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Statistics and Health

This page will supply some databases related to health. From these data, it will be possible to make statistical treatments to establish by country regions, or continents, typical profiles about health of populations. For example, the human development index is a reference to estimate health level in a country. You can find the HDI rankings and compare countries with a high, medium or low human development index. You can also download this file : HDI rankings since 1980 to 2006. Or look this page : Human Development Index, 1975-2005 - Ranked Highest to Lowest in 2005. As on overview of health profil by countries or years, detailed database search of WHO will give information about health service coverage or mortality and burden of disease. Those indicators are necessary to estimate the state part in health expenditure, or causes of mortality. Likewise, to measure countries profiles about health, the Health Data 2008 from OECD is really interesting. It consists of diverse indicators such as health expenditure or health status (mortality). Moreover, about regional data, you can find table about health in Europe : data explorer for structural indicators on health. You can also obtain the table of life expectancy by age, sex, country and year. This index is interesting to made comparison between countries, or to base a study.

World statistics

Human Development Records (HDR)

HDR, since 1990, has provided analysis, set the agenda and shifted the course and implementation on development policies worldwide. It sent a clear message about human development by enlarging people’s choices, allowing them to develop their full potential and lead productive, creative lives in dignity and in accordance with their needs and interests. ^[1]

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World Health Organization (WHO)

WHO is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters. ^[2]

Photius Coutsoukis personal home page

Photius Coutsoukis, is the president of Information Technology Associates (ITA). ITA have made web sites like www.theodora.com and www.geographic.org which ar useful and easy to find information about Geography, World Fact Book, Country Flags and Quick Maps web sites.

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

OECD provides a setting where governments compare policy experiences, seek answers to common problems, identify good practice and coordinate domestic and international policies. ^[3]OECD health data page

Wikipédia

It's a free, multilingual encyclopedia project supported by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. Pages of this website are written collaboratively by volunteers around the world. ^[4]

More information about : Human Development Index.

Regional statistics

Europe

Eurostat

It's the Statistical Office of the European Communities. Its mission is to gather and analyse figures from the different European statistics offices in order to define, implement and analyse Community policies. Its data cover a variety of themes of which health.

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)

UNECE major aim is to promote pan-European economic integration. To this end, it provides analysis, policy advice and assistance to governments, it gives focus to the United Nations global mandates in the economic field, in cooperation with other global players and key stakeholders, notably the business community. ^[5]

America

Pan American Health Arganization (PAHO)

PAHO is an international public health agency with more than 100 years of experience in working to improve health and living standards of the countries of the Americas. ^[6]

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Arab Region

Programme On Governance in the Arab Region (POGAR)

POGAR's dedicated to the promotion and development of good governance practices and related reforms in the Arab states; it works in partnership with key governance institutions including legislatures, judiciaries, and civil society organizations to identify needs and solutions.

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