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Figure 1: Table of Health Indicators and Factors Affecting

Health
Figure 1 shows data on several countries for 2004 taken from
http://hdr.undp.org/hdr2006/pdfs/report/HDR_2006_Tables.pdf

The information, apart from life expectancy, is all expressed as some form of ratio:
a percentage, per 1000 or per 100 000 are the most common.
The first 5 columns of data are health indicators.
The last 6 columns give information on other factors that may be relevant to
health.

Saudi
Arabia
Brazil
Jamaica
India
Banglade
sh
Sudan
Kenya

13

0.2

16

94

0.3

100

230

81

0.3

0.1

30

99

333

99

-0.3

23

0.2

55

90

137

97

2.3

34

260

0.5

77

90

115

99

20

87

1.5

93

85

85

540

0.9

312

86

77

380

0.1

435

91

590

1.6

120

1000

6.1

total population / millions

GDP per capita /US$

peopledoctors per 100 000

water %

100
3

rate %annual population growth

70.
8
70.
7
63.
6
63.
3
56.
5
47.

aged

328

0.2

000TB prevalence per

27

15- 49HIV prevalence %

72

maternal mortality per

100 000 live births

100

immunised againstone year olds fully

Hungary

Factors that may affect health

of populationaccess to clean

UK

80.
3
78.
5
73

1000 live birthsunder 5 mortality rate per

Sweden

Health indicators
yearsLife expectancy at birth /

country

Figure 1

1.2

2954
1
3082
1
1681
4
1382
5
8195

80

0.4

4439

2.6

60

56

1.3

3139

74

26

77

1.7

1870

1087.
1
139.2

370

70

22

59

1949

35.5

888

61

14

73

2.5

1140

33.5

59.5
10.1
24
183.9

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Nigeria
Ethiopia

5
43.
4
47.
8

197

800

3.9

531

48

28

35

1154

128.7

166

1000

2.3

533

22

71

2.3

756

75.6

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Figure 2: Relationship between number of doctors and life

expectancy at birth

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Figure 3: Relationship between under 5 mortality rate and

access to clean water

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Figure 4: Relationship between GDP per capita and life

expectancy at birth

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Figure 5: Relationship between immunization and under 5

mortality rate

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Figure 6: Death rate from three causes of death in the UK

Changes in health of a population
The UK Government keeps records of the health and of causes of death. Figure 6 shows
the death rate in the UK for men since 1996, from the three main causes of death.
Figure 6: Death rate from three causes of death in the UK

http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_health/Death_registration_2006.pdf