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% immunized 1-year-old children > DPT3	95		[66th of 187]
% immunized 1-year-old children > Measles	79		[122nd of 186]
DEFINITION: Health - % immunized 2002 1-year-old children - Measles
SOURCE: UNICEF
% immunized 1-year-old children > Polio3	94		[72nd of 187]
DEFINITION: Health - % immunized 2002 1-year-old children - Polio3
SOURCE: UNICEF
% of population using adequate sanitation facilities > Rural	100		[2nd of 140]
DEFINITION: Health - % of population using adequate sanitation facilities 2000 - Rural
SOURCE: UNICEF
% of population using adequate sanitation facilities > Total	100		[2nd of 144]
DEFINITION: Health - % of population using adequate sanitation facilities 2000 - Total
SOURCE: UNICEF
% of population using adequate sanitation facilities > Urban	100		[2nd of 141]
DEFINITION: Health - % of population using adequate sanitation facilities 2000 - Urban
SOURCE: UNICEF
% of population using improved drinking water sources > Rural	100		[5th of 146]
DEFINITION: Health - % of population using improved drinking water sources 2000 - Rural.
SOURCE: UNICEF
% of population using improved drinking water sources > Total	100		[4th of 150]
DEFINITION: Health - % of population using improved drinking water sources 2000 - Total
SOURCE: UNICEF
% of population using improved drinking water sources > Urban	100		[5th of 147]
DEFINITION: Health - % of population using improved drinking water sources 2000 - Urban
SOURCE: UNICEF
Access to sanitation	100%		[2nd of 129]
DEFINITION: The percentage of the total population with access to sanitation facilities
SOURCE: UNICEF
Acute care beds	4 per 1,000 people		[9th of 22]
DEFINITION: Number of beds for acute care per 1,000 people (Data is for 2001).
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Adolescent fertility rate > births per 1,000 women ages 15-19	4.5 births		[178th of 184]
DEFINITION: Adolescent fertility rate is the number of births per 1,000 women ages 15-19.		View time series
SOURCE: OECD Health Data 2004
Age of women at first childbirth	28.7 years old		[3rd of 17]
DEFINITION: Average age of women at first chilbirth for selected OECD countries.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people	9.6 per 1,000 people		[165th 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: OECD
Births > Low birth weight	6.3%		[13th of 26]
DEFINITION: Percentage of live births classified by the OECD as of low birth weight. Data generally for 2000; in some cases, data is for 1999, 1998, or, in the sole case of Belgium, 1997. Refer to the source for details.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Child injury death index	9.6		[10th of 26]
DEFINITION: Child injury death" index is defined as the annual number of deaths from injuries (unintentional and intentional) among 1 to 14 year old children per 10,000 children of those ages.
SOURCE: OECD
Child maltreatment deaths	0.8 per 100,000 children		[6th of 27]
DEFINITION: Child maltreatment deaths per 100000 population under 15 (1990s).
SOURCE: UNICEF (1995-1998)
Children living with AIDS	300		[71st of 80]
DEFINITION: People living with HIV/AIDS, children (age 0-14)
SOURCE: UNICEF
Circulatory disease deaths	218 deaths per 100,000 peopl		[15th of 18]
DEFINITION: Standardised death rates per 100 000 population (1999).
SOURCE: UNHDR
Contraception	82%		[3rd 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: OECD Health Data 2003 and Health Data 2002. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australia's Health 2002
Contraceptive prevalence > % of women ages 15-49	82 %		[2nd 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
Daily smokers	26.8%		[15th of 30]
DEFINITION: Data on tobacco consumption - this is a percentage of the total population who smoke at least one cigarette a day.(Data for Portugal and Austria is from 2002. All other data is from 2003).
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Daily smokers > 1990	28.2%		[19th of 27]
DEFINITION: Data on tobacco consumption - this is a percentage of the total population who smoked at least one cigarette a day in 1990.
SOURCE: OECD Health Data 2005
Dependency ratio per 100	48		[139th of 166]
DEFINITION: Dependency ratio (per 100), 2003
SOURCE: OECD Health Data 2005
Drinking water availability %	100%		[3rd of 147]
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
Drug access	95%		[5th 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 (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
Duration of hospitalisation	9.3 days		[1st of 16]
DEFINITION: Average length of stay in a hospital per patient admitted to acute care (2000).
SOURCE: WHO (World Health Organization). 2001. Correspondence on access to essential drugs. Department of Essential Drugs and Medecines Policy. February. Geneva
expenditure per capita > current US$	5,571.9 $		[3rd 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: OECD Health Data 2003 and OECD Health Data 2002
expenditure, private > % of GDP	4.77 %		[10th 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	6.73 %		[23rd 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	11.5 %		[6th 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%		[138th of 179]
DEFINITION: External resources for health as % of total expenditure on health, 2002
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Female adults with HIV > % of population ages 15+ with HIV	36.88 %		[58th of 112]
DEFINITION: Female adults with HIV refers to the percentage of women of those ages 15-49 infected with HIV.		View time series
SOURCE: World Health Organization
Fertility rate, total > births per woman	1.42 births per woman		[152nd 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 Development Indicators database
Growth in health expenditure > Per annum	2.5%		[14th of 21]
DEFINITION: Annual real yearly growth in health care expenditure; average for years 1990-2000. 1990-98 for Sweden and Turkey, 1990-99 for Luxembourg and Poland, 1991-2000 for Hungary, 1992-2000 for Germany.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Health care funding > Private per capita	$1,429.00 per capita		[2nd of 25]
DEFINITION: Private funding of health care expenditure, in US $ PPP per capita. Data for 2000.
SOURCE: OECD
Health care funding > Public per capita	$1,793.00 per capita		[7th of 25]
DEFINITION: Public funding of health care expenditure, in US $ PPP per capita. Data for 2000.
SOURCE: OECD
Health care funding > Total per capita	$3,222.00 per capita		[2nd of 25]
DEFINITION: Public and private funding of health care expenditure, in US $ PPP per capita. Data for 2000.
SOURCE: OECD
Healthy life expectancy at birth, years > Females	75.3		[3rd of 186]
DEFINITION: Healthy life expectancy at birth (years) 2002 - Females
SOURCE: OECD
Healthy life expectancy at birth, years > Males	71.1		[4th of 186]
DEFINITION: Healthy life expectancy at birth (years) 2002 - Males
SOURCE: World Health Organization
Healthy life expectancy at birth, years > Total population	73.2		[4th of 186]
DEFINITION: Healthy life expectancy at birth (years) 2002 - Total population
SOURCE: World Health Organization
HIV AIDS > Women living with aids 15-49	0.5		[59th of 114]
DEFINITION: People living with HIV/AIDS, women (age 15-49)
SOURCE: World Health Organization
HIVAIDS > Adult prevalence rate 15-49 years,	0.5		[59th of 145]
DEFINITION: Health - HIV/AIDS - Adult prevalence rate (15-49 years), end-2001
SOURCE: United Nations, Demographic Yearbook, 1997
Hospital beds	18.3 per 1,000 people		[1st of 29]
DEFINITION: Hospital beds per 1,000 people
SOURCE: UNICEF
Hospital beds > per 1,000 people	6 per 1,000 people		[16th 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: OECD
Immunization, DPT > % of children ages 12-23 months	93 %		[89th 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	82 %		[134th 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
Improved sanitation facilities > % of population with access	100 %		[7th of 167]
DEFINITION: Access to improved sanitation facilities refers to the percentage of the population with at least adequate access to excreta disposal facilities that can effectively prevent human, animal, and insect contact with excreta. Improved facilities range from simple but protected pit latrines to flush toilets with a sewerage connection. To be effective, facilities must be correctly constructed and properly maintained.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Improved sanitation facilities, rural > % of rural population with access	100 %		[12th of 167]
DEFINITION: Access to improved sanitation facilities refers to the percentage of the population with at least adequate access to excreta disposal facilities that can effectively prevent human, animal, and insect contact with excreta. Improved facilities range from simple but protected pit latrines to flush toilets with a sewerage connection. To be effective, facilities must be correctly constructed and properly maintained.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Improved sanitation facilities, urban > % of urban population with access	100 %		[19th of 173]
DEFINITION: Access to improved sanitation facilities refers to the percentage of the population with at least adequate access to excreta disposal facilities that can effectively prevent human, animal, and insect contact with excreta. Improved facilities range from simple but protected pit latrines to flush toilets with a sewerage connection. To be effective, facilities must be correctly constructed and properly maintained.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Improved water source > % of population with access	100 %		[11th of 176]
DEFINITION: Access to an improved water source refers to the percentage of the population with reasonable access to an adequate amount of water from an improved source, such as a household connection, public standpipe, borehole, protected well or spring, and rainwater collection. Unimproved sources include vendors, tanker trucks, and unprotected wells and springs. Reasonable access is defined as the availability of at least 20 liters a person a day from a source within one kilometer of the dwelling.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Improved water source, rural > % of rural population with access	100 %		[8th of 174]
DEFINITION: Access to an improved water source refers to the percentage of the population with reasonable access to an adequate amount of water from an improved source, such as a household connection, public standpipe, borehole, protected well or spring, and rainwater collection. Unimproved sources include vendors, tanker trucks, and unprotected wells and springs. Reasonable access is defined as the availability of at least 20 liters a person a day from a source within one kilometer of the dwelling.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Improved water source, urban > % of urban population with access	100 %		[15th of 181]
DEFINITION: Access to an improved water source refers to the percentage of the population with reasonable access to an adequate amount of water from an improved source, such as a household connection, public standpipe, borehole, protected well or spring, and rainwater collection. Unimproved sources include vendors, tanker trucks, and unprotected wells and springs. Reasonable access is defined as the availability of at least 20 liters a person a day from a source within one kilometer of the dwelling.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Incidence of tuberculosis > per 100,000 people	7.28 per 100,000 people		[179th 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
Intestinal diseases death rate	2.97%		[99th 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: World Development Indicators database
life expectancy > Date of information	2006 est.
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: World Health Organisation. 1997-1999 World Health Statistics Annual. Geneva: WHO, 2000
Life expectancy > Female healthy years	74.4 years		[2nd of 29]
DEFINITION: Number of years of life while 'healthy', as defined by the OECD. Estimates for 2001. See source for details.
SOURCE: Wikipedia: List of countries by life expectancy
Life expectancy > Healthy years	72.8 years		[2nd of 29]
DEFINITION: Estimated number of years of life while healthy, as defined by the OECD. Estimates for 2001. See source for details.
SOURCE: OECD
Life expectancy > Male healthy years	71.1 years		[2nd of 29]
DEFINITION: Number of years of life while 'healthy', as defined by the OECD. Estimates for 2001. See the source for details.
SOURCE: OECD
Life expectancy at birth, female > years	83.9 years		[4th 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: OECD
Life expectancy at birth, male > years	78.7 years		[3rd 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	81.24 years		[3rd 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	83		[7th of 186]
DEFINITION: Life expectancy at birth (years) 2003 - Females
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Life expectancy at birth, years > Males	78		[3rd of 186]
DEFINITION: Life expectancy at birth (years) 2003 - Males
SOURCE: World Health Organization
Life expectancy at birth, years > Total population	81		[3rd of 186]
DEFINITION: Life expectancy at birth (years) 2003 - Total population
SOURCE: World Health Organization
Maternal mortality	5 per 100,000		[131st 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 Health Organization
Measles immunization	81		[112nd 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.
Motor vehicle deaths	8.6 deaths per 100,000 peopl		[15th of 17]
DEFINITION: Fatalities per 100000 population due to motor vehicle accidents (1999).
SOURCE: UNICEF
Nurses	10.7 per 1,000 people		[5th of 17]
DEFINITION: Number of nurses per 1,000 people. Data is for 2000.
SOURCE: GECD Health Data 2002
Obesity	7.7%		[27th of 29]
DEFINITION: Percentage of total population who have a BMI (body mass index) greater than 30 Kg/sq.meters (Data for Australia, Austria and Portugal is from 2002. All other data is from 2003). Obesity rates are defined as the percentage of the population with a Body Mass Index (BMI) over 30. The BMI is a single number that evaluates an individual's weight status in relation to height (weight/height2, with weight in kilograms and height in metres). For Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, figures are based on health examinations, rather than self-reported information. Obesity estimates derived from health examinations are generally higher and more reliable than those coming from self-reports, because they preclude any misreporting of people's height and weight. However, health examinations are only conducted regularly in a few countries (OECD).
SOURCE: OECD Health Data 2003
Obesity in men	7.9%		[10th of 11]
DEFINITION: Percentage of men who have a BMI (body mass index) greater than 30 Kg/sq.meters (Data for 2002).
SOURCE: OECD Health Data 2005
Obesity in women	7.5%		[10th of 11]
DEFINITION: Percentage of women who have a BMI (body mass index) greater than 30 Kg/sq.meters (Data for 2002).
SOURCE: OECD Health Data 2004
Out-of-pocket expenditure as % of private health expenditure	74.8%		[142nd of 185]
DEFINITION: Out-of-pocket expenditure on health as % of private expenditure on health, 2002
SOURCE: OECD Health Data 2004
Out-of-pocket health expenditure > % of private expenditure on health	76.7 %		[127th 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
Overall health performance	68%		[19th of 19]
DEFINITION: List the overall health performance by country. A ranking of 100 represents the highest ranking of health performance.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Per capita government expenditure on health in international dollars	1,995		[12th of 185]
DEFINITION: Per capita government expenditure on health in international dollars, 2002
SOURCE: World Health Organisation
Per capita total expenditure on health in international dollars	3,446		[3rd of 185]
DEFINITION: Per capita total expenditure on health in international dollars, 2002
SOURCE: World Health Organization
Percentage of life lived in ill health > Female	10.2%		[29th of 29]
DEFINITION: Estimated percentage of total years of expected lifespan to be lived in ill health. Estimated for females at birth. Data for 2001. See source for further details.
SOURCE: World Health Organization
Percentage of life lived in ill health > Males	8%		[28th of 29]
DEFINITION: Estimated percentage of total years of expected lifespan to be lived in ill health. Estimated for males at birth. Data for 2001. See source for further details.
SOURCE: OECD
Physicians > per 1,000 people	3.6 per 1,000 people		[8th 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: OECD
Practising physicians	3.6 per 1,000 people		[5th of 24]
DEFINITION: Number of doctors in the country per 1,000 people (Data for 2002).
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Prepaid plans as % of private expenditure on health	22.9%		[22nd of 159]
DEFINITION: Prepaid plans as % of private expenditure on health, 2002
SOURCE: OECD Health Data 2004
Prevalence of HIV, total > % of population ages 15-49	0.4 %		[80th of 148]
DEFINITION: Prevalence of HIV refers to the percentage of people ages 15-49 who are infected with HIV.		View time series
SOURCE: World Health Organization
Prevalence of undernourishment > % of population	2.5 %		[171st 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 Development Indicators database
Private expenditure on health as % of total expenditure on health	42.1%		[91st 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	6 per 1,000 people		[162nd of 187]
DEFINITION: Probability of females dying before reaching the age of 5. (2003)
SOURCE: World Health Organization
Probability of not reaching 60	9.6%		[38th of 48]
DEFINITION: Probability at birth of not reaching the age of 40.
SOURCE: The World Health Report 2001
Probability of reaching 65 > Female	90.5%		[6th of 159]
DEFINITION: Probability at birth of reaching the age of 65.
SOURCE: 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
Probability of reaching 65 > Male	82.2%		[10th 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.
Public spending as % of total	57.9%		[22nd of 25]
DEFINITION: Public expenditure on health as a % of total expenditure on health (Data for year 2002).
SOURCE: UN (United Nations). 2001. World Population Prospects 1950-2050: The 2000 Revision. Database. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. New York
Red Cross donations	99,602,800		[2nd of 37]
DEFINITION: Amounts of the contributions to the International Committee of the Red Cross by the Council of Europe member states and states with an observer status in the PACE in the period from 1996 to 2000 (in Swiss Francs)
SOURCE: OECD Health Data 2004
Respiratory disease child death rate	1.93 (est)
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: International Committee of the Red Cross
SARS fatalities	0		[21st of 29]
DEFINITION: Number of deaths
SOURCE: World Health Organisation. 1997-1999 World Health Statistics Annual. Geneva: WHO, 2000
SARS fatality ratio %	0%		[21st of 29]
DEFINITION: Case fatality ratio (%)
SOURCE: WHO, SARS Summary
SARS female cases %	0%		[23rd of 29]
DEFINITION: Percentage of the female population relative to the total infected population
SOURCE: WHO, SARS Summary
SARS median age range	35		[19th of 29]
DEFINITION: Median age range for SARS infected persons
SOURCE: WHO, SARS Summary
SARS total cases	1		[24th of 29]
DEFINITION: Total cases of SARS in given countries
SOURCE: WHO, SARS Summary
Smoking prevalence, females > % of adults	23.1 %		[7th 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	26.5 %		[14th 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
Spending > Per person	3,857		[2nd of 133]
DEFINITION: Spending per capita (PPP) in $US 1998.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Spending > Private	2.8		[44th of 141]
DEFINITION: Private expenditure on health as a percentage of GDP 1998.
SOURCE: World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC
Spending > Public	7.6%
DEFINITION: World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC.
SOURCE: World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC
Suicide rate > Gender ratio	2.7 per 100,000 people		[50th of 76]
DEFINITION: Suicide rates per 100,000 people
Suicide rate > Middle aged	33		[10th of 34]
DEFINITION: Proportion of suicides where person was aged 45-64 (latest years available)
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
Suicide rate > Young females	4.8 per 100,000 people		[22nd of 43]
DEFINITION: Suicide death rates (per 100,000 of population) among 15 to 24 year-olds, various countries, latest available data, 1991 to 1993
SOURCE: World Health Organization
Suicide rate > Young males	25 per 100,000 people		[11th of 43]
DEFINITION: Suicide death rates (per 100,000 of population) among 15 to 24 year-olds, various countries, latest available data, 1991 to 1993
SOURCE: WHO, World Health Statistics Annual, 1994, Australian Bureau of Statistics, 1994
Teen birth rate	5		[41st of 40]
DEFINITION: Average number of births for every 1,000 girls aged 15 to 19
SOURCE: WHO, World Health Statistics Annual, 1994, Australian Bureau of Statistics, 1994
Teenage pregnancy	1,092 births		[24th of 26]
DEFINITION: Number of births to women aged below twenty. Data for 1998.
SOURCE: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects: The 1994 Revision, 1994
Teenage pregnancy > Share	2%		[26th of 26]
DEFINITION: Percentage of 20 year old women who gave birth to a child whilst in their teens.
SOURCE: UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre
Tobacco > Adult female smokers	28		[23rd of 114]
DEFINITION: Total adult females smoking
SOURCE: UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre
Tobacco > Adult male smokers	39		[59th of 115]
DEFINITION: Total adult males smoking
SOURCE: World Health Organization
Tobacco > Total adult smokers	33.5		[41st of 121]
DEFINITION: Total adults smoking
SOURCE: World Health Organization
Total expenditure as % of GDP	10.9 % of GDP		[2nd of 28]
DEFINITION: Total expenditure on health in the country given as a percentage of its GDP (Data for 2001).
SOURCE: World Health Organization2005
Total expenditure on health as % of GDP	11.2%		[4th of 185]
DEFINITION: Total expenditure on health as % of GDP, 2002
SOURCE: OECD Health Data 2004
Total fertility rate	1.4		[152nd of 166]
DEFINITION: Total fertility rate, 2003
SOURCE: World Health Organization
Transplants > Heart	14 heart transplants		[21st of 30]
DEFINITION: The number of heart transplants in the nation in 2002. (If the surveyed year is different, it is given in brackets).
SOURCE: World Health Organization
Transplants > Kidney	242 kidney transplants		[18th of 47]
DEFINITION: The number of kidney transplants in the nation in 2002. (If the surveyed year is different, it is given in brackets).
SOURCE: Abstracted from center-specific counts (Worldwide Transplant Center Directory, 2002)
Transplants > Kidney and pancreas	13 kidney-pancreas transpla		[10th of 17]
DEFINITION: The number of kidney-pancreas transplants in the nation in 2002. (If the surveyed year is different, it is given in brackets).
SOURCE: Abstracted from center-specific counts (Worldwide Transplant Center Directory, 2002)
Transplants > Liver	84 liver transplants		[15th of 29]
DEFINITION: The number of liver transplants in the nation in 2002.(If the surveyed year is different, it is given in brackets).
SOURCE: Abstracted from center-specific counts (Worldwide Transplant Center Directory, 2002)
Transplants > Lung	26 lung transplants		[8th of 16]
DEFINITION: The number of lung transplants in the nation in 2002. (If the surveyed year is different, it is given in brackets).
SOURCE: Abstracted from center-specific counts (Worldwide Transplant Center Directory, 2002)
Transplants > Total	379 transplants		[16th of 49]
DEFINITION: The total of our statistics for kidney, liver, pancreas, kidney-pancreas, heart, lung, heart-lung and intestine transplants. Note that, in some cases, the figures for each individual organ type were taken in different years (either 2000, 2001, or 2002). Thus these totals are suggestive but not conclusive.
SOURCE: Abstracted from center-specific counts (Worldwide Transplant Center Directory, 2002)
Tuberculosis cases > Per 100,000	5		[146th of 165]
DEFINITION: Tuberculosis cases (per 100,000 people)
SOURCE: Abstracted from center-specific counts (Worldwide Transplant Center Directory, 2002)
Water availability	7,462 cubic meters		[71st of 169]
DEFINITION: Water resources: total renewable per capita (m3/capita year)
SOURCE: UNHDR
Years lived in ill health > Female	8.4 years		[29th of 29]
DEFINITION: Average number of years that females will live in ill health; estimated at birth. Data for 2001. See source for details.
Years lived in ill health > Male	6.2 years		[27th of 29]
DEFINITION: Average number of years that males will live in ill health; estimated at birth. Data for 2001. See source for details.
SOURCE: OECD

Interesting facts on Swiss Health

• 22% of American women aged 20 gave birth while in their teens. In Switzerland and Japan, only 2% did so.
• Sick people is Switzerland stay in hospital for longer than the people of any other nation - almost 10 days, on average. Switzerland also has the world\'s highest number of hospital beds per capita.

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