, charitable donations, and direct service payments by private corporations.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
expenditure, public > % of GDP	2.17 %		[138th of 187]
DEFINITION: Public health expenditure consists of recurrent and capital spending from government (central and local) budgets, external borrowings and grants (including donations from international agencies and nongovernmental organizations), and social (or compulsory) health insurance funds.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
expenditure, total > % of GDP	2.8 %		[180th of 187]
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.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
External resources for health as % of total expenditure on health	0%		[154th of 179]
DEFINITION: External resources for health as % of total expenditure on health, 2002
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Fertility rate, total > births per woman	2.39 births per woman		[94th of 194]
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.		View time series
SOURCE: World Health Organization
Healthy life expectancy at birth, years > Females	66.6		[51st of 186]
DEFINITION: Healthy life expectancy at birth (years) 2002 - Females
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Healthy life expectancy at birth, years > Males	67.4		[28th of 186]
DEFINITION: Healthy life expectancy at birth (years) 2002 - Males
SOURCE: World Health Organization
Healthy life expectancy at birth, years > Total population	67		[37th of 186]
DEFINITION: Healthy life expectancy at birth (years) 2002 - Total population
SOURCE: World Health Organization
Hospital beds > per 1,000 people	2.2 per 1,000 people		[42nd of 149]
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.		View time series
SOURCE: World Health Organization
Immunization, DPT > % of children ages 12-23 months	99 %		[22nd of 190]
DEFINITION: Child immunization measures the percentage of children ages 12-23 months who received vaccinations before 12 months or at any time before the survey. A child is considered adequately immunized against diphtheria, pertussis (or whooping cough), and tetanus (DPT) after receiving three doses of vaccine.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Immunization, measles > % of children ages 12-23 months	99 %		[21st of 190]
DEFINITION: Child immunization measures the percentage of children ages 12-23 months who received vaccinations before 12 months or at any time before the survey. A child is considered adequately immunized against measles after receiving one dose of vaccine.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Incidence of tuberculosis > per 100,000 people	23.56 per 100,000 people		[142nd of 200]
DEFINITION: Incidence of tuberculosis is the estimated number of new pulmonary, smear positive, and extra-pulmonary tuberculosis cases.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Infant mortality rate	10.26		[121st of 179]
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: World Development Indicators database
Intestinal diseases death rate	0.26%		[133rd of 141]
DEFINITION: Death rate from intestinal infectious diseases Units: Deaths/100,000 Population Units: The final number is based on an aggregation of deaths recorded for WHO 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: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
life expectancy > Date of information	2006 est.
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: World Health Organisation. 1997-1999 World Health Statistics Annual. Geneva: WHO, 2000
Life expectancy at birth, female > years	79.73 years		[38th of 194]
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.		View time series
SOURCE: Wikipedia: List of countries by life expectancy
Life expectancy at birth, male > years	75.44 years		[32nd of 194]
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.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Life expectancy at birth, total > years	77.54 years		[38th of 194]
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.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Life expectancy at birth, years > Females	79		[39th of 186]
DEFINITION: Life expectancy at birth (years) 2003 - Females
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Life expectancy at birth, years > Males	76		[18th of 186]
DEFINITION: Life expectancy at birth (years) 2003 - Males
SOURCE: World Health Organization
Life expectancy at birth, years > Total population	77		[30th of 186]
DEFINITION: Life expectancy at birth (years) 2003 - Total population
SOURCE: World Health Organization
Malnutrition prevalence, height for age > % of children under 5	3.2 %		[17th of 52]
DEFINITION: Prevalence of child malnutrition (height for age) is the percentage of children under five whose height for age is more than two standard deviations below the median for the international reference population ages 0 to 59 months. For children up to two years of age, height is measured by recumbent length. For older children, height is measured by stature while standing. The reference population adopted by the WHO in 1983, is based on children from the United States, who are assumed to be well nourished.		View time series
SOURCE: World Health Organization
Malnutrition prevalence, weight for age > % of children under 5	1.7 %		[20th of 63]
DEFINITION: Prevalence of child malnutrition (weight for age) is the percentage of children under five whose weight for age is more than two standard deviations below the median reference standard for their age as established by the World Health Organization, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics. Figures are based on children under age three, four, and five years of age, depending on the country.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Maternal mortality	5 per 100,000		[133rd of 136]
DEFINITION: Maternal mortality reported per 100,000 births 1985-1999. The maternal mortality data are those reported by national authorities. UNICEF and the World Health Organization periodically evaluate these data and make adjustments to account for the well-documented problems of under-reporting and misclassification of maternal deaths and to develop estimates for countries with no data (for details on the most recent estimates see Hill, AbouZahr and Wardlaw 2001). Data refer to the most recent year available during the period specified.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Measles immunization	96		[40th of 168]
DEFINITION: Children 1 year old immunized against measles (%)
SOURCE: UNICEF (United Nations Children?s Fund). 2002. Official Summary: The State of the World's Children 2002. New York: Oxford University Press.
Nutrition > % of children who are still breastfeeding 20-23 months	9		[102nd of 105]
DEFINITION: Health - Nutrition - % of children (1995-2002) who are: still breastfeeding (20-23 months)
SOURCE: UNICEF
Nutrition > % of children who are   exclusively breastfed 6 months	12		[101st of 125]
DEFINITION: Health - Nutrition - % of children (1995-2002) who are:   exclusively breastfed (<6 months)
SOURCE: UNICEF
Nutrition > % of under-fives suffering from stunting moderate & severe	24		[64th of 132]
DEFINITION: Health - Nutrition - % of under-fives (1995-2002) suffering from: stunting moderate & severe
SOURCE: UNICEF
Nutrition > % of under-fives suffering from underweight moderate & severe	10		[92nd of 137]
DEFINITION: Health - Nutrition - % of under-fives (1995-2002) suffering from: underweight moderate & severe
SOURCE: UNICEF
Nutrition > % of under-fives suffering from underweight severe	3		[62nd of 104]
DEFINITION: Health - Nutrition - % of under-fives (1995-2002) suffering from: underweight severe
SOURCE: UNICEF
Nutrition > % of under-fives suffering from wasting moderate & severe	11		[30th of 128]
DEFINITION: Health - Nutrition - % of under-fives (1995-2002) suffering from: wasting moderate & severe
SOURCE: UNICEF
Out-of-pocket expenditure as % of private health expenditure	94.3%		[83rd of 185]
DEFINITION: Out-of-pocket expenditure on health as % of private expenditure on health, 2002
SOURCE: UNICEF
Out-of-pocket health expenditure > % of private expenditure on health	90.4 %		[81st of 185]
DEFINITION: Out of pocket expenditure is any direct outlay by households, including gratuities and in-kind payments, to health practitioners and suppliers of pharmaceuticals, therapeutic appliances, and other goods and services whose primary intent is to contribute to the restoration or enhancement of the health status of individuals or population groups. It is a part of private health expenditure.		View time series
SOURCE: World Health Organization
Per capita government expenditure on health in international dollars	415		[49th of 185]
DEFINITION: Per capita government expenditure on health in international dollars, 2002
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Per capita total expenditure on health in international dollars	552		[58th of 185]
DEFINITION: Per capita total expenditure on health in international dollars, 2002
SOURCE: World Health Organization
Physicians > per 1,000 people	1.53 per 1,000 people		[55th of 148]
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).		View time series
SOURCE: World Health Organization
Population suffering from undernourishment in 1990-1992	24 %		[46th of 106]
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Population suffering from undernourishment in 2001-2003	5 %		[91st of 108]
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: List of countries by percentage of population suffering from undernourishment
Pregnant women receiving prenatal care > %	95 %		[3rd of 62]
DEFINITION: Pregnant women receiving prenatal care are the percentage of women attended at least once during pregnancy by skilled health personnel for reasons related to pregnancy.		View time series
SOURCE: Wikipedia: List of countries by percentage of population suffering from undernourishment
Prepaid plans as % of private expenditure on health	5.7%		[57th of 159]
DEFINITION: Prepaid plans as % of private expenditure on health, 2002
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Prevalence of undernourishment > % of population	5 %		[111st of 172]
DEFINITION: Population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption (also referred to as prevalence of undernourishment) shows the percentage of the population whose food intake is insufficient to meet dietary energy requirements continuously. Data showing as 2.5 signifies a prevalence of undernourishment below 2.5%.		View time series
SOURCE: World Health Organization
Private expenditure on health as % of total expenditure on health	24.8%		[146th of 185]
DEFINITION: Private expenditure on health as % of total expenditure on health, 2002
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Probability of dying before 5 > Females	12 per 1,000 people		[142nd of 187]
DEFINITION: Probability of females dying before reaching the age of 5. (2003)
SOURCE: World Health Organization
Probability of not reaching 40	3%		[111st of 111]
DEFINITION: Probability at birth of not reaching the age of 40.
SOURCE: The World Health Report 2001
Probability of reaching 65 > Female	86.2%		[32nd of 159]
DEFINITION: Probability at birth of reaching the age of 65.
SOURCE: UN 2001 via backone.pdf
Probability of reaching 65 > Male	80.7%		[17th of 159]
DEFINITION: Probability at birth of reaching the age of 65.
SOURCE: UN (United Nations). 2001. World Population Prospects 1950-2050: The 2000 Revision. Database. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. New York.
Respiratory disease child death rate	3.53
DEFINITION: Child death rate from respiratory diseases Units: Deaths/100,000 Population Aged 0-14 Units: The final number is based on an aggregation of deaths recorded for WHO codes B31 and B320, and B321, by sex and by age. These were then combined with UN Population Division population data broken down by age group to produce rates. See page 22 of the 2001 ESI report for more details on the methodology.
SOURCE: UN (United Nations). 2001. World Population Prospects 1950-2050: The 2000 Revision. Database. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. New York
SARS fatalities	0		[19th of 29]
DEFINITION: Number of deaths
SOURCE: World Health Organisation. 1997-1999 World Health Statistics Annual. Geneva: WHO, 2000
SARS fatality ratio %	0%		[19th of 29]
DEFINITION: Case fatality ratio (%)
SOURCE: WHO, SARS Summary
SARS female cases %	100%		[2nd of 29]
DEFINITION: Percentage of the female population relative to the total infected population
SOURCE: WHO, SARS Summary
SARS median age range	50		[7th of 29]
DEFINITION: Median age range for SARS infected persons
SOURCE: WHO, SARS Summary
SARS total cases	1		[22nd of 29]
DEFINITION: Total cases of SARS in given countries
SOURCE: WHO, SARS Summary
Smoking prevalence, females > % of adults	1.9 %		[9th of 43]
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.		View time series
SOURCE: WHO, SARS Summary
Smoking prevalence, males > % of adults	34.4 %		[7th of 42]
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.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Suicide rate > Gender ratio	1.4 per 100,000 people		[76th of 76]
DEFINITION: Suicide rates per 100,000 people
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Tobacco > Adult female smokers	1.5		[109th of 114]
DEFINITION: Total adult females smoking
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
Tobacco > Adult male smokers	29.6		[91st of 115]
DEFINITION: Total adult males smoking
SOURCE: World Health Organization
Tobacco > Cigarette consumption	3,062		[3rd of 106]
DEFINITION: Approximate average number of cigarettes smoked per adult per year
SOURCE: World Health Organization
Tobacco > Total adult smokers	15.6		[103rd of 121]
DEFINITION: Total adults smoking
SOURCE: World Health Organization
Total expenditure on health as % of GDP	3.8%		[159th of 185]
DEFINITION: Total expenditure on health as % of GDP, 2002
SOURCE: World Health Organization2005
Total fertility rate	2.6		[94th of 166]
DEFINITION: Total fertility rate, 2003
SOURCE: World Health Organization
Tuberculosis cases > Per 100,000	27		[103rd of 165]
DEFINITION: Tuberculosis cases (per 100,000 people)
SOURCE: World Health Organization
Tuberculosis cases detected under DOTS > %	65.65 %		[78th of 178]
DEFINITION: DOTS detection rate is the percentage of estimated new infectious tuberculosis cases detected under the directly observed treatment, short course case detection and treatment strategy.		View time series
SOURCE: UNHDR
Tuberculosis treatment success rate > % of registered cases	63.16 %		[150th of 171]
DEFINITION: Tuberculosis treatment success rate is the percentage of new, registered smear-positive (infectious) cases that were cured or in which a full course of treatment was completed.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Water availability	10 cubic meters		[170th of 169]
DEFINITION: Water resources: total renewable per capita (m3/capita year)
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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