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Lebanon

Lebanon
This map is an approximation of actual country borders.

CONTACT INFORMATION

The WHO Representative
Museum Square
PO Box 5391
Beirut
Country office web site

PIO@emro.who.int
http://www.emro.who.int


OVERVIEW

- Country cooperation strategy
- Country brief

OUTBREAKS AND CRISES

- Emergencies
- Disease outbreaks

MORTALITY AND BURDEN OF DISEASE

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

HEALTH SERVICE COVERAGE

- Immunization profile

RISK FACTORS

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

HEALTH SYSTEMS

- Health financing
- Health workforce

Statistics:

Total population: 4,055,000

Gross national income per capita (PPP international $): 9,600

Life expectancy at birth m/f (years): 68/72

Healthy life expectancy at birth m/f (years, 2003): 59/62

Probability of dying under five (per 1 000 live births): 31

Probability of dying between 15 and 60 years m/f (per 1 000 population): 193/133

Total expenditure on health per capita (Intl $, 2006): 608

Total expenditure on health as % of GDP (2006): 8.9

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


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