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Guatemala

Guatemala
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CONTACT INFORMATION

Señor Representante de la OPS/OMS
Oficina Sanitaria Panamericana
Edificio Etisa, Plazuela España
Apartado Postal 383
Guatemala
Country office web site

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


OVERVIEW

- Country profile on regional site
- Country brief

OUTBREAKS AND CRISES

- Disease outbreaks

MORTALITY AND BURDEN OF DISEASE

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

HEALTH SERVICE COVERAGE

- Immunization profile
- Skilled birth attendance

RISK FACTORS

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

HEALTH SYSTEMS

- Health workforce
- Health financing

INEQUITIES IN CHILD HEALTH (DIFFERENTIALS)

- Child mortality
- Child undernutrition
- Basic immunization statistics

Statistics:

Total population: 13,029,000

Gross national income per capita (PPP international $): 5,120

Life expectancy at birth m/f (years): 65/71

Healthy life expectancy at birth m/f (years, 2003): 55/60

Probability of dying under five (per 1 000 live births): 41

Probability of dying between 15 and 60 years m/f (per 1 000 population): 284/163

Total expenditure on health per capita (Intl $, 2006): 259

Total expenditure on health as % of GDP (2006): 5.3

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


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