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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) | 24609 | |
| Annual growth rate (%) | 2.3 | |
| Dependency ratio (per 100) | 81 | 78 |
| % of population aged 60+ years | 5.6 | 5.8 |
| Total fertility rate | 5.0 | 4.3 |
| Life expectancy at birth (years) | Males | Females |
| 2002 | 59.9 | 60.2 |
| uncertainty | 58.9 - 61.0 | 59.2 - 61.1 |
| Both sexes 2002 | 60.1 | |
| Probability of dying (per 1000) | Males | Females |
| Under age 5 years 2002 | 81 | 87 |
| uncertainty | 77 - 85 | 83 - 91 |
| Between ages 15 and 59 years 2002 | 301 | 290 |
| uncertainty | 277 - 325 | 271 - 310 |
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 | 51.8 | |
| At birth | 52.5 | 51.1 | |
| Uncertainty interval | 51.3 - 53.6 | 50.2 - 52.3 | |
| At age 60 | 10.5 | 10.8 | |
| Uncertainty interval | 10.3 - 10.8 | 10.5 - 11.0 | |
| Expectation of lost healthy years at birth (years) | 7.4 | 9.1 | |
| Percentage of total life expectancy lost | 12.4 | 15.1 | |
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 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.2 |
| General government expenditure on health as % of total expenditure on health | 31.3 | 33.3 | 29.8 | 30.1 | 29.7 |
| Private expenditure on health as % of total expenditure on health | 68.7 | 66.7 | 70.2 | 69.9 | 70.3 |
| General government expenditure on health as % of total government expenditure | 9.3 | 9.9 | 9 | 9 | 8.1 |
| External resources for health as % of total expenditure on health | 10.6 | 9.9 | 10.2 | 8.3 | 9.4 |
| Social security expenditure on health as % of general government expenditure on health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Out-of-pocket expenditure as % of private expenditure on health | 94.2 | 94.1 | 94.2 | 93.8 | 93.3 |
| Private prepaid plans as % of private expenditure on health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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$) | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Per capita total expenditure on health at international dollar rate | 58 | 60 | 59 | 61 | 63 |
| Per capita government expenditure on health at average exchange rate (US$) | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Per capita government expenditure on health at international dollar rate | 18 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 19 |
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 | 2001 | % | 48.3 |
| Under-five mortality rate | Per 1000 live births | 95 | |
| Infant mortality rate | Per 1000 live births | 72 | |
| One-year-olds immunized against measles (2001) | % | 71 | |
| Maternal mortality ratio | Per 100 000 live births | 740 | |
| Births attended by skilled health personnel | % | 11.9 | |
| HIV prevalence among 15-49-years-olds | % | 0.3 | |
| Malaria mortality rate | Per 100 000 | 20 | |
| Tuberculosis prevalence | Per 100 000 | 299 | |
| Tuberculosis mortality rate | Per 100 000 | 27 | |
| Tuberculosis cases | Detected under DOTS (2001) | % | 60 |
| Cured under DOTS | % | 86 | |
| Population using solid fuels | % | >95 | |
| Population with sustainable access to an improved water source | Urban | % | 94 |
| Rural | % | 87 | |
| Population with access to improved sanitation | Urban | % | 73 |
| Rural | % | 22 | |
b Estimates from the 1990s. ...Countries not implementing DOTS or not reporting to WHO n/a Data not available