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Life Expectancy at Birth (2019): 83.3
Maternal Mortality Ratio (per 100,000 live births) (2017): 11
Neonatal Mortality Rate (per 1,000 live births) (2020): 1
Probability of Dying from any of Cardiovascular Disease, Cancer, Diabetes, Chronic Respiratory Diseases Between Age 30 and Exact Age 70 (%) (2019): 7.3%
Source: World health statistics 2022: monitoring health for the SDGs, sustainable development
goals. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2022. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.
Neonatal Mortality Rate (Deaths Per 1,000 Live Births) (2019): 2
Infant Mortality Rate (Deaths Per 1,000 Live Births) (2019): 3
Under-5 Mortality Rate (Deaths Per 1,000 Live Births) (2019): 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: United Nations Children’s Fund, The State of the World’s Children 2021: On My Mind – Promoting, protecting and caring for children’s mental health, UNICEF, New York, October 2021.
Asthma hospital admission in adults, 2019 (Age-sex standardized rates per 100,000 population): 65.0
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD) hospital admission in adults, 2019 (Age-sex standardized rates per 100,000 population): 152.3
Congestive heart failure (CHF) hospital admission in adults, 2019 (Age-sex standardized rates per 100,000 population): 88.4
Diabetes hospital admission in adults, 2019 (Age-sex standardized rates per 100,000 population): 224.4
Source: OECD (2021), Health at a Glance 2021: OECD Indicators, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/ae3016b9-en.
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Page last updated Sept. 14, 2022 by Doug McVay, Editor.
