Health
LIFE EXPECTANCY
 | | | Life expectancy at birth(b) | | Healthy life expectancy at birth(c) |
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| Reference year | Infant mortality rate(a)(b) | Males | Females | Reference year | Males | Females |
| Country | | rate | years | years | | years | years |
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| Australia | 2000-2005 | r6 | r76.4 | r82.0 | 2001 | 70.1 | 73.2 |
| Canada | 2000-2005 | 5 | r76.7 | r81.9 | 2001 | 68.2 | 71.6 |
| China (excludes SARs and Taiwan Province) | 2000-2005 | 37 | r68.9 | r73.3 | 2001 | 62.0 | 64.3 |
| France | 2000-2005 | 5 | r75.2 | r82.8 | 2001 | 69.0 | 73.5 |
| Greece | 2000-2005 | 6 | r75.7 | r80.9 | 2001 | 69.0 | 71.9 |
| Hong Kong (SAR of China) | 2000-2005 | 4 | r77.3 | r82.8 | . . | n.a. | n.a. |
| Indonesia | 2000-2005 | r42 | r64.8 | r68.8 | 2001 | 56.1 | 57.2 |
| Italy | 2000-2005 | 5 | r75.5 | r81.9 | 2001 | 69.2 | 72.9 |
| Japan | 2000-2005 | 3 | r77.9 | r85.1 | 2001 | 71.4 | 75.8 |
| Korea (Republic of) | 2000-2005 | r5 | r71.8 | r79.3 | 2002 | 64.5 | 70.3 |
| Malaysia | 2000-2005 | 10 | r70.8 | r75.7 | 2001 | 57.6 | 63.2 |
| New Zealand | 2000-2005 | 6 | r75.8 | r80.7 | 2001 | 69.1 | 71.5 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2000-2005 | 62 | r56.8 | r58.7 | 2001 | 47.9 | 51.8 |
| Singapore | 2000-2005 | r3 | 75.9 | 80.3 | 2001 | 67.9 | 69.5 |
| Sweden | 2000-2005 | 3 | r77.6 | r82.6 | 2001 | 70.5 | 73.2 |
| United Kingdom | 2000-2005 | 5 | r75.7 | r80.7 | 2001 | 68.4 | 70.9 |
| United States of America | 2000-2005 | 7 | r74.3 | r79.9 | 2001 | 66.4 | 68.8 |
| Viet Nam | 2000-2005 | 34 | 66.9 | 71.6 | 2001 | 55.9 | 61.4 |
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(a) Per 1,000 live births.
(b) Medium variant projection.
(c) Healthy life expectancy at birth summarises the expected number of years to be lived in what might be termed the equivalent years of 'full health'.
Source: Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations, Secretariat World Population Prospects: The 2002 Revision and World Population Prospects: The 2001 Revision </esa.un.org/unpp>, accessed 7 April 2003; The World Health Organization, The World Health Report 2002: Reducing risks, promoting healthy life <www.who.int/whr/2002/whr2002_annex4.pdf>, accessed 7 April 2003.
HEALTH SERVICES AND EXPENDITURE
| Reference year | Health expenditure as % of GDP | Health expenditure per capita at PPP(a) | Reference year | Doctors per 1,000 population | Reference year | Acute hospital beds per 1,000 population |
| Country | | % | $US '000 | | no. | | no. |
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| Australia | 2000 | 8.3 | 2.2 | 1998 | 2.5 | 1999 | 3.8 |
| Canada | 2000 | r9.1 | r2.5 | 2000 | 2.1 | 1999 | 3.3 |
| China (excludes SARs and Taiwan Province) | . . | n.a. | n.a. | . . | n.a. | . . | n.a. |
| France | 2000 | 9.5 | 2.3 | 2000 | 3.3 | 2000 | 4.2 |
| Greece | 2000 | 8.3 | 1.4 | 1999 | 4.4 | 1999 | 4.0 |
| Hong Kong (SAR of China) | . . | n.a. | n.a. | . . | n.a. | . . | n.a. |
| Indonesia | . . | n.a. | n.a. | . . | n.a. | . . | n.a. |
| Italy | 2000 | 8.1 | 2.0 | 2000 | 6.0 | 1999 | 4.5 |
| Japan | 2000 | 7.8 | 2.0 | 2000 | 1.9 | . . | n.a. |
| Korea (Republic of) | 2000 | 5.9 | 0.9 | 2000 | 1.3 | 2000 | 5.2 |
| Malaysia | . . | n.a. | n.a. | . . | n.a. | . . | n.a. |
| New Zealand | 2000 | 8.0 | 1.6 | 2000 | 2.2 | 1991 | 7.0 |
| Papua New Guinea | . . | n.a. | n.a. | . . | n.a. | . . | n.a. |
| Singapore | . . | n.a. | n.a. | . . | n.a. | . . | n.a. |
| Sweden | 1998 | 7.9 | 1.7 | 1999 | 2.9 | 2000 | 2.4 |
| United Kingdom | 2000 | 7.3 | 1.8 | 2000 | 1.8 | 2000 | 3.3 |
| United States of America | 2000 | 13.0 | 4.6 | 1999 | 2.8 | 2000 | 3.0 |
| Viet Nam | . . | n.a. | n.a. | . . | n.a. | . . | n.a. |
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(a) PPP (purchasing power parities) are the rates of currency conversion which eliminate the differences in price levels between countries.
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) 2002, OECD Health Data 2002: A comparative analysis of 30 countries <www.oecd.org>, accessed 4 April 2003.
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