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Life Expectancy at Birth (2016)
– Male: 79.5; Female: 85.6; Both Genders: 82.7
Maternal Mortality Ratio (per 100,000 live births) (2015): 11
Neonatal Mortality Rate (per 1,000 live births) (2017): 2
Probability of Dying from any of Cardiovascular Disease, Cancer, Diabetes, Chronic Respiratory Diseases Between Age 30 and Exact Age 70 (%) (2017):
– Male: 10.9%; Female: 4.7%; Both Genders: 7.8%
Source: World health statistics 2019: monitoring health for the SDGs, sustainable development goals. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2019. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.
https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/324835/9789241565707-eng.pdf
https://www.who.int/gho/publications/world_health_statistics/2019/en/
Neonatal Mortality Rate (Deaths Per 1,000 Live Births) (2018): 1
Infant Mortality Rate (Deaths Per 1,000 Live Births) (2018): 3
Under-5 Mortality Rate (Deaths Per 1,000 Live Births) (2018):
Male: 3; Female: 3
Note: “Under-5 mortality rate – Probability of dying between birth and exactly 5 years of age, expressed per 1,000 live births.
“Infant mortality rate – Probability of dying between birth and exactly 1 year of age, expressed per 1,000 live births.
“Neonatal mortality rate – Probability of dying during the first 28 days of life, expressed per 1,000 live births.”
Source: UNICEF (2019). The State of the World’s Children 2019. Children, Food and Nutrition: Growing well in a changing world. UNICEF, New York.
https://www.unicef.org/reports/state-of-worlds-children-2019
https://www.unicef.org/media/60806/file/SOWC-2019.pdf
Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD) hospital admission in adults, 2017 (Age-sex standardized rates per 100,000 population): 263
Congestive heart failure (CHF) hospital admission in adults, 2017 (Age-sex standardized rates per 100,000 population): 88
Diabetes hospital admission in adults, 2017 (Age-sex standardized rates per 100,000 population): 249
Source: OECD (2019), Health at a Glance 2019: OECD Indicators, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/4dd50c09-en.
https://www.oecd.org/health/health-systems/health-at-a-glance-19991312.htm
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Page last updated Oct. 20, 2020 by Doug McVay, Senior Policy Analyst.