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Middle East > Kuwait > Health

KUWAITI HEALTH STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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% immunized 1-year-old children > DPT3 98 [30th of 187]
% immunized 1-year-old children > HepB3 95 [40th of 114]
% immunized 1-year-old children > Measles 99 [9th of 186]
% immunized 1-year-old children > Polio3 94 [74th of 187]
% of routine EPI vaccines financed by government > Total 100 [62nd of 133]
Abortion law > Middle East > Physical Health Restricted
Adolescent fertility rate > births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 23.18 births Time series [127th of 184]
ARI treatment > % of children under 5 taken to a health provider 89.5 % Time series [1st of 52]
Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people 19.12 per 1,000 people Time series [101st of 195]
Births attended by skilled health staff > % of total 100 % Time series [2nd of 76]
Births with health staff 98% [29th of 116]
Children Underweight Rate 3% [62nd of 95]
Contraception 50% [47th of 89]
Contraceptive prevalence > % of women ages 15-49 50 % Time series [14th of 57]
Dependency ratio per 100 38 [166th of 166]
Drug access 95% [22nd of 163]
expenditure per capita > current US$ 632.8 $ Time series [41st of 186]
expenditure, private > % of GDP 0.63 % Time series [178th of 187]
expenditure, public > % of GDP 2.17 % Time series [138th of 187]
expenditure, total > % of GDP 2.8 % Time series [180th of 187]
External resources for health as % of total expenditure on health 0% [154th of 179]
Fertility rate, total > births per woman 2.39 births per woman Time series [94th of 194]
Healthy life expectancy at birth, years > Females 66.6 [51st of 186]
Healthy life expectancy at birth, years > Males 67.4 [28th of 186]
Healthy life expectancy at birth, years > Total population 67 [37th of 186]
HIV AIDS > Adult prevalence rate 0.12% Time series [106th of 136]
Hospital beds > per 1,000 people 2.2 per 1,000 people Time series [42nd of 149]
Immunization, DPT > % of children ages 12-23 months 99 % Time series [22nd of 190]
Immunization, measles > % of children ages 12-23 months 99 % Time series [21st of 190]
Incidence of tuberculosis > per 100,000 people 23.56 per 100,000 people Time series [142nd of 200]
Infant mortality rate 10.26 [121st of 179]
Infant mortality rate > Female 8.21 deaths/1,000 live births Time series [153rd of 225]
Infant mortality rate > Male 10.2 deaths/1,000 live births Time series [156th of 225]
Infant mortality rate > Total 9.22 deaths/1,000 live births Time series [157th of 225]
Intestinal diseases death rate 0.26% [133rd of 141]
life expectancy > Date of information 2006 est.
Life expectancy at birth > Female 78.73 years Time series [73rd of 226]
Life expectancy at birth > Male 76.38 years Time series [30th of 226]
Life expectancy at birth > Total population 77.53 years Time series [52nd of 225]
Life expectancy at birth, female > years 79.73 years Time series [38th of 194]
Life expectancy at birth, male > years 75.44 years Time series [32nd of 194]
Life expectancy at birth, total > years 77.54 years Time series [38th of 194]
Life expectancy at birth, years > Females 79 [39th of 186]
Life expectancy at birth, years > Males 76 [18th of 186]
Life expectancy at birth, years > Total population 77 [30th of 186]
Malnutrition prevalence, height for age > % of children under 5 3.2 % Time series [17th of 52]
Malnutrition prevalence, weight for age > % of children under 5 1.7 % Time series [20th of 63]
Maternal mortality 5 per 100,000 [133rd of 136]
Measles immunization 96 [40th of 168]
Nutrition > % of children who are still breastfeeding 20-23 months 9 [102nd of 105]
Nutrition > % of children who are   exclusively breastfed 6 months 12 [101st of 125]
Nutrition > % of under-fives suffering from stunting moderate & severe 24 [64th of 132]
Nutrition > % of under-fives suffering from underweight moderate & severe 10 [92nd of 137]
Nutrition > % of under-fives suffering from underweight severe 3 [62nd of 104]
Nutrition > % of under-fives suffering from wasting moderate & severe 11 [30th of 128]
Out-of-pocket expenditure as % of private health expenditure 94.3% [83rd of 185]
Out-of-pocket health expenditure > % of private expenditure on health 90.4 % Time series [81st of 185]
Per capita government expenditure on health in international dollars 415 [49th of 185]
Per capita total expenditure on health in international dollars 552 [58th of 185]
Physicians > per 1,000 people 1.53 per 1,000 people Time series [55th of 148]
Population suffering from undernourishment in 1990-1992 24 % [46th of 106]
Population suffering from undernourishment in 2001-2003 5 % [91st of 108]
Pregnant women receiving prenatal care > % 95 % Time series [3rd of 62]
Prepaid plans as % of private expenditure on health 5.7% [57th of 159]
Prevalence of undernourishment > % of population 5 % Time series [111st of 172]
Private expenditure on health as % of total expenditure on health 24.8% [146th of 185]
Probability of dying before 5 > Females 12 per 1,000 people [142nd of 187]
Probability of not reaching 40 3% [111st of 111]
Probability of reaching 65 > Female 86.2% [32nd of 159]
Probability of reaching 65 > Male 80.7% [17th of 159]
Respiratory disease child death rate 3.53
SARS fatalities 0 [19th of 29]
SARS fatality ratio % 0% [19th of 29]
SARS female cases % 100% [2nd of 29]
SARS median age range 50 [7th of 29]
SARS total cases 1 [22nd of 29]
Smoking prevalence, females > % of adults 1.9 % Time series [9th of 43]
Smoking prevalence, males > % of adults 34.4 % Time series [7th of 42]
Suicide rate > Females 1.5 per 100,000 people [66th of 80]
Suicide rate > Gender ratio 1.4 per 100,000 people [76th of 76]
Suicide rate > Males 2.1 per 100,000 people [75th of 80]
Tobacco > Adult female smokers 1.5 [109th of 114]
Tobacco > Adult male smokers 29.6 [91st of 115]
Tobacco > Cigarette consumption 3,062 [3rd of 106]
Tobacco > Total adult smokers 15.6 [103rd of 121]
Total expenditure on health as % of GDP 3.8% [159th of 185]
Total fertility rate 2.6 [94th of 166]
Tuberculosis cases > Per 100,000 27 [103rd of 165]
Tuberculosis cases detected under DOTS > % 65.65 % Time series [78th of 178]
Tuberculosis treatment success rate > % of registered cases 63.16 % Time series [150th of 171]
Water availability 10 cubic meters [170th of 169]

SOURCES: UNICEF; Wikipedia: Abortion law ; World Development Indicators database; WHO 2002a; UNICEF; UN (United Nations). 2002. United Nations Population Division Database on Contraceptive Use. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. January. New York; World Health Organization; WHO (World Health Organization). 2001. Correspondence on access to essential drugs. Department of Essential Drugs and Medecines Policy. February. Geneva; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; World Health Organisation. 1997-1999 World Health Statistics Annual. Geneva: WHO, 2000; Wikipedia: List of countries by life expectancy ; UNICEF (United Nations Children?s Fund). 2002. Official Summary: The State of the World's Children 2002. New York: Oxford University Press.; Wikipedia: List of countries by percentage of population suffering from undernourishment ; The World Health Report 2001; UN 2001 via backone.pdf; UN (United Nations). 2001. World Population Prospects 1950-2050: The 2000 Revision. Database. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. New York.; UN (United Nations). 2001. World Population Prospects 1950-2050: The 2000 Revision. Database. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. New York; WHO, SARS Summary; 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; World Health Organization; World Health Organization2005; UNHDR;

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Kuwait, State of Kuwait, Dawlat al Kuwayt, Al Kuwayt

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