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Ecuador

Ecuador
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CONTACT INFORMATION

SeƱor Representante de la OPS/OMS en el Ecuador
Oficina Sanitaria Panamericana
Apartado Postal 17-07-8982
Quito
Country office web site

postmaster@paho.org
http://www.paho.org/


OVERVIEW

- Country profile on regional site

OUTBREAKS AND CRISES

- Disease outbreaks

MORTALITY AND BURDEN OF DISEASE

- Mortality profile
- Tuberculosis
- HIV prevalence
- HIV/AIDS epidemiological fact sheet
- TB prevalence and incidence

HEALTH SERVICE COVERAGE

- Immunization profile
- Skilled birth attendance

RISK FACTORS

- Chronic diseases
- Anaemia
- Child malnutrition
- Alcohol, tobacco consumption
- Access to water, sanitation
- Undernutrition and overweight

HEALTH SYSTEMS

- Health financing
- Health workforce

INEQUITIES IN CHILD HEALTH (DIFFERENTIALS)

- Child mortality

Statistics:

Total population: 13,202,000

Gross national income per capita (PPP international $): 6,810

Life expectancy at birth m/f (years): 70/76

Healthy life expectancy at birth m/f (years, 2003): 60/64

Probability of dying under five (per 1 000 live births): 24

Probability of dying between 15 and 60 years m/f (per 1 000 population): 206/123

Total expenditure on health per capita (Intl $, 2006): 297

Total expenditure on health as % of GDP (2006): 5.4

Figures are for 2006 unless indicated. Source: World Health Statistics 2008


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