Health
HEALTH STATUS
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Country | Reference
year | Infant mortality rate(a) | Males | Females | Reference
year | Males | Females |
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Australia | 2000-2005 | 5 | 76.0 | 81.6 | 1999 | 70.8 | 75.5 |
Canada | 2000-2005 | 5 | 76.6 | 82.3 | 1999 | 70.0 | 74.0 |
China (excludes SARs and Taiwan Province) | 2000-2005 | 37 | 69.1 | 73.5 | 1999 | 61.2 | 63.3 |
France | 2000-2005 | 5 | 75.0 | 82.5 | 1999 | 69.3 | 76.9 |
Greece | 2000-2005 | 6 | 76.1 | 81.2 | 1999 | 70.5 | 74.6 |
Hong Kong (SAR of China) | 2000-2005 | 4 | 76.6 | 81.9 | . . | n.a. | n.a. |
Indonesia | 2000-2005 | 40 | 65.3 | 69.3 | 1999 | 58.8 | 60.6 |
Italy | 2000-2005 | 5 | 75.8 | 81.7 | 1999 | 70.0 | 75.4 |
Japan | 2000-2005 | 3 | 77.2 | 83.3 | 1999 | 71.9 | 77.2 |
Korea (Republic of) | 2000-2005 | 7 | 70.0 | 77.0 | 1999 | 62.3 | 67.7 |
Malaysia | 2000-2005 | 10 | 71.1 | 75.5 | 1999 | 61.3 | 61.6 |
New Zealand | 2000-2005 | 6 | 74.9 | 80.5 | 1999 | 67.1 | 71.2 |
Papua New Guinea | 2000-2005 | 62 | 59.2 | 60.7 | 1999 | 45.5 | 48.5 |
Singapore | 2000-2005 | 5 | 75.9 | 80.3 | 1999 | 67.4 | 71.2 |
Sweden | 2000-2005 | 3 | 77.1 | 81.6 | 1999 | 71.2 | 74.9 |
United Kingdom | 2000-2005 | 5 | 75.3 | 80.6 | 1999 | 69.7 | 73.7 |
United States of America | 2000-2005 | 7 | 74.2 | 80.6 | 1999 | 67.5 | 72.6 |
Viet Nam | 2000-2005 | 34 | 66.9 | 71.6 | 1999 | 56.7 | 59.6 |
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(a) Per 1,000 live births.
(b) Disability adjusted 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:United Nations World Population Prospects: The 2000 Revision <URL:http://www.undp.org/popin >,(Accessed 28 March 2001); United Nations World Population Prospects: The 1998 Revision; World Health Organisation Statistical Information System <URL:http://www.who.int/whosis >,(Accessed 21 March 2001).
STANDARDISED DEATH RATES(a) FOR SELECTED CAUSES OF DEATH
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Country | Reference year | Malignant neoplasms (cancer) | Ischaemic heart disease | Cerebro-vascular disease (stroke) | Motor vehicle traffic accidents | Suicide and self-inflicted injury(b) | All causes |
| | rate | rate | rate | rate | rate | rate |
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Australia | 1995 | 139.5 | 110.9 | 45.6 | 10.2 | 11.3 | 503.2 |
Canada | 1997 | 142.1 | 94.9 | 33.3 | 9.3 | 11.3 | 497.6 |
China (rural) (excludes SARs and Taiwan Province) | 1994 | 111.9 | 26.5 | 110.2 | 13.8 | 25.8 | 698.7 |
China (urban) (excludes SARs and Taiwan Province) | 1994 | 119.4 | 57.6 | 125.0 | 10.1 | 5.9 | 594.7 |
France | 1996 | 147.2 | 39.8 | 33.1 | 12.5 | 16.0 | 489.3 |
Greece | 1997 | 124.6 | 68.8 | 84.0 | 19.9 | 3.0 | 516.9 |
Hong Kong (SAR of China) | 1994 | 125.9 | 40.0 | 39.8 | 4.5 | 10.3 | 392.9 |
Indonesia | . . | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
Italy | 1995 | 145.0 | 65.2 | 55.2 | 12.4 | 6.1 | 512.6 |
Japan | 1997 | 125.4 | 30.0 | 56.7 | 8.3 | 14.4 | 405.6 |
Korea (Republic of)(c) | 1995 | 123.1 | 14.6 | 90.9 | 36.2 | 9.8 | 585.8 |
Malaysia | . . | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
New Zealand | 1996 | 157.1 | 127.3 | 48.1 | 14.2 | 14.2 | 569.2 |
Papua New Guinea | . . | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
Singapore | 1997 | 148.4 | 116.6 | 61.0 | 9.4 | 10.8 | 550.3 |
Sweden | 1996 | 122.6 | 110.1 | 45.2 | 4.9 | 11.8 | 484.2 |
United Kingdom | 1997 | 151.7 | 122.0 | 51.8 | 6.0 | 6.4 | 564.3 |
United States of America | 1997 | 143.4 | 106.5 | 34.8 | 15.3 | 10.5 | 577.7 |
Viet Nam | . . | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
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(a) Standardised death rates are the overall death rates per 100,000 population that would have prevailed in a standard population if it had experienced at each age the death rates of the population being studied. The standard population used in this table is the World Health Organisation world standard population. Since 1996 a new WHO standard population has been introduced (see http://www.who.int/whosis/statistics). Age-standardized death rates which appear since this publication are therefore not directly comparable. Standardised death rates for Australia presented in the Health chapter of this publication or elsewhere in ABS publications are not comparable owing to the use of a different standard population and different reference periods.
(b) It is generally acknowledged that suicides are under-reported as a cause of death. The degree of under-reporting varies from country to country, partly for social and cultural reasons, but also because of differences in legal requirements and administrative procedures in arriving at a verdict of suicide.
(c) Causes of death have been coded to the tenth edition of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD10). For all other countries, causes of death have been coded to the ninth edition (ICD9).
Source: World Health Organisation 1997-1999 World Health Statistics Annual <URL:http://www.who.int/whosis >,(Accessed 29 March 2001); World Health Organisation World Health Statistics Annual 1996; World Health Organisation World Health Statistics Annual 1995.
HEALTH SERVICES AND EXPENDITURE
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Country | 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 |
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Australia | 1998 | 8.5 | 2.0 | 1998 | 2.5 | 1998 | 3.9 |
Canada | 1999 | 9.5 | 2.4 | 1999 | 2.1 | 1997 | 2.9 |
China (excludes SARs and Taiwan Province) | . . | n.a. | n.a. | . . | n.a. | . . | n.a. |
France | 1999 | 9.5 | 2.1 | 1998 | 3.0 | 1998 | 4.3 |
Greece | 1998 | 8.3 | 1.2 | 1997 | 4.1 | 1997 | 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 | 1999 | 8.4 | 1.8 | 1998 | 5.9 | 1997 | 5.2 |
Japan | 1998 | 7.6 | 1.8 | 1998 | 1.9 | . . | n.a. |
Korea (Republic of) | 1998 | 5.0 | 0.7 | 1998 | 1.3 | 1998 | 4.4 |
Malaysia | . . | n.a. | n.a. | . . | n.a. | . . | n.a. |
New Zealand | 1998 | 8.1 | 1.4 | 1999 | 2.3 | 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 | 8.4 | 1.8 | 1998 | 3.1 | 1999 | 2.5 |
United Kingdom | 1999 | 7.0 | 1.6 | 1998 | 1.7 | 1998 | 2.4 |
United States of America | 1999 | 13.7 | 4.4 | 1998 | 2.7 | 1998 | 3.1 |
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 Health Data 2000: a comparative analysis of 29 countries [CD-ROM], 2000.