Tuvalu
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) | 10 | |
| Annual growth rate (%) | 1.4 | |
| Dependency ratio (per 100) | 71 | 65 |
| % of population aged 60+ years | 6.2 | 7.2 |
| Total fertility rate | 3.5 | 2.9 |
| Life expectancy at birth (years) | Males | Females |
| 2002 | 60.0 | 61.4 |
| uncertainty | 58.4 - 61.8 | 59.7 - 62.9 |
| Both sexes 2002 | 60.6 | |
| Probability of dying (per 1000) | Males | Females |
| Under age 5 years 2002 | 72 | 56 |
| uncertainty | 54 - 91 | 43 - 69 |
| Between ages 15 and 59 years 2002 | 298 | 280 |
| uncertainty | 247 - 345 | 234 - 342 |
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 | 53 | |
| At birth | 53 | 53.1 | |
| Uncertainty interval | 51.3 - 54.7 | 51.1 - 54.9 | |
| At age 60 | 9.7 | 10.3 | |
| Uncertainty interval | 9.5 - 9.8 | 9.4 - 11.8 | |
| Expectation of lost healthy years at birth (years) | 7 | 8.3 | |
| Percentage of total life expectancy lost | 11.7 | 13.6 | |
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 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.4 |
| General government expenditure on health as % of total expenditure on health | 59.1 | 59.3 | 57.3 | 53.5 | 53.4 |
| Private expenditure on health as % of total expenditure on health | 40.9 | 40.7 | 42.7 | 46.5 | 46.6 |
| General government expenditure on health as % of total government expenditure | 5.4 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 2.9 |
| External resources for health as % of total expenditure on health | 6.9 | 7.1 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 29.4 |
| 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 | 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$) | 71 | 68 | 75 | 74 | 66 |
| Per capita total expenditure on health at international dollar rate | 495 | 558 | 566 | 553 | 673 |
| Per capita government expenditure on health at average exchange rate (US$) | 42 | 41 | 43 | 39 | 35 |
| Per capita government expenditure on health at international dollar rate | 293 | 330 | 324 | 296 | 359 |
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 | 65 | |
| Infant mortality rate | Per 1000 live births | 49 | |
| One-year-olds immunized against measles (2001) | % | 99 | |
| Maternal mortality ratio | Per 100 000 live births | n/a | |
| Births attended by skilled health personnel | % | 99 | |
| HIV prevalence among 15-49-years-olds | % | <0.1 | |
| Malaria mortality rate | Per 100 000 | 0 | |
| Tuberculosis prevalence | Per 100 000 | 67 | |
| Tuberculosis mortality rate | Per 100 000 | 6 | |
| Tuberculosis cases | Detected under DOTS (2001) | % | … |
| Cured under DOTS | % | … | |
| Population using solid fuels | % | <5 | |
| Population with sustainable access to an improved water source | Urban | % | 100 |
| Rural | % | 100 | |
| Population with access to improved sanitation | Urban | % | 100 |
| Rural | % | 100 | |
b Estimates from the 1990s. ...Countries not implementing DOTS or not reporting to WHO n/a Data not available