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% immunized 1-year-old children > DPT3	95		[66th of 187]
% immunized 1-year-old children > Measles	79		[122nd of 186]
% immunized 1-year-old children > Polio3	94		[72nd of 187]
% of population using adequate sanitation facilities > Rural	100		[2nd of 140]
% of population using adequate sanitation facilities > Total	100		[2nd of 144]
% of population using adequate sanitation facilities > Urban	100		[2nd of 141]
% of population using improved drinking water sources > Rural	100		[5th of 146]
% of population using improved drinking water sources > Total	100		[4th of 150]
% of population using improved drinking water sources > Urban	100		[5th of 147]
Access to sanitation	100%		[2nd of 129]
Acute care beds	4 per 1,000 people		[9th of 22]
Adolescent fertility rate > births per 1,000 women ages 15-19	4.5 births		[178th of 184]
Age of women at first childbirth	28.7 years old		[3rd of 17]
Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people	9.6 per 1,000 people		[165th of 195]
Births > Low birth weight	6.3%		[13th of 26]
Child injury death index	9.6		[10th of 26]
Child maltreatment deaths	0.8 per 100,000 children		[6th of 27]
Children living with AIDS	300		[71st of 80]
Children living with AIDS (per capita)	0.0400588 per 1,000 people		[59th of 80]
Circulatory disease deaths	218 deaths per 100,000 peopl		[15th of 18]
Contraception	82%		[3rd of 89]
Contraceptive prevalence > % of women ages 15-49	82 %		[2nd of 57]
Daily smokers	26.8%		[15th of 30]
Daily smokers > 1990	28.2%		[19th of 27]
Dependency ratio per 100	48		[139th of 166]
Drinking water availability %	100%		[3rd of 147]
Drug access	95%		[5th of 163]
Duration of hospitalisation	9.3 days		[1st of 16]
expenditure per capita > current US$	5,571.9 $		[3rd of 186]
expenditure, private > % of GDP	4.77 %		[10th of 187]
expenditure, public > % of GDP	6.73 %		[23rd of 187]
expenditure, total > % of GDP	11.5 %		[6th of 187]
External resources for health as % of total expenditure on health	0%		[138th of 179]
Female adults with HIV > % of population ages 15+ with HIV	36.88 %		[58th of 112]
Fertility rate, total > births per woman	1.42 births per woman		[152nd of 194]
Growth in health expenditure > Per annum	2.5%		[14th of 21]
Health care funding > Private per capita	$1,429.00 per capita		[2nd of 25]
Health care funding > Public per capita	$1,793.00 per capita		[7th of 25]
Health care funding > Total per capita	$3,222.00 per capita		[2nd of 25]
Healthy life expectancy at birth, years > Females	75.3		[3rd of 186]
Healthy life expectancy at birth, years > Males	71.1		[4th of 186]
Healthy life expectancy at birth, years > Total population	73.2		[4th of 186]
HIV AIDS > Adult prevalence rate	0.4%		[74th of 136]
HIV AIDS > People living with HIV AIDS	13,000		[81st of 126]
HIV AIDS > People living with HIV AIDS (per capita)	1.798 per 1,000 people		[72nd of 126]
HIV AIDS > Women living with aids 15-49	0.5		[59th of 114]
HIVAIDS > Adult prevalence rate 15-49 years,	0.5		[59th of 145]
Hospital beds	18.3 per 1,000 people		[1st of 29]
Hospital beds > per 1,000 people	6 per 1,000 people		[16th of 149]
Immunization, DPT > % of children ages 12-23 months	93 %		[89th of 190]
Immunization, measles > % of children ages 12-23 months	82 %		[134th of 190]
Improved sanitation facilities > % of population with access	100 %		[7th of 167]
Improved sanitation facilities, rural > % of rural population with access	100 %		[12th of 167]
Improved sanitation facilities, urban > % of urban population with access	100 %		[19th of 173]
Improved water source > % of population with access	100 %		[11th of 176]
Improved water source, rural > % of rural population with access	100 %		[8th of 174]
Improved water source, urban > % of urban population with access	100 %		[15th of 181]
Incidence of tuberculosis > per 100,000 people	7.28 per 100,000 people		[179th of 200]
Infant mortality rate > Female	3.73 deaths/1,000 live births		[204th of 225]
Infant mortality rate > Male	4.71 deaths/1,000 live births		[202nd of 225]
Infant mortality rate > Total	4.23 deaths/1,000 live births		[207th of 225]
Intestinal diseases death rate	2.97%		[99th of 141]
life expectancy > Date of information	2006 est.
Life expectancy > Female healthy years	74.4 years		[2nd of 29]
Life expectancy > Healthy years	72.8 years		[2nd of 29]
Life expectancy > Male healthy years	71.1 years		[2nd of 29]
Life expectancy at birth > Female	83.71 years		[12th of 226]
Life expectancy at birth > Male	77.91 years		[14th of 226]
Life expectancy at birth > Total population	80.74 years		[11th of 225]
Life expectancy at birth, female > years	83.9 years		[4th of 194]
Life expectancy at birth, male > years	78.7 years		[3rd of 194]
Life expectancy at birth, total > years	81.24 years		[3rd of 194]
Life expectancy at birth, years > Females	83		[7th of 186]
Life expectancy at birth, years > Males	78		[3rd of 186]
Life expectancy at birth, years > Total population	81		[3rd of 186]
Maternal mortality	5 per 100,000		[131st of 136]
Measles immunization	81		[112nd of 168]
Motor vehicle deaths	8.6 deaths per 100,000 peopl		[15th of 17]
Nurses	10.7 per 1,000 people		[5th of 17]
Obesity	7.7%		[27th of 29]
Obesity in men	7.9%		[10th of 11]
Obesity in women	7.5%		[10th of 11]
Out-of-pocket expenditure as % of private health expenditure	74.8%		[142nd of 185]
Out-of-pocket health expenditure > % of private expenditure on health	76.7 %		[127th of 185]
Overall health performance	68%		[19th of 19]
Overall health performance (per capita)	0.091 % per 10,000 people		[11th of 19]
Per capita government expenditure on health in international dollars	1,995		[12th of 185]
Per capita total expenditure on health in international dollars	3,446		[3rd of 185]
Percentage of life lived in ill health > Female	10.2%		[29th of 29]
Percentage of life lived in ill health > Males	8%		[28th of 29]
Physicians > per 1,000 people	3.6 per 1,000 people		[8th of 148]
Plastic surgery procedures	16,073		[9th of 34]
Plastic surgery procedures (per capita)	214.621 per 100,000 people		[1st of 34]
Practising physicians	3.6 per 1,000 people		[5th of 24]
Prepaid plans as % of private expenditure on health	22.9%		[22nd of 159]
Prevalence of HIV, total > % of population ages 15-49	0.4 %		[80th of 148]
Prevalence of undernourishment > % of population	2.5 %		[171st of 172]
Private expenditure on health as % of total expenditure on health	42.1%		[91st of 185]
Probability of dying before 5 > Females	6 per 1,000 people		[162nd of 187]
Probability of not reaching 60	9.6%		[38th of 48]
Probability of reaching 65 > Female	90.5%		[6th of 159]
Probability of reaching 65 > Male	82.2%		[10th of 159]
Public spending as % of total	57.9%		[22nd of 25]
Red Cross donations	99,602,800		[2nd of 37]
Respiratory disease child death rate	1.93 (est)
SARS fatalities	0		[21st of 29]
SARS fatality ratio %	0%		[21st of 29]
SARS female cases %	0%		[23rd of 29]
SARS median age range	35		[19th of 29]
SARS total cases	1		[24th of 29]
Smoking prevalence, females > % of adults	23.1 %		[7th of 43]
Smoking prevalence, males > % of adults	26.5 %		[14th of 42]
Spending > Per person	3,857		[2nd of 133]
Spending > Private	2.8		[44th of 141]
Spending > Public	7.6%
Suicide rate > Females	11.1 per 100,000 people		[14th of 80]
Suicide rate > Gender ratio	2.7 per 100,000 people		[50th of 76]
Suicide rate > Males	29.5 per 100,000 people		[17th of 80]
Suicide rate > Middle aged	33		[10th of 34]
Suicide rate > Young females	4.8 per 100,000 people		[22nd of 43]
Suicide rate > Young males	25 per 100,000 people		[11th of 43]
Teen birth rate	5		[41st of 40]
Teenage pregnancy	1,092 births		[24th of 26]
Teenage pregnancy (per capita)	145.814 births per 1 million peo		[25th of 26]
Teenage pregnancy > Share	2%		[26th of 26]
Tobacco > Adult female smokers	28		[23rd of 114]
Tobacco > Adult male smokers	39		[59th of 115]
Tobacco > Total adult smokers	33.5		[41st of 121]
Total expenditure as % of GDP	10.9 % of GDP		[2nd of 28]
Total expenditure on health as % of GDP	11.2%		[4th of 185]
Total fertility rate	1.4		[152nd of 166]
Transplants > Heart	14 heart transplants		[21st of 30]
Transplants > Heart (per capita)	1.86941 heart transplants per 1		[16th of 30]
Transplants > Kidney	242 kidney transplants		[18th of 47]
Transplants > Kidney (per capita)	32.3141 kidney transplants per 1		[7th of 47]
Transplants > Kidney and pancreas	13 kidney-pancreas transpla		[10th of 17]
Transplants > Kidney and pancreas (per capita)	1.73588 kidney-pancreas transpla		[4th of 17]
Transplants > Liver	84 liver transplants		[15th of 29]
Transplants > Liver (per capita)	11.2165 liver transplants per 1		[7th of 29]
Transplants > Lung	26 lung transplants		[8th of 16]
Transplants > Lung (per capita)	3.47176 lung transplants per 1 m		[4th of 16]
Transplants > Total	379 transplants		[16th of 49]
Transplants > Total (per capita)	50.6076 transplants per 1 millio		[6th of 49]
Tuberculosis cases > Per 100,000	5		[146th of 165]
Water availability	7,462 cubic meters		[71st of 169]
Years lived in ill health > Female	8.4 years		[29th of 29]
Years lived in ill health > Male	6.2 years		[27th of 29]

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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