Health
LIFE EXPECTANCY
| Reference
year | Infant mortality
rate(a)(b) | Life expectancy at birth(b) | Reference
year | Healthy life expectancy at birth(c) |
| | | Males | Females | | Males | Females |
| | | | | | | |
Country | | rate | years | years | | years | years |
|
Australia | 2000-2005 | r5 | r77.6 | r82.8 | 2002 | 70.9 | 74.3 |
Canada | 2000-2005 | 5 | r77.3 | r82.4 | 2002 | 70.1 | 74.0 |
China | 2000-2005 | r35 | r69.8 | 73.3 | 2002 | 63.1 | 65.2 |
France | 2000-2005 | 5 | r75.8 | 83.0 | 2002 | 69.3 | 74.7 |
Greece | 2000-2005 | 7 | r75.6 | r80.8 | 2002 | 69.1 | 72.9 |
Hong Kong (SAR of China) | 2000-2005 | 4 | r78.6 | r84.6 | . . | n.a. | n.a. |
Indonesia | 2000-2005 | r43 | r64.6 | r68.6 | 2002 | 57.4 | 58.9 |
Italy | 2000-2005 | 5 | r76.8 | r83 | 2002 | 70.7 | 74.7 |
Japan | 2000-2005 | r3 | r78.3 | r85.3 | 2002 | 72.3 | 77.7 |
Korea (Republic of) | 2000-2005 | 4 | r73.2 | r80.5 | 2002 | 64.8 | 70.8 |
Malaysia | 2000-2005 | 10 | 70.8 | r75.5 | 2002 | 61.6 | 64.8 |
New Zealand | 2000-2005 | r5 | r76.7 | r81.3 | 2002 | 69.5 | 72.2 |
Papua New Guinea | 2000-2005 | r71 | r54.7 | r55.8 | 2002 | 51.4 | 52.4 |
Singapore | 2000-2005 | 3 | r76.7 | r80.5 | 2002 | 68.8 | 71.3 |
Sweden | 2000-2005 | 3 | r77.8 | r82.3 | 2002 | 71.9 | 74.8 |
United Kingdom | 2000-2005 | 5 | r75.9 | r80.6 | 2002 | 69.1 | 72.1 |
United States of America | 2000-2005 | 7 | r74.6 | r80 | 2002 | 67.2 | 71.3 |
Viet Nam | 2000-2005 | r30 | r68.4 | r72.4 | 2002 | 59.8 | 62.9 |
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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 2004 Revision <http://esa.un.org/unpp>, accessed 1 April 2005; The World Health Organization, The World Health Report 2003: Shaping the Future <www.who.int/whr/2003/en/Annex4-en.pdf/>, accessed 1 April 2005. |
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. |
|
Australia | 2002 | 9.5 | 2.5(b) | 2001 | 2.5 | 2001 | 3.7 |
Canada | 2002 | 9.6 | 2.9 | 2002 | 2.1 | 2001 | 3.2 |
China | 2002 | 5.8 | 0.2(b) | . . | n.a. | . . | n.a. |
France | 2002 | 9.7 | 2.7 | 2002 | 3.3 | 2001 | 4.0 |
Greece | 2002 | 9.5 | 1.8 | 2001 | r4.5 | 2000 | 4.0 |
Hong Kong (SAR of China) | . . | n.a. | n.a. | . . | n.a. | . . | n.a. |
Indonesia | 2002 | 3.2 | 0.1(b) | . . | n.a. | . . | n.a. |
Italy | 2002 | 8.5 | 2.2 | 2002 | 4.4 | 2001 | 4.6 |
Japan | 2002 | 7.9 | 2.1(b) | 2002 | 2.0 | . . | n.a. |
Korea (Republic of) | 2002 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 2002 | 1.5 | 2001 | 5.2 |
Malaysia | 2002 | 3.8 | 0.3(b) | . . | n.a. | . . | n.a. |
New Zealand | 2002 | 8.5 | 1.9 | 2002 | 2.1 | 1991 | 7.0 |
Papua New Guinea | 2002 | 4.3 | 0.1(b) | . . | n.a. | . . | n.a. |
Singapore | 2002 | 4.3 | 1.0(b) | . . | n.a. | . . | n.a. |
Sweden | 2002 | 9.2 | 2.5 | 2000 | 3.0 | 2000 | 2.4 |
United Kingdom | 2002 | 7.7 | 2.2 | 2002 | 2.1 | 2002 | 3.9 |
United States of America | 2002 | 14.6 | 5.3 | 2001 | 2.4 | 2002 | 2.9 |
Viet Nam | 2002 | 5.2 | 0.1(b) | . . | 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.
(b) Reference year is 2001.
Source: The World Health Organisation 2005, The World Health Report 2005: Make every mother and child count <www.who.int/whr/2005/annexes-en.pdf>, accessed 11 April 2005; Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2004, OECD Health Data 2004: A comparative analysis of 30 countries <http://www.oecd.org>, accessed 1 April 2005. |