WORLD HEALTH
STATISTICS 2005
Health Systems
Statistics
Coverage of vital registration of deaths, 1995-2003
Human resources for health, by WHO Region, 1995-2004
45
WORLD HEALTH
STATISTICS 2005
Country
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Comoros
Congo
Cook Islands
Costa Rica
Côte d’Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
WHO
region
EMR
EUR
AFR
EUR
AFR
AMR
AMR
EUR
WPR
EUR
EUR
AMR
EMR
SEAR
AMR
EUR
EUR
AMR
AFR
SEAR
AMR
EUR
AFR
AMR
WPR
EUR
AFR
AFR
WPR
AFR
AMR
AFR
AFR
AFR
AMR
WPR
AMR
AFR
AFR
WPR
AMR
AFR
EUR
AMR
EUR
EUR
SEAR
AFR
EUR
EMR
AMR
AMR
AMR
EMR
AMR
Number of
physiciansa
Number of
nurses and midwivesa
Number of
health workersa
(per 10 000)
year
(per 10 000)
year
(per 10 000)
year
1.9
13.3
8.5
35.0
0.8
10.5
30.4
34.2
24.7
33.8
36.1
16.7
18.5
2.5
13.7
45.6
44.8
10.2
0.6
1.7
7.6
14.6
2.9
20.6
10.1
36.0
0.4
0.5
1.6
0.7
18.9
1.7
0.4
0.3
11.5
16.4
12.7
0.7
2.5
7.7
16.0
0.9
24.4
60.4
26.3
35.2
32.0
0.7
29.1
1.6
4.9
19.0
16.4
22.2
12.6
2001
2002
1995
2003
1997
1999
1998
2003
2001
2003
2003
2002
2003
2001
1999
2003
2002
2000
1995
2001
2001
2003
1999
2001
2000
2003
2001
2000
2000
1996
2002
1996
1995
2001
1998
2002
2003
1997
1995
2001
2000
1996
2003
2003
2002
2003
2001
1996
2002
2002
1999
1999
2001
2003
2002
2.2
37.0
29.8
30.8
11.9
33.2
5.9
45.9
91.2
62.2
84.2
23.8
45.7
2.4
51.2
121.8
113.9
12.3
2.8
2.3
3.2
48.3
24.1
5.2
60.7
42.3
3.0
2.8
8.5
3.7
73.5
5.6
1.4
1.7
6.6
9.6
6.1
4.8
21.0
38.0
3.2
4.6
53.7
71.4
42.2
102.1
24.0
4.4
74.2
8.0
41.6
3.0
6.1
26.5
8.1
2001
2003
1995
2003
1997
1999
1998
2003
2002
2003
2003
2002
2003
2001
1999
2003
1996
2000
1995
1999
2001
2003
1999
2001
2002
2003
2001
2000
2000
1996
2002
1996
1995
2001
2003
2003
2003
1997
1995
2002
2000
1996
2003
2003
2002
2003
1995
1996
2002
2002
1997
1999
2001
2003
2002
4.1
50.3
38.2
65.8
12.7
43.7
36.3
80.1
115.9
96.0
120.3
40.5
64.2
4.9
64.9
167.4
158.7
22.5
3.4
4.0
10.8
62.9
27.0
25.8
70.8
78.3
3.4
3.4
10.1
4.5
92.4
7.3
1.7
2.0
18.1
26.0
18.8
5.6
23.5
45.7
19.2
5.5
78.1
131.8
68.5
137.3
56.0
5.1
103.3
9.6
46.5
22.0
22.5
48.7
20.7
2001
2003
1995
2003
1997
1999
1998
2003
2002
2003
2003
2002
2003
2001
1999
2003
1996/02
2000
1995
1999/01
2001
2003
1999
2001
2000/02
2003
2001
2000
2000
1996
2002
1996
1995
2001
1998/03
2002/03
2003
1997
1995
2001/02
2000
1996
2003
2003
2002
2003
1995/01
1996
2002
2002
1997/99
1999
2001
2003
2002
46
WORLD HEALTH
STATISTICS 2005
Nurses and
midwives to physiciansa
(ratio)
1.2
2.8
3.5
0.9
15.4
3.2
0.2
1.3
3.7
1.8
2.3
1.4
2.5
1.0
3.7
2.7
2.5
1.2
4.9
1.4
0.4
3.3
8.4
0.3
6.0
1.2
7.5
5.5
5.5
5.0
3.9
3.3
3.9
6.7
0.6
0.6
0.5
6.5
8.4
5.0
0.2
5.1
2.2
1.2
1.6
2.9
0.8
6.4
2.5
5.0
8.5
0.2
0.4
1.2
0.6
year
2001
2003
1995
2003
1997
1999
1998
2003
2002
2003
2003
2002
2003
2001
1999
2003
1996/02
2000
1995
1999/01
2001
2003
1999
2001
2000/02
2003
2001
2000
2000
1996
2002
1996
1995
2001
1998/03
2002/03
2003
1997
1995
2001/02
2000
1996
2003
2003
2002
2003
1995/01
1996
2002
2002
1997/99
1999
2001
2003
2002
Hospital
bedsa
(per 10 000)
4
31
...
33
...
25
41
44
40
83
83
34
28
3
21
113
70
13
...
16
10
31
...
27
26
63
...
...
5
...
44
...
...
...
26
25
11
...
...
71
14
...
56
49
44
86
136
...
41
16
39
21
15
22
7
year
2001
2003
...
2003
...
2003
2000
2003
2001
2003
2003
2002
2003
1999
2002
2003
2001
2003
...
1999
2003
2003
...
2002
2000
2003
...
...
2001
...
2002
...
...
...
2002
2002
2003
...
...
2001
2003
...
2003
2003
2002
2003
1995
...
2002
2000
2002
2003
2002
2003
2002
Total expenditure
General government
Per capita total
on healthb
expenditure on healthb expenditure on healthb
(% of gross domestic (% of total government (international dollars)
product)
expenditure)
2002
2002
2002
8.0
6.1
4.3
6.5
5.0
4.8
8.9
5.8
9.5
7.7
3.7
6.9
4.4
3.1
6.9
6.4
9.1
5.2
4.7
4.5
7.0
9.2
6.0
7.9
3.5
7.4
4.3
3.0
12.0
4.6
9.6
5.0
3.9
6.5
5.8
5.8
8.1
2.9
2.2
4.6
9.3
6.2
7.3
7.5
7.0
7.0
4.6
4.1
8.8
6.3
6.4
6.1
4.8
4.9
8.0
23.1
8.1
9.1
26.6
4.1
14.1
15.3
6.0
17.1
10.5
2.9
14.6
9.5
4.4
12.3
10.5
12.8
5.3
11.1
12.0
11.6
8.8
7.5
10.1
4.7
10.1
10.6
2.0
18.6
7.9
15.9
11.1
7.4
12.2
10.2
10.0
20.4
8.2
6.0
11.6
24.4
7.2
12.0
11.3
6.8
14.7
5.0
16.4
13.1
10.1
12.2
11.7
8.8
6.0
22.8
34
302
182
1 908
92
527
956
232
2 699
2 220
120
1 074
792
54
1 018
583
2 515
300
44
76
179
322
387
611
653
499
38
16
192
68
2 931
193
50
47
642
261
536
27
25
697
743
107
630
236
883
1 118
57
15
2 583
78
310
295
197
192
372
47
Coverage of vital
registration of deathsc
(%)
year
<25
94
76
46
<25
>75
100
78
100
100
72
88
90
<25
100
98
100
100
<25
<25
<25
88
22
79
100
100
<25
<25
<25
<25
100
...
<25
<25
98
8
79
<25
<25
>75
79
<25
99
96
83
100
<25
<25
100
<25
>75
49
76
80
73
2002
2003
2000
2000
2002
1995
2002
2003
2001
2003
2002
2000
2001
2002
2000
2003
1997
2000
2002
2002
2002
1999
1998
2000
2000
2003
2002
2002
2002
2002
2001
...
2002
2002
2002
2000
1999
2002
2002
2001
2002
2002
2003
2002
2003
2003
2002
2002
2000
2002
1999
1999
2000
2000
1999
WORLD HEALTH
STATISTICS 2005
Country
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Fiji
Finland
France
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Lao People›s Democratic Republic
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
WHO
region
AFR
AFR
EUR
AFR
WPR
EUR
EUR
AFR
AFR
EUR
EUR
AFR
EUR
AMR
AMR
AFR
AFR
AMR
AMR
AMR
EUR
EUR
SEAR
SEAR
EMR
EMR
EUR
EUR
EUR
AMR
WPR
EMR
EUR
AFR
WPR
EMR
EUR
WPR
EUR
EMR
AFR
AFR
EMR
EUR
EUR
AFR
AFR
WPR
SEAR
AFR
EUR
WPR
AFR
AFR
AMR
Number of
physiciansa
Number of
nurses and midwivesa
Number of
health workersa
(per 10 000)
year
(per 10 000)
year
(per 10 000)
year
2.5
0.3
31.4
0.3
4.5
31.9
33.5
2.9
0.4
48.4
33.7
0.9
45.3
8.1
9.5
0.9
1.7
2.6
2.5
8.7
32.5
36.2
5.9
1.1
11.9
6.3
25.8
36.7
61.9
8.5
20.1
22.6
36.6
1.3
2.2
16.0
25.7
5.9
29.8
28.1
0.5
0.2
12.1
39.6
26.8
0.9
0.1
7.0
8.4
0.4
31.5
4.7
1.4
8.5
17.1
1996
1996
2002
2002
2003
2003
2003
1995
1997
2003
2003
2002
2001
1999
2003
2000
1996
1999
1999
1999
2003
2003
2003
1998
2001
2003
2003
2003
2002
2003
2000
2003
2003
1995
2004
2002
2003
1996
2003
2002
1995
1997
2002
2003
2003
2001
2003
2000
2000
2000
2003
2000
1995
1995
2001
4.2
1.8
67.3
2.1
19.8
221.9
73.0
...
2.1
44.6
100.5
8.4
31.0
19.5
3.6
4.7
12.2
8.6
1.1
3.2
88.3
99.4
7.9
4.9
16.1
12.1
185.2
62.0
44.6
16.5
86.3
29.5
67.6
9.0
30.1
42.0
68.3
10.3
54.3
11.6
10.7
1.0
50.0
79.2
94.8
2.8
2.6
18.1
12.3
1.5
60.8
29.3
7.3
23.3
10.8
1996
1996
2002
2002
2003
2003
2003
...
1997
2003
2002
2002
1995
1999
2003
2000
1996
1999
1999
2000
2003
2003
2003
2000
2001
2003
2003
2003
1999
2003
2000
2003
2003
1995
2004
2002
2003
1996
2003
2002
1995
1997
2002
2003
2003
2001
2003
2002
2000
2000
2003
2000
1995
1995
1999
6.6
2.1
98.7
2.3
24.3
253.8
106.5
...
2.4
93.0
134.2
9.3
76.4
27.6
13.1
5.6
13.9
11.2
3.6
11.9
120.7
135.7
13.8
6.0
28.0
18.4
211.0
98.7
106.5
25.0
106.5
52.1
104.2
10.3
32.3
58.0
94.0
16.2
84.2
39.7
11.3
1.3
62.1
118.8
121.6
3.6
2.7
25.1
20.7
1.9
92.3
34.0
8.6
31.8
27.9
1996
1996
2002
2002
2003
2003
2003
...
1997
2003
2002
2002
1995/01
1999
2003
2000
1996
1999
1999
1999/00
2003
2003
2003
1998/00
2001
2003
2003
2003
1999/02
2003
2000
2003
2003
1995
2004
2002
2003
1996
2003
2002
1995
1997
2002
2003
2003
2001
2003
2002
2000
2000
2003
2000
1995
1995
1999/01
48
WORLD HEALTH
STATISTICS 2005
Nurses and
midwives to physiciansa
(ratio)
1.7
6.1
2.1
7.2
4.4
7.0
2.2
...
5.9
0.9
3.0
9.3
0.7
2.4
0.4
5.0
7.4
3.3
0.4
0.4
2.7
2.7
1.3
4.5
1.4
1.9
7.2
1.7
0.7
1.9
4.3
1.3
1.8
6.8
13.7
2.6
2.7
1.7
1.8
0.4
19.8
4.4
4.1
2.0
3.5
3.2
22.6
2.6
1.5
3.4
1.9
6.2
5.3
2.7
0.6
year
1996
1996
2002
2002
2003
2003
2003
...
1997
2003
2002
2002
1995/01
1999
2003
2000
1996
1999
1999
1999/00
2003
2003
2003
1998/00
2001
2003
2003
2003
1999/02
2003
2000
2003
2003
1995
2004
2002
2003
1996
2003
2002
1995
1997
2002
2003
2003
2001
2003
2002
2000
2000
2003
2000
1995
1995
1999/01
Hospital
bedsa
(per 10 000)
...
...
60
...
26
73
78
...
...
42
89
...
49
57
5
...
...
29
8
10
78
76
9
60
16
13
35
61
41
14
147
17
77
...
18
22
53
12
78
30
...
...
39
87
68
...
...
19
17
...
48
21
...
...
11
year
...
...
2002
...
1999
2003
2002
...
...
2003
2002
...
2000
2003
2002
...
...
2001
2000
2002
2003
2002
2003
1998
2001
2003
2003
2003
2003
2003
2000
2003
2003
...
1998
2002
2003
2002
2003
2001
...
...
2002
2003
2003
...
...
2001
2000
...
2003
1999
...
...
2002
Total expenditure
General government
Per capita total
on healthb
expenditure on healthb expenditure on healthb
(% of gross domestic (% of total government (international dollars)
product)
expenditure)
2002
2002
2002
1.8
5.1
5.1
5.7
4.2
7.3
9.7
4.3
7.3
3.8
10.9
5.6
9.5
5.7
4.8
5.8
6.3
5.6
7.6
6.2
7.8
9.9
6.1
3.2
6.0
1.5
7.3
9.1
8.5
6.0
7.9
9.3
3.5
4.9
8.0
3.8
4.3
2.9
5.1
11.5
6.2
2.1
3.3
5.9
6.2
2.1
9.8
3.8
5.8
4.5
9.7
10.6
3.9
2.9
6.1
9.8
5.6
11.0
7.6
7.5
11.0
13.8
6.3
12.0
5.8
17.6
8.4
10.8
14.7
16.6
4.8
8.5
11.1
23.8
14.0
10.4
18.1
4.4
5.4
9.0
0.7
16.4
10.9
13.3
5.9
17.0
12.5
8.9
8.4
10.2
5.6
10.2
8.7
9.3
9.1
10.9
5.5
5.0
14.0
12.0
8.0
9.7
6.9
12.5
9.0
14.3
10.9
10.1
8.3
16.6
139
36
604
21
240
1 943
2 736
248
83
123
2 817
73
1 814
465
199
105
38
227
83
156
1 078
2 802
96
110
432
44
2 367
1 890
2 166
234
2 133
418
261
70
141
552
117
49
477
697
119
11
222
549
3 066
18
48
349
307
33
965
415
54
317
550
49
Coverage of vital
registration of deathsc
(%)
year
<25
<25
100
<25
100
100
100
<25
<25
64
100
<25
90
77
86
<25
<25
74
7
...
100
91
<25
<25
38
<25
98
100
98
...
100
...
79
<10
>75
90
71
<25
100
19
<25
<25
<25
100
100
<25
<25
40
42
<25
100
53
<25
100
96
2002
2002
2002
2002
2000
2003
2000
2002
2002
2001
2001
1999
2001
1996
1999
2002
2002
1996
1999
...
2003
2001
2000
2002
2001
2002
2001
2000
2001
...
2002
...
2003
1999
2002
2002
2003
2002
2003
1999
2002
2002
2002
2003
2003
2002
2002
1998
2003
2002
2003
1997
2002
2002
2001
WORLD HEALTH
STATISTICS 2005
Country
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
Micronesia (Federated States of )
Monaco
Mongolia
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Niue
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Palau
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Republic of Korea
Republic of Moldova
Romania
Russian Federation
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia and Montenegro
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden
WHO
region
WPR
EUR
WPR
EMR
AFR
SEAR
AFR
WPR
SEAR
EUR
WPR
AMR
AFR
AFR
WPR
EUR
EMR
EMR
WPR
AMR
WPR
AMR
AMR
WPR
EUR
EUR
EMR
WPR
EUR
EUR
EUR
AFR
AMR
AMR
AMR
WPR
EUR
AFR
EMR
AFR
EUR
AFR
AFR
WPR
EUR
EUR
WPR
EMR
AFR
EUR
SEAR
EMR
AMR
AFR
EUR
Number of
physiciansa
Number of
nurses and midwivesa
Number of
health workersa
(per 10 000)
year
(per 10 000)
year
(per 10 000)
year
6.0
...
26.7
5.2
0.2
3.0
3.0
5.0
1.6
31.5
22.3
16.4
0.3
2.7
18.2
31.1
13.9
7.3
10.9
12.8
0.5
5.6
11.7
11.6
23.0
32.6
23.5
18.1
31.1
19.6
42.5
0.2
11.7
5.8
6.9
2.4
...
4.7
15.3
0.8
26.8
13.2
0.7
14.0
31.8
22.4
1.3
0.4
6.9
30.1
3.7
1.7
5.0
1.8
32.6
2000
...
2002
2002
2000
2000
1997
2004
2002
2002
2001
2003
2002
2000
2003
2003
2002
2003
1998
2001
2000
2002
2000
2002
2002
2002
2002
2000
2003
2003
2003
2002
2002
1999
2002
2002
...
1996
2001
1995
2002
1996
1996
2001
2003
2002
2003
1997
2001
2002
2002
2002
1999
2000
2002
22.9
...
34.2
9.0
2.8
4.8
28.5
50.0
2.6
137.9
90.3
1.4
2.7
...
100.4
152.3
32.5
4.7
15.0
10.8
5.5
2.2
8.0
61.4
54.3
40.3
54.8
40.1
74.3
42.5
85.1
2.1
49.8
22.6
19.8
19.6
...
15.7
32.3
2.9
63.8
86.2
3.8
44.5
70.4
71.8
13.7
2.0
38.8
36.7
7.9
8.0
16.2
32.0
108.7
2003
...
2002
2002
2000
2000
1997
2004
2001
2003
2003
1999
2002
...
2003
2003
2002
2003
1998
2001
2000
2002
2000
2002
2003
2003
2002
2002
2003
2003
2003
2002
1999
1999
2002
2002
...
1996
2001
1995
2002
1996
1996
2003
2003
2002
2003
1997
2001
2000
2000
2001
2000
2000
2002
28.9
...
60.9
14.2
3.1
7.8
31.4
55.0
4.2
169.4
112.6
17.8
3.1
...
118.6
183.4
46.4
12.0
25.9
23.6
6.0
7.8
19.7
73.0
77.3
72.9
78.3
58.2
105.4
62.1
127.6
2.3
61.5
28.4
26.7
22.0
...
20.4
47.6
3.6
90.6
99.5
4.5
58.5
102.2
94.2
15.0
2.4
45.7
66.8
11.6
9.7
21.2
33.8
141.3
2000/03
...
2002
2002
2000
2000
1997
2004
2001/02
2002/03
2001/03
1999/03
2002
...
2003
2003
2002
2003
1998
2001
2000
2002
2000
2002
2003
2003
2002
2002
2003
2003
2003
2002
1999
1999
2002
2002
...
1996
2001
1995
2002
1996
1996
2003
2003
2002
2003
1997
2001
2000/02
2000/02
2001/02
1999/00
2000
2002
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STATISTICS 2005
Nurses and
midwives to physiciansa
(ratio)
3.8
...
1.3
1.7
11.7
1.6
9.6
10.0
1.6
4.4
4.1
0.1
8.1
...
5.5
4.9
2.3
0.6
1.4
0.8
10.6
0.4
0.7
5.3
2.4
1.2
2.3
2.2
2.4
2.2
2.0
11.3
4.3
3.9
2.9
8.1
...
3.4
2.1
3.8
2.4
6.5
5.2
3.2
2.2
3.2
11.0
5.0
5.6
1.2
2.1
4.7
3.2
18.2
3.3
year
2000/03
...
2002
2002
2000
2000
1997
2004
2001/02
2002/03
2001/03
1999/03
2002
...
2003
2003
2002
2003
1998
2001
2000
2002
2000
2002
2003
2003
2002
2002
2003
2003
2003
2002
1999
1999
2002
2002
...
1996
2001
1995
2002
1996
1996
2003
2003
2002
2003
1997
2001
2000/02
2000/02
2001/02
1999/00
2000
2002
Hospital
bedsa
(per 10 000)
31
196
...
8
...
6
...
...
2
46
61
9
...
...
130
44
20
7
50
25
...
12
14
10
56
36
24
61
67
66
105
...
55
32
45
33
...
...
22
...
60
...
...
29
73
50
19
4
...
36
22
7
36
...
52
year
2000
1995
2002
2002
...
2000
...
...
1999
2002
2002
2003
...
...
1996
2003
2002
2003
1998
2002
...
2002
2003
2001
2002
2002
2002
2000
2003
2003
2003
...
2003
2002
2003
2000
...
...
2001
...
2002
...
...
2001
2003
2003
2003
1997
...
2001
1999
2002
2001
...
1997
Total expenditure
General government
Per capita total
on healthb
expenditure on healthb expenditure on healthb
(% of gross domestic (% of total government (international dollars)
product)
expenditure)
2002
2002
2002
6.5
11.0
6.6
4.6
5.8
2.2
6.7
7.6
5.2
8.8
8.5
7.9
4.0
4.7
9.7
9.6
3.4
3.2
9.1
8.9
4.3
8.4
4.4
2.9
6.1
9.3
3.1
5.0
7.0
6.3
6.2
5.5
5.5
5.0
5.9
6.2
7.7
11.1
4.3
5.1
8.1
5.2
2.9
4.3
5.9
8.3
4.8
...
8.7
7.6
3.7
4.9
8.6
6.0
9.2
8.8
14.6
10.6
4.9
19.9
2.3
12.9
9.2
7.5
12.2
15.5
15.2
10.0
3.3
16.0
18.1
7.3
3.2
11.4
23.1
13.0
17.5
12.4
4.7
9.8
14.2
6.8
10.7
12.9
12.7
9.5
13.4
9.7
11.5
11.9
13.9
20.4
14.5
11.6
11.2
10.7
6.6
6.8
5.9
10.3
14.7
11.8
...
10.7
13.6
6.0
6.3
10.3
10.9
13.5
311
4 258
128
186
50
30
331
1 334
64
2 564
1 857
206
27
43
149
3 409
379
62
730
576
136
343
226
153
657
1 702
894
982
151
469
535
48
667
306
340
238
3 094
108
534
62
305
557
27
1 105
723
1 547
83
...
689
1 640
131
58
385
309
2 512
51
Coverage of vital
registration of deathsc
(%)
year
<25
...
86
34
<25
<25
<25
50
<25
100
99
59
<25
<25
>75
98
71
<25
>75
87
...
74
51
85
100
100
83
90
83
100
97
<25
>75
100
99
28
>75
...
31
<25
90
>75
<25
82
100
100
28
<25
47
100
74
<25
...
<25
100
2002
...
2003
1997
1997
2000
2002
1996
2002
2003
2000
2002
2002
2002
2000
2002
2001
2002
1999
2002
...
2000
2000
1998
2002
2002
2001
2002
2003
2002
2003
2002
1997
2001
1999
2002
2000
...
2002
2002
2002
2000
2002
2002
2002
2003
1999
2002
1996
2001
1996
2002
...
2002
2001
WORLD HEALTH
STATISTICS 2005
Country
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
WHO
region
Number of
physiciansa
Number of
nurses and midwivesa
Number of
health workersa
(per 10 000)
year
(per 10 000)
year
(per 10 000)
year
2002
2003
2003
1999
2001
2002
2001
2001
1999
2002
2002
1997
2002
2002
2003
2002
2001
2002
1999
2003
2003
2004
2001
2002
2001
1995
2002
85.8
18.8
49.2
16.2
59.0
11.5
2.4
34.4
28.7
30.2
30.4
70.3
41.8
0.9
82.8
35.2
54.0
3.7
97.2
8.7
108.5
16.8
7.9
7.7
4.5
11.3
5.4
2000
2003
2003
1999
2001
2002
2001
2002
1999
2002
2002
2003
2003
2002
2003
2002
2003
2002
1999
2003
2003
2004
1999
2002
2001
1995
2002
122.0
33.1
68.6
19.2
80.9
12.1
3.0
37.8
36.2
38.3
44.0
100.3
47.6
1.4
112.8
52.1
75.2
3.9
125.1
47.7
136.5
18.2
27.9
13.4
6.7
12.0
6.0
2000
2003
2003
1999
2001
2002
2001
2001/02
1999
2002
2002
1997/03
2002/03
2002
2003
2002
2001/03
2002
1999
2003
2003
2004
1999/01
2002
2001
1995
2002
Switzerland
Syrian Arab Republic
Tajikistan
Thailand
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United Republic of Tanzania
United States of America
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Viet Nam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
EUR
EMR
EUR
SEAR
EUR
SEAR
AFR
WPR
AMR
EMR
EUR
EUR
WPR
AFR
EUR
EMR
EUR
AFR
AMR
AMR
EUR
WPR
AMR
WPR
EMR
AFR
AFR
36.2
14.3
19.3
3.0
21.9
0.6
0.6
3.4
7.5
8.1
13.7
30.0
5.7
0.5
30.1
16.9
21.3
0.2
27.9
39.0
28.0
1.4
20.0
5.7
2.2
0.7
0.6
Region
African Region
Region of the Americas
South-East Asia Region
European Region
Eastern Mediterranean Region
Western Pacific Region
AFR
AMR
SEAR
EUR
EMR
WPR
1.8
21.8
5.0
33.1
10.1
15.8
8.8
40.8
7.4
72.0
13.7
19.7
10.6
62.6
12.4
105.1
23.8
35.5
Figures computed by WHO to improve comparability where appropriate; they are not necessarily the official statistics of Member States, which may use alternative rigorous
methods.
... Data not available or not applicable.
a) Global Health Atlas of infectious diseases. World Health Organization. Data updated with recent information from Regional Office websites and publications.
b) The World Health Report 2005: make every mother and child count. Geneva, World Health Organization, 2005. (http://www.who.int/whr/2005/en/index.html)
c) Mortality database. World Health Organization. (http://www3.who.int/whosis/menu.cfm?path=whosis,search,mort&language=english)
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STATISTICS 2005
Nurses and
midwives to physiciansa
(ratio)
2.4
1.3
2.6
5.4
2.7
18.1
4.3
10.0
3.8
3.7
2.2
2.3
7.3
1.9
2.8
2.1
2.5
16.2
3.5
0.2
3.9
12.4
0.4
1.4
2.1
16.4
9.4
4.9
1.9
1.5
2.2
1.4
1.2
year
2000
2003
2003
1999
2001
2002
2001
2001/02
1999
2002
2002
1997/03
2002/03
2002
2003
2002
2001/03
2002
1999
2003
2003
2004
1999/01
2002
2001
1995
2002
Hospital
bedsa
(per 10 000)
60
15
61
22
49
...
...
32
34
17
26
71
56
...
88
22
42
...
34
19
55
31
8
24
6
...
...
...
26
17
67
13
34
year
2002
2003
2003
1999
2002
...
...
2001
2001
2002
2003
1997
2001
...
2003
2002
1997
...
2002
2003
2003
2001
2001
2001
2001
...
...
Total expenditure
General government
Per capita total
on healthb
expenditure on healthb expenditure on healthb
(% of gross domestic (% of total government (international dollars)
product)
expenditure)
Coverage of vital
registration of deathsc
(%)
year
2001
2000
2001
2002
2003
2002
2001
1998
1998
1999
1998
1998
2000
2002
2003
2000
2002
2002
2001
2000
2002
2000
2000
2002
2002
2000
2001
2002
2002
2002
11.2
5.1
3.3
4.4
6.8
9.7
10.5
6.9
3.7
5.8
6.5
4.3
4.4
7.4
4.7
3.1
7.7
4.9
14.6
10.0
5.5
3.8
4.9
5.2
3.7
5.8
8.5
18.7
6.5
5.7
17.1
14.0
9.0
7.8
15.8
5.7
7.5
10.3
12.1
1.5
9.1
9.4
7.3
15.8
14.9
23.1
7.9
6.8
12.8
8.0
6.1
3.5
11.3
12.2
3 446
109
47
321
341
195
163
292
428
415
420
182
77
77
210
750
2 160
31
5 274
805
143
121
272
148
58
51
152
100
100
50
91
90
<25
<10
<75
92
6
43
76
>75
<25
99
65
100
<25
100
100
80
12
97
<25
<25
17
36
5.4
9.7
5.2
7.4
4.5
5.8
9.0
16.8
5.1
12.0
6.4
10.2
101
2 221
101
1 331
187
443
...
...
...
...
...
...
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