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% immunized 1-year-old children > DPT3	94		[74th of 187]
% immunized 1-year-old children > HepB3	88		[61st of 114]
DEFINITION: Health - % immunized 2002 1-year-old children - HepB3
SOURCE: UNICEF
% immunized 1-year-old children > Measles	91		[79th of 186]
DEFINITION: Health - % immunized 2002 1-year-old children - Measles
SOURCE: UNICEF
% immunized 1-year-old children > Polio3	90		[99th of 187]
DEFINITION: Health - % immunized 2002 1-year-old children - Polio3
SOURCE: UNICEF
% of population using adequate sanitation facilities > Rural	100		[15th of 140]
DEFINITION: Health - % of population using adequate sanitation facilities 2000 - Rural
SOURCE: UNICEF
% of population using adequate sanitation facilities > Total	100		[14th of 144]
DEFINITION: Health - % of population using adequate sanitation facilities 2000 - Total
SOURCE: UNICEF
% of population using adequate sanitation facilities > Urban	100		[18th of 141]
DEFINITION: Health - % of population using adequate sanitation facilities 2000 - Urban
SOURCE: UNICEF
% of population using improved drinking water sources > Rural	100		[16th of 146]
DEFINITION: Health - % of population using improved drinking water sources 2000 - Rural.
SOURCE: UNICEF
% of population using improved drinking water sources > Total	100		[1st of 150]
DEFINITION: Health - % of population using improved drinking water sources 2000 - Total
SOURCE: UNICEF
% of population using improved drinking water sources > Urban	100		[12th of 147]
DEFINITION: Health - % of population using improved drinking water sources 2000 - Urban
SOURCE: UNICEF
% of routine EPI vaccines financed by government > Total	56		[102nd of 133]
DEFINITION: Health - % of routine EPI vaccines financed by government 2002 - Total
SOURCE: UNICEF
ABO and Rh distribution > A−	6 %		[5th of 9]
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: UNICEF
ABO and Rh distribution > A+	34 %		[7th of 10]
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Blood type
ABO and Rh distribution > AB−	1 %		[2nd of 9]
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Blood type
ABO and Rh distribution > AB+	3 %		[8th of 10]
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Blood type
ABO and Rh distribution > B−	2 %		[1st of 9]
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Blood type
ABO and Rh distribution > B+	9 %		[7th of 10]
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Blood type
ABO and Rh distribution > O−	7 %		[4th of 9]
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Blood type
ABO and Rh distribution > O+	38 %		[4th of 10]
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Blood type
Abortion law > North & Central America > Mental Health	Yes
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Blood type
Abortions	1,210,880		[2nd of 19]
DEFINITION: Legal abortions
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Abortion law
Access to sanitation	100%		[10th of 129]
DEFINITION: The percentage of the total population with access to sanitation facilities
SOURCE: UNHDR
Acute care beds	2.9 per 1,000 people		[19th 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	49.83 births		[83rd 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	24.9 years old		[15th 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	14 per 1,000 people		[132nd 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	7.8%		[5th 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
Births attended by skilled health staff > % of total	99 %		[8th 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: OECD
Births by caesarean section	211 live births per 1,000 pe		[3rd of 16]
DEFINITION: Number of births by caesarean section per 1000 live births (year 2000).
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Births with health staff	99%		[15th 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: OECD Health Data 2003 and OECD Health Data 2002
Breast cancer incidence	21.2 per 100,000 females		[17th of 26]
DEFINITION: Breast cancer incidence per 100,000 females.
SOURCE: WHO 2002a
Child injury death index	14.1		[4th 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: World Health Organization
Child maltreatment deaths	2.2 per 100,000 children		[1st of 27]
DEFINITION: Child maltreatment deaths per 100000 population under 15 (1990s).
SOURCE: UNICEF (1995-1998)
Children living with AIDS	10,000		[35th of 80]
DEFINITION: People living with HIV/AIDS, children (age 0-14)
SOURCE: UNICEF
Circulatory disease deaths	265 deaths per 100,000 peopl		[5th of 18]
DEFINITION: Standardised death rates per 100 000 population (1999).
SOURCE: UNHDR
Consultation with doctors	8.9 per person per year		[2nd of 15]
DEFINITION: Average number of visits to a doctor per person per year Data is for 2000.
SOURCE: OECD Health Data 2003 and Health Data 2002. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australia's Health 2002
Contraception	76%		[8th 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 plus OECD Health Data 2002
Contraceptive prevalence > % of women ages 15-49	64.2 %		[7th 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	17.5%		[29th 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	25.6%		[26th 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
Death from cancer	321.9 deaths per 100,000 peopl		[9th of 16]
DEFINITION: Cancer death incidence (per 100 000 population) for year 2000.
SOURCE: OECD Health Data 2005
Dependency ratio per 100	51		[126th of 166]
DEFINITION: Dependency ratio (per 100), 2003
SOURCE: OECD Health Data 2004
Digestive disease deaths	20.5 per 100,000 people		[16th of 26]
DEFINITION: Diseases of the digestive system deaths per 100,000 population (1995-1998)
SOURCE: World Health Organization
Drinking water availability %	100%		[14th 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%		[27th 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	5.8 days		[12th 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$	6,096.2 $		[1st 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	8.52 %		[1st 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	6.88 %		[21st 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	15.4 %		[1st 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%		[158th 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	25 %		[91st 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	2.05 births per woman		[117th 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	3.2%		[8th 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	$2,580.00 per capita		[1st 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	$2,051.00 per capita		[3rd 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	$4,631.00 per capita		[1st 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	71.3		[28th of 186]
DEFINITION: Healthy life expectancy at birth (years) 2002 - Females
SOURCE: OECD
Healthy life expectancy at birth, years > Males	67.2		[29th of 186]
DEFINITION: Healthy life expectancy at birth (years) 2002 - Males
SOURCE: World Health Organization
Healthy life expectancy at birth, years > Total population	69.3		[29th of 186]
DEFINITION: Healthy life expectancy at birth (years) 2002 - Total population
SOURCE: World Health Organization
Heart disease deaths	106.5 per 100,000 people		[13th of 26]
DEFINITION: Heart disease deaths per 100000 population (1995-1998)
SOURCE: World Health Organization
HIV AIDS > Women living with aids 15-49	0.61		[55th of 114]
DEFINITION: People living with HIV/AIDS, women (age 15-49)
SOURCE: World Health Organization
HIVAIDS > Adult prevalence rate 15-49 years,	0.6		[57th of 145]
DEFINITION: Health - HIV/AIDS - Adult prevalence rate (15-49 years), end-2001
SOURCE: United Nations, Demographic Yearbook, 1997
Hospital beds	3.6 per 1,000 people		[27th of 29]
DEFINITION: Hospital beds per 1,000 people
SOURCE: UNICEF
Hospital beds > per 1,000 people	3.3 per 1,000 people		[37th 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	96 %		[54th 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	93 %		[86th 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 %		[17th 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 %		[20th 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 %		[26th 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 %		[15th 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 %		[18th 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 %		[55th 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	4.53 per 100,000 people		[194th 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	7.35%		[84th 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	68.8 years		[24th 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	67.6 years		[22nd 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	66.4 years		[22nd 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	80.67 years		[35th 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	74.89 years		[36th 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	77.71 years		[34th 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	80		[30th of 186]
DEFINITION: Life expectancy at birth (years) 2003 - Females
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Life expectancy at birth, years > Males	75		[30th of 186]
DEFINITION: Life expectancy at birth (years) 2003 - Males
SOURCE: World Health Organization
Life expectancy at birth, years > Total population	77		[31st of 186]
DEFINITION: Life expectancy at birth (years) 2003 - Total population
SOURCE: World Health Organization
Malnutrition prevalence, height for age > % of children under 5	1.1 %		[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	1.6 %		[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	8 per 100,000		[121st 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	92		[67th 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	15.5 deaths per 100,000 peopl		[1st of 17]
DEFINITION: Fatalities per 100000 population due to motor vehicle accidents (1999).
SOURCE: UNICEF
Nurses	8.1 per 1,000 people		[14th of 17]
DEFINITION: Number of nurses per 1,000 people. Data is for 2000.
SOURCE: GECD Health Data 2002
Nutrition > % of under-fives suffering from stunting moderate & severe	2		[131st of 132]
DEFINITION: Health - Nutrition - % of under-fives (1995-2002) suffering from: stunting moderate & severe
SOURCE: OECD Health Data 2003
Nutrition > % of under-fives suffering from underweight moderate & severe	1		[137th of 137]
DEFINITION: Health - Nutrition - % of under-fives (1995-2002) suffering from: underweight moderate & severe
SOURCE: UNICEF
Nutrition > % of under-fives suffering from wasting moderate & severe	1		[124th of 128]
DEFINITION: Health - Nutrition - % of under-fives (1995-2002) suffering from: wasting moderate & severe
SOURCE: UNICEF
Obesity	30.6%		[1st 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: UNICEF
Out-of-pocket expenditure as % of private health expenditure	25.4%		[181st of 185]
DEFINITION: Out-of-pocket expenditure on health as % of private expenditure on health, 2002
SOURCE: OECD Health Data 2005
Out-of-pocket health expenditure > % of private expenditure on health	23.8 %		[181st 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	2,368		[5th 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	5,274		[1st 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	13.5%		[6th 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	10.8%		[9th 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	2.3 per 1,000 people		[31st 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
Pregnant women receiving prenatal care > %	99 %		[1st 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: World Development Indicators database
Prepaid plans as % of private expenditure on health	65.7%		[4th of 159]
DEFINITION: Prepaid plans as % of private expenditure on health, 2002
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Prevalence of HIV, total > % of population ages 15-49	0.6 %		[69th 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 %		[164th 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	55.1%		[52nd 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	8 per 1,000 people		[156th of 187]
DEFINITION: Probability of females dying before reaching the age of 5. (2003)
SOURCE: World Health Organization
Probability of not reaching 60	12.8%		[25th of 48]
DEFINITION: Probability at birth of not reaching the age of 40.
SOURCE: The World Health Report 2001
Probability of reaching 65 > Female	85.7%		[33rd 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	77.4%		[32nd 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	44.9%		[24th 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	221,259,000		[1st 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	40.43 (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
Respiratory disease deaths	51.6 per 100,000 people		[8th of 26]
DEFINITION: Diseases of the respiratory system deaths per 100,000 population (1995-1998)
SOURCE: World Health Organisation. 1997-1999 World Health Statistics Annual. Geneva: WHO, 2000
SARS fatalities	0		[17th of 29]
DEFINITION: Number of deaths
SOURCE: World Health Organization
SARS fatality ratio %	0%		[17th of 29]
DEFINITION: Case fatality ratio (%)
SOURCE: WHO, SARS Summary
SARS female cases %	48%		[15th of 29]
DEFINITION: Percentage of the female population relative to the total infected population
SOURCE: WHO, SARS Summary
SARS median age range	33		[20th of 29]
DEFINITION: Median age range for SARS infected persons
SOURCE: WHO, SARS Summary
SARS total cases	29		[7th of 29]
DEFINITION: Total cases of SARS in given countries
SOURCE: WHO, SARS Summary
Smoking prevalence, females > % of adults	19.2 %		[13th 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	24.1 %		[28th 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	4,271		[1st of 133]
DEFINITION: Spending per capita (PPP) in $US 1998.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Spending > Private	7.1		[3rd 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	5.7% (1999)
DEFINITION: World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC.
SOURCE: World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC
Stomach cancer deaths	3.4		[26th of 26]
DEFINITION: Stomach cancer deaths per 100,000 population (1995-1998)
Suicide rate > Gender ratio	4.5 per 100,000 people		[17th of 76]
DEFINITION: Suicide rates per 100,000 people
SOURCE: World Health Organization
Suicide rate > Middle aged	27		[25th 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	3.8 per 100,000 people		[27th 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	21.9 per 100,000 people		[15th 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	64		[1st 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	494,357 births		[1st 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	22%		[1st 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 > Cigarrete imports	11,500 million of cigarettes		[14th of 15]
DEFINITION: Millions of cigarettes imported in 2000.
SOURCE: UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre
Total expenditure as % of GDP	13.9 % of GDP		[1st of 28]
DEFINITION: Total expenditure on health in the country given as a percentage of its GDP (Data for 2001).
SOURCE: USDA/FAS
Total expenditure on health as % of GDP	14.6%		[1st of 185]
DEFINITION: Total expenditure on health as % of GDP, 2002
SOURCE: OECD Health Data 2004
Total fertility rate	2.1		[120th of 166]
DEFINITION: Total fertility rate, 2003
SOURCE: World Health Organization
Tuberculosis cases > Per 100,000	2		[165th of 165]
DEFINITION: Tuberculosis cases (per 100,000 people)
SOURCE: World Health Organization
Tuberculosis cases detected under DOTS > %	85.12 %		[33rd 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	60.73 %		[154th 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
Years lived in ill health > Female	10.7 years		[4th of 29]
DEFINITION: Average number of years that females will live in ill health; estimated at birth. Data for 2001. See source for details.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Years lived in ill health > Male	8 years		[7th 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

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