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Figures computed by WHO to assure comparability; they are not necessarily the official statistics of Member States, which may use alternative rigorous methods.
Table 1: Basic indicators for all WHO Member States
| Population estimates | 1992 | 2002 |
| Total population (000) | 31271 | |
| Annual growth rate (%) | 1.0 | |
| Dependency ratio (per 100) | 47 | 45 |
| % of population aged 60+ years | 15.8 | 17.1 |
| Total fertility rate | 1.7 | 1.5 |
| Life expectancy at birth (years) | Males | Females |
| 2002 | 77.2 | 82.3 |
| uncertainty | 77.0 - 77.4 | 82.1 - 82.4 |
| Both sexes 2002 | 79.8 | |
| Probability of dying (per 1000) | Males | Females |
| Under age 5 years 2002 | 6 | 5 |
| uncertainty | 6 - 6 | 5 - 5 |
| Between ages 15 and 59 years 2002 | 95 | 58 |
| uncertainty | 93 - 97 | 57 - 60 |
Table 4: Healthy life expectancy (HALE) in all WHO Member States, estimates for 2002
| 2002 | Males | Females | |
| Healthy life expectancy (HALE) (years) | Total population at birth | 72 | |
| At birth | 70.1 | 74 | |
| Uncertainty interval | 69.5 - 70.7 | 73.4 - 74.6 | |
| At age 60 | 16.1 | 19.3 | |
| Uncertainty interval | 15.8 - 16.3 | 19.0 - 19.5 | |
| Expectation of lost healthy years at birth (years) | 7.1 | 8.3 | |
| Percentage of total life expectancy lost | 9.2 | 10 | |
Table 5: Selected national health accounts indicators: measured levels of expenditure on health, 1997-2001
| 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | |
| Total expenditure on health as % of GDP | 8.9 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.5 |
| General government expenditure on health as % of total expenditure on health | 70 | 70.7 | 70.4 | 70.9 | 70.8 |
| Private expenditure on health as % of total expenditure on health | 30 | 29.3 | 29.6 | 29.1 | 29.2 |
| General government expenditure on health as % of total government expenditure | 13.9 | 14.4 | 15 | 15.5 | 16.2 |
| External resources for health as % of total expenditure on health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Social security expenditure on health as % of general government expenditure on health | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2 | 2 |
| Out-of-pocket expenditure as % of private expenditure on health | 56 | 55.2 | 55.3 | 54.3 | 52.3 |
| Private prepaid plans as % of private expenditure on health | 36.5 | 38.4 | 37.6 | 39.1 | 39.3 |
n/a Used when the information accessed indicates that a cell should have an entry but no estimates could be made. 0 Used when no evidence of the schemes to which the cell relates exist. Some estimates yielding a ratio inferior to 0.04% are shown as 0.
Table 6: Selected national health accounts indicators: measured levels of per capita expenditure on health, 1997-2001
| 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | |
| Per capita total expenditure on health at average exchange rate (US$) | 1864 | 1835 | 1949 | 2102 | 2163 |
| Per capita total expenditure on health at international dollar rate | 2187 | 2288 | 2433 | 2580 | 2792 |
| Per capita government expenditure on health at average exchange rate (US$) | 1305 | 1297 | 1372 | 1490 | 1533 |
| Per capita government expenditure on health at international dollar rate | 1532 | 1617 | 1713 | 1828 | 1978 |
n/a Used when the information accessed indicates that a cell should have an entry but no estimates could be made.
Table 7: Millenium Development Goals: Selected health indicators in all WHO Member States, 2000 (unles specified)
| Children under five years of age underweight for age | % | n/a | |
| Under-five mortality rate | Per 1000 live births | 6 | |
| Infant mortality rate | Per 1000 live births | 5 | |
| One-year-olds immunized against measles (2001) | % | 96 | |
| Maternal mortality ratio | Per 100 000 live births | 5 | |
| Births attended by skilled health personnel | % | 98 | |
| HIV prevalence among 15-49-years-olds | % | 0.3 | |
| Malaria mortality rate | Per 100 000 | 0 | |
| Tuberculosis prevalence | Per 100 000 | 5 | |
| Tuberculosis mortality rate | Per 100 000 | 1 | |
| Tuberculosis cases | Detected under DOTS (2001) | % | 56 |
| Cured under DOTS | % | 80 | |
| Population using solid fuels | % | <5 | |
| Population with sustainable access to an improved water source | Urban | % | 100 |
| Rural | % | 99 | |
| Population with access to improved sanitation | Urban | % | 100 |
| Rural | % | 99 | |
b Estimates from the 1990s. ...Countries not implementing DOTS or not reporting to WHO n/a Data not available