This annual edition presents the most recent statistics of over 50 health indicators for WHO's 193 Member States. It includes an expanded set of core statistics and a section with 10 highlights in global health statistics for the past year.
Author(s): World Health Organization
Edition: 2007
Publisher: World Health Organization
Year: 2007
Language: English
Pages: 80
Title......Page 1
Copyright......Page 2
Table of Contents......Page 3
Introduction......Page 7
Part 1: Ten statistical highlights in global public health......Page 9
1. Monitoring progress: appropriate use of health statistics......Page 10
2. People living with HIV: better data, better estimates......Page 11
3. Future health: projected deaths for selected causes to 2030......Page 12
4. Child undernutrition: where are we now?......Page 13
5. Levels and causes of death: filling data gaps......Page 14
6. Tobacco use and poverty: high prevalence among the world’s poorest......Page 15
7. Mental illness: depression worsens the health of people with chronic illness......Page 16
8. Inequalities in health: understanding their determinants......Page 17
9. Tuberculosis control: towards goals and targets......Page 18
10. Health expenditure: meeting needs?......Page 19
References......Page 20
Part 2: World health statistics......Page 21
Health status: mortality......Page 22
Health status: morbidity......Page 32
Health service coverage......Page 36
Risk factors......Page 46
Health systems......Page 56
Inequities in health......Page 74
Demographic and socioeconomic statistics......Page 78
