Colombia
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) | 43526 | |
| Annual growth rate (%) | 1.8 | |
| Dependency ratio (per 100) | 66 | 59 |
| % of population aged 60+ years | 6.4 | 7.1 |
| Total fertility rate | 3.0 | 2.6 |
| Life expectancy at birth (years) | Males | Females |
| 2002 | 67.5 | 76.3 |
| uncertainty | 66.8 - 68.2 | 75.4 - 77.1 |
| Both sexes 2002 | 71.8 | |
| Probability of dying (per 1000) | Males | Females |
| Under age 5 years 2002 | 27 | 19 |
| uncertainty | 24 - 29 | 17 - 21 |
| Between ages 15 and 59 years 2002 | 236 | 99 |
| uncertainty | 220 - 251 | 87 - 113 |
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 | 62 | |
| At birth | 57.8 | 66.3 | |
| Uncertainty interval | 57.7 - 59.1 | 65.6 - 67.4 | |
| At age 60 | 12.6 | 15.4 | |
| Uncertainty interval | 12.4 - 12.8 | 15.0 - 15.8 | |
| Expectation of lost healthy years at birth (years) | 9.7 | 10 | |
| Percentage of total life expectancy lost | 14.4 | 13.1 | |
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 | 7.7 | 5.8 | 6.4 | 5.5 | 5.5 |
| General government expenditure on health as % of total expenditure on health | 47.7 | 60.2 | 62 | 67.3 | 65.7 |
| Private expenditure on health as % of total expenditure on health | 52.3 | 39.8 | 38 | 32.7 | 34.3 |
| General government expenditure on health as % of total government expenditure | 14.5 | 13 | 12.9 | 12.7 | 10.8 |
| External resources for health as % of total expenditure on health | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| Social security expenditure on health as % of general government expenditure on health | 16.7 | 22.8 | 20.2 | 19.6 | 25 |
| Out-of-pocket expenditure as % of private expenditure on health | 85 | 76.2 | 73.2 | 65.1 | 65.2 |
| Private prepaid plans as % of private expenditure on health | 15 | 23.8 | 26.8 | 34.8 | 34.8 |
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$) | 205 | 140 | 133 | 108 | 105 |
| Per capita total expenditure on health at international dollar rate | 497 | 373 | 395 | 350 | 356 |
| Per capita government expenditure on health at average exchange rate (US$) | 98 | 84 | 82 | 73 | 69 |
| Per capita government expenditure on health at international dollar rate | 237 | 225 | 245 | 236 | 234 |
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 | 2000 | % | 6.7 |
| Under-five mortality rate | Per 1000 live births | 24 | |
| Infant mortality rate | Per 1000 live births | 22 | |
| One-year-olds immunized against measles (2001) | % | 90 | |
| Maternal mortality ratio | Per 100 000 live births | 130 | |
| Births attended by skilled health personnel | % | 86.4 | |
| HIV prevalence among 15-49-years-olds | % | 0.4 | |
| Malaria mortality rate | Per 100 000 | 1 | |
| Tuberculosis prevalence | Per 100 000 | 62 | |
| Tuberculosis mortality rate | Per 100 000 | 6 | |
| Tuberculosis cases | Detected under DOTS (2001) | % | … |
| Cured under DOTS | % | … | |
| Population using solid fuels | % | 36 | |
| Population with sustainable access to an improved water source | Urban | % | 99 |
| Rural | % | 70 | |
| Population with access to improved sanitation | Urban | % | 96 |
| Rural | % | 56 | |
b Estimates from the 1990s. ...Countries not implementing DOTS or not reporting to WHO n/a Data not available