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Europe > Latvia > Health

LATVIAN HEALTH STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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% immunized 1-year-old children > DPT3 97 [47th of 187]
% immunized 1-year-old children > HepB3 98 [16th of 114]
% immunized 1-year-old children > Measles 98 [30th of 186]
% immunized 1-year-old children > Polio3 98 [33rd of 187]
% immunized 1-year-old children > TB 99 [20th of 153]
Adolescent fertility rate > births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 17.12 births Time series [144th of 184]
Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people 9.3 per 1,000 people Time series [173rd of 195]
Births attended by skilled health staff > % of total 100 % Time series [6th of 76]
Births with health staff 100% [5th of 116]
Contraception 48% [49th of 89]
Contraceptive prevalence > % of women ages 15-49 48 % Time series [15th of 57]
Drug access 80% [70th of 163]
expenditure per capita > current US$ 417.8 $ Time series [52nd of 186]
expenditure, private > % of GDP 3.08 % Time series [56th of 187]
expenditure, public > % of GDP 4.02 % Time series [74th of 187]
expenditure, total > % of GDP 7.1 % Time series [64th of 187]
External resources for health > % of total expenditure on health 0.3 % Time series [123rd of 141]
External resources for health as % of total expenditure on health 0.5% [117th of 179]
Female adults with HIV > % of population ages 15+ with HIV 22 % Time series [99th of 112]
Fertility rate, total > births per woman 1.31 births per woman Time series [164th of 194]
Healthy life expectancy at birth, years > Females 67.5 [48th of 186]
Healthy life expectancy at birth, years > Males 58 [99th of 186]
Healthy life expectancy at birth, years > Total population 62.8 [65th of 186]
HIV AIDS > Adult prevalence rate 0.6% Time series [64th of 136]
HIV AIDS > People living with HIV AIDS 7,600 Time series [94th of 126]
    HIV AIDS > People living with HIV AIDS (per capita) 3.222 per 1,000 people Time series [61st of 126]
HIV AIDS > Women living with aids 15-49 0.4 [64th of 114]
HIVAIDS > Adult prevalence rate 15-49 years, 0.4 [66th of 145]
Hospital beds > per 1,000 people 7.8 per 1,000 people Time series [10th of 149]
Immunization, DPT > % of children ages 12-23 months 99 % Time series [21st of 190]
Immunization, measles > % of children ages 12-23 months 95 % Time series [69th of 190]
Improved sanitation facilities > % of population with access 78 % Time series [77th of 167]
Improved sanitation facilities, rural > % of rural population with access 71 % Time series [66th of 167]
Improved sanitation facilities, urban > % of urban population with access 82 % Time series [98th of 173]
Improved water source > % of population with access 99 % Time series [43rd of 176]
Improved water source, rural > % of rural population with access 96 % Time series [48th of 174]
Improved water source, urban > % of urban population with access 100 % Time series [4th of 181]
Incidence of tuberculosis > per 100,000 people 62.61 per 100,000 people Time series [97th of 200]
Infant mortality rate 9.67 [124th of 179]
Infant mortality rate > Female 6.97 deaths/1,000 live births Time series [160th of 225]
Infant mortality rate > Male 10.85 deaths/1,000 live births Time series [154th of 225]
Infant mortality rate > Total 8.96 deaths/1,000 live births Time series [159th of 225]
Intestinal diseases death rate 0.23% [136th of 141]
life expectancy > Date of information 2006 est.
Life expectancy at birth > Female 77.35 years Time series [90th of 226]
Life expectancy at birth > Male 66.68 years Time series [145th of 226]
Life expectancy at birth > Total population 71.88 years Time series [120th of 225]
Life expectancy at birth, female > years 77.4 years Time series [55th of 194]
Life expectancy at birth, male > years 65.6 years Time series [109th of 194]
Life expectancy at birth, total > years 71.36 years Time series [85th of 194]
Life expectancy at birth, years > Females 76 [55th of 186]
Life expectancy at birth, years > Males 66 [98th of 186]
Life expectancy at birth, years > Total population 71 [78th of 186]
Major infectious diseases > Degree of risk intermediate Time series
Major infectious diseases > Food or waterborne diseases
bacterial diarrhea and hepatitis A
Major infectious diseases > Vectorborne diseases tickborne encephalitis Time series
Maternal mortality 45 per 100,000 [85th of 136]
Measles immunization 97 [28th of 168]
Out-of-pocket expenditure as % of private health expenditure 99% [57th of 185]
Out-of-pocket health expenditure > % of private expenditure on health 98.3 % Time series [43rd of 185]
Per capita government expenditure on health in international dollars 306 [61st of 185]
Per capita total expenditure on health in international dollars 477 [66th of 185]
Physicians > per 1,000 people 3.01 per 1,000 people Time series [25th of 148]
Population suffering from undernourishment in 1990-1992 3 % [104th of 106]
Population suffering from undernourishment in 2001-2003 3 % [98th of 108]
Prepaid plans as % of private expenditure on health 1% [86th of 159]
Prevalence of HIV, total > % of population ages 15-49 0.79 % Time series [63rd of 148]
Prevalence of undernourishment > % of population 3 % Time series [125th of 172]
Private expenditure on health as % of total expenditure on health 35.9% [102nd of 185]
Probability of dying before 5 > Females 14 per 1,000 people [132nd of 187]
Probability of not reaching 60 23.7% [11th of 48]
Probability of reaching 65 > Female 79.8% [64th of 159]
Probability of reaching 65 > Male 56.9% [102nd of 159]
Respiratory disease child death rate 69.04 (est)
Smoking prevalence, females > % of adults 19.2 % Time series [8th of 43]
Smoking prevalence, males > % of adults 51.1 % Time series [2nd of 42]
Spending > Per person 166 [54th of 133]
Spending > Private 2.6 [52nd of 141]
Spending > Public 4.0% (1999)
Suicide rate > Females 14.1 per 100,000 people [4th of 80]
Suicide rate > Gender ratio 5.1 per 100,000 people [13th of 76]
Suicide rate > Males 71.4 per 100,000 people [3rd of 80]
Suicide rate > Young females 9.3 per 100,000 people [5th of 43]
Suicide rate > Young males 35 per 100,000 people [7th of 43]
Teen birth rate 35 [12th of 40]
Tobacco > Adult female smokers 13 [68th of 114]
Tobacco > Adult male smokers 49 [36th of 115]
Tobacco > Total adult smokers 31 [57th of 121]
Total expenditure on health as % of GDP 5.1% [119th of 185]
Tuberculosis cases > Per 100,000 43 [90th of 165]
Tuberculosis cases detected under DOTS > % 83.06 % Time series [39th of 178]
Tuberculosis immunisation 99% [13th of 134]
Tuberculosis treatment success rate > % of registered cases 73.37 % Time series [112nd of 171]
Water availability 14,642 cubic meters [49th of 169]

SOURCES: UNICEF; World Development Indicators database; WHO 2002a; UN (United Nations). 2002. United Nations Population Division Database on Contraceptive Use. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. January. New York; WHO (World Health Organization). 2001. Correspondence on access to essential drugs. Department of Essential Drugs and Medecines Policy. February. Geneva; World Health Organization; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; United Nations, Demographic Yearbook, 1997; 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.; UNICEF; Wikipedia: List of countries by percentage of population suffering from undernourishment ; The World Health Report 2001; calculated on the basis of survival data from 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.; UN (United Nations). 2001. World Population Prospects 1950-2050: The 2000 Revision. Database. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. New York; World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC; ; 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; WHO, World Health Statistics Annual, 1994, Australian Bureau of Statistics, 1994; United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects: The 1994 Revision, 1994; World Health Organization; World Health Organization2005; UNHDR

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Latvia, Republic of Latvia, Latvijas Republika, Latvija

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