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Life expectancy at birth, 2021: 80.8 years
Infant mortality, deaths per 1,000 live births, 2021: 8.7
Maternal mortality rate, deaths per 100,000 live births, 2020: 22.0
Congestive heart failure hospital admission in adults, age-sex standardized rate per 100,000 population, 2021: 44
Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease hospital admissions in adults, age-sex standardized rate per 100,000 population, 2019: 134

Source: OECD (2023), Health at a Glance 2023: OECD Indicators, OECD Publishing, Paris, doi.org/10.1787/7a7afb35-en.

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Life expectancy at birth, 2021: 78.6 years
Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births), 2020: 22
Under-five mortality rate (per 1,000 live births), 2022: 8
Neonatal mortality rate (per 1,000 live births), 2022: 7
New HIV infections (per 1,000 uninfected population), 2022: 0.14
Tuberculosis incidence (per 100,000 population), 2022: 10
Probability of dying between age 30 and exact age 70 from any of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease, 2019: 9.9%
Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population), 2021: 8.1
Prevalence of wasting in children under 5, 2014-2022: 1.8%
Prevalence of overweight in children under 5, 2022: 7.6%
Age-standardized prevalence of hypertension among adults aged 30-79 years, 2019: 37.8%
Age-standardized prevalence of obesity among adults (18+ years), 2022: 31.4%

Source: World health statistics 2024: monitoring health for the SDGs, Sustainable Development Goals: Statistical Annex. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2024. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. Last accessed May 31, 2024.

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