Syrian Arab Republic
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) | 17381 | |
| Annual growth rate (%) | 2.6 | |
| Dependency ratio (per 100) | 98 | 70 |
| % of population aged 60+ years | 4.2 | 4.6 |
| Total fertility rate | 4.8 | 3.4 |
| Life expectancy at birth (years) | Males | Females |
| 2002 | 68.8 | 73.6 |
| uncertainty | 68.0 - 69.7 | 73.0 - 74.3 |
| Both sexes 2002 | 71.2 | |
| Probability of dying (per 1000) | Males | Females |
| Under age 5 years 2002 | 26 | 20 |
| uncertainty | 24 - 29 | 18 - 22 |
| Between ages 15 and 59 years 2002 | 190 | 127 |
| uncertainty | 175 - 205 | 117 - 137 |
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 | 61.7 | |
| At birth | 60.4 | 63.1 | |
| Uncertainty interval | 59.3 - 61.5 | 62.3 - 64.1 | |
| At age 60 | 11.3 | 12.9 | |
| Uncertainty interval | 11.0 - 11.6 | 12.6 - 13.2 | |
| Expectation of lost healthy years at birth (years) | 8.5 | 10.5 | |
| Percentage of total life expectancy lost | 12.3 | 14.2 | |
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 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 5.4 |
| General government expenditure on health as % of total expenditure on health | 37.4 | 38.4 | 39 | 40.8 | 43.9 |
| Private expenditure on health as % of total expenditure on health | 62.6 | 61.6 | 61 | 59.2 | 56.1 |
| General government expenditure on health as % of total government expenditure | 7.2 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7 |
| External resources for health as % of total expenditure on health | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| 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 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| 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$) | 59 | 60 | 63 | 64 | 65 |
| Per capita total expenditure on health at international dollar rate | 427 | 452 | 473 | 439 | 427 |
| Per capita government expenditure on health at average exchange rate (US$) | 22 | 23 | 25 | 26 | 29 |
| Per capita government expenditure on health at international dollar rate | 160 | 174 | 184 | 179 | 188 |
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 | % | 6.9 |
| Under-five mortality rate | Per 1000 live births | 27 | |
| Infant mortality rate | Per 1000 live births | 24 | |
| One-year-olds immunized against measles (2001) | % | 93 | |
| Maternal mortality ratio | Per 100 000 live births | 160 | |
| Births attended by skilled health personnel | % | 76 | |
| HIV prevalence among 15-49-years-olds | % | <0.1 | |
| Malaria mortality rate | Per 100 000 | 0 | |
| Tuberculosis prevalence | Per 100 000 | 60 | |
| Tuberculosis mortality rate | Per 100 000 | 5 | |
| Tuberculosis cases | Detected under DOTS (2001) | % | 27 |
| Cured under DOTS | % | 79 | |
| Population using solid fuels | % | 19 | |
| Population with sustainable access to an improved water source | Urban | % | 94 |
| Rural | % | 64 | |
| Population with access to improved sanitation | Urban | % | 98 |
| Rural | % | 81 | |
b Estimates from the 1990s. ...Countries not implementing DOTS or not reporting to WHO n/a Data not available