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 |
|
rate
| | |
years
| |
| Country | years | years | years |
|
| Australia | 2000-2005 | 6 | 76.4 | 82 | 2002 | 70.9 | 74.3 |
| Canada | 2000-2005 | 5 | 76.7 | 81.9 | 2002 | 70.1 | 74.0 |
| China (excludes SARs and Taiwan Province) | 2000-2005 | 37 | 68.9 | 73.3 | 2002 | 63.1 | 65.2 |
| France | 2000-2005 | 5 | 75.2 | 82.8 | 2002 | 69.3 | 74.7 |
| Greece | 2000-2005 | 6 | 75.7 | 80.9 | 2002 | 69.1 | 72.9 |
| Hong Kong (SAR of China) | 2000-2005 | 4 | 77.3 | 82.8 | . . | n.a. | n.a. |
| Indonesia | 2000-2005 | 42 | 64.8 | 68.8 | 2002 | 57.4 | 58.9 |
| Italy | 2000-2005 | 5 | 75.5 | 81.9 | 2002 | 70.7 | 74.7 |
| Japan | 2000-2005 | 3 | 77.9 | 85.1 | 2002 | 72.3 | 77.7 |
| Korea (Republic of) | 2000-2005 | 5 | 71.8 | 79.3 | 2002 | 64.8 | 70.8 |
| Malaysia | 2000-2005 | 10 | 70.8 | 75.7 | 2002 | 61.6 | 64.8 |
| New Zealand | 2000-2005 | 6 | 75.8 | 80.7 | 2002 | 69.5 | 72.2 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2000-2005 | 62 | 56.8 | 58.7 | 2002 | 51.4 | 52.4 |
| Singapore | 2000-2005 | 3 | 75.9 | 80.3 | 2002 | 68.8 | 71.3 |
| Sweden | 2000-2005 | 3 | 77.6 | 82.6 | 2002 | 71.9 | 74.8 |
| United Kingdom | 2000-2005 | 5 | 75.7 | 80.7 | 2002 | 69.1 | 72.1 |
| United States of America | 2000-2005 | 7 | 74.3 | 79.9 | 2002 | 67.2 | 71.3 |
| Viet Nam | 2000-2005 | 34 | 66.9 | 71.6 | 2002 | 59.8 | 62.9 |
(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 <http://esa.un.org/unpp>, accessed 7 April 2003; The World Health Organization, The World Health Report 2003: Shaping the Future <http://www.who.int/whr/2003/en/Annex4-en.pdf/>, accessed 7 March 2004. |
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 |
|
%
| |
no.
|
no.
|
| Country | $US '000 |
|
| Australia | 2001 | 9.2 | 2.5 | 2001 | 2.5 | 2000 | 3.8 |
| Canada | 2001 | 9.5 | 2.8 | 2001 | 2.1 | 2000 | 3.2 |
| China (excludes SARs and Taiwan Province) | 2001 | 5.5 | 0.2 | . . | n.a. | . . | n.a. |
| France | 2001 | 9.6 | 2.6 | 2001 | 3.3 | 2000 | 4.2 |
| Greece | 2001 | 9.4 | 1.5 | 2001 | 4.4 | 2000 | 4.0 |
| Hong Kong (SAR of China) | . . | n.a. | n.a. | . . | n.a. | . . | n.a. |
| Indonesia | 2001 | 2.4 | 0.1 | . . | n.a. | . . | n.a. |
| Italy | 2001 | 8.4 | 2.2 | 2001 | 4.3 | 2001 | 4.3 |
| Japan | 2001 | 8.0 | 2.1 | 2000 | 1.9 | . . | n.a. |
| Korea (Republic of) | 2001 | 6.0 | 0.9 | 2000 | 1.3 | 2000 | 5.2 |
| Malaysia | 2001 | 3.8 | 0.3 | . . | n.a. | . . | n.a. |
| New Zealand | 2001 | 8.3 | 1.7 | 2000 | 2.2 | 1991 | 7.0 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2001 | 4.4 | 0.1 | . . | n.a. | . . | n.a. |
| Singapore | 2001 | 3.9 | 1.0 | . . | n.a. | . . | n.a. |
| Sweden | 2001 | 8.7 | 2.3 | 2001 | 3.0 | 2000 | 2.4 |
| United Kingdom | 2001 | 7.6 | 2.0 | 2001 | 2.0 | 2001 | 3.9 |
| United States of America | 2001 | 13.9 | 4.9 | 1999 | r2.7 | 2001 | 2.9 |
| Viet Nam | 2001 | 5.1 | 0.1 | . . | n.a. | . . | n.a. |
(a) PPP (purchasing power parities) are the rates of currency conversion which eliminate the differences in price levels between countries.
Source: The World Health Organisation (WHO), The World Health Report 2003: Shaping the Future, <www.who.int/whr/2003/en/Annex5-en.pdf>, accessed 4 February 2004; Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) 2002, OECD Health Data 2002: A comparative analysis of 30 countries <http://www.oecd.org>, accessed 4 April 2003. |
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