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| Indicators on Health |
Last update: December 2009 |
Country or area |
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| Afghanistan |
2005-2010 |
|
44 |
|
44 |
|
157 |
|
|
235 |
|
| Albania |
2005-2010 |
|
73 |
|
80 |
|
16 |
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|
18 |
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| Algeria |
2005-2010 |
|
71 |
|
74 |
|
31 |
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|
33 |
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| American Samoa |
2000 |
a |
69 |
|
76 |
|
11 |
|
d |
… |
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| Angola |
2005-2010 |
|
45 |
|
49 |
|
117 |
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|
205 |
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| Antigua and Barbuda |
1991-1995 |
* |
… |
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… |
|
21 |
|
|
… |
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| Argentina |
2005-2010 |
|
72 |
|
79 |
|
13 |
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|
16 |
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| Armenia |
2005-2010 |
|
70 |
|
77 |
|
25 |
|
|
28 |
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| Aruba |
2005-2010 |
|
72 |
|
77 |
|
16 |
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|
18 |
|
| Australia1 |
2005-2010 |
|
79 |
|
84 |
|
5 |
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|
6 |
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| Austria |
2005-2010 |
|
77 |
|
83 |
|
4 |
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|
5 |
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| Azerbaijan |
2005-2010 |
|
68 |
|
72 |
|
43 |
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|
53 |
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| Bahamas |
2005-2010 |
|
71 |
|
76 |
|
9 |
|
|
13 |
|
| Bahrain |
2005-2010 |
|
74 |
|
77 |
|
10 |
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|
13 |
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| Bangladesh |
2005-2010 |
|
65 |
|
67 |
|
45 |
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|
57 |
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| Barbados |
2005-2010 |
|
74 |
|
80 |
|
10 |
|
|
11 |
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| Belarus |
2005-2010 |
|
63 |
|
75 |
|
9 |
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|
12 |
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| Belgium |
2005-2010 |
|
77 |
|
83 |
|
4 |
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5 |
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| Belize |
2005-2010 |
|
74 |
|
78 |
|
17 |
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|
21 |
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| Benin |
2005-2010 |
|
60 |
|
62 |
|
85 |
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|
121 |
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| Bhutan |
2005-2010 |
|
64 |
|
68 |
|
44 |
|
|
64 |
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| Bolivia |
2005-2010 |
|
63 |
|
68 |
|
46 |
|
|
61 |
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| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
2005-2010 |
|
72 |
|
78 |
|
13 |
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|
15 |
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| Botswana |
2005-2010 |
|
55 |
|
55 |
|
36 |
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|
54 |
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| Brazil |
2005-2010 |
|
69 |
|
76 |
|
23 |
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|
29 |
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| Brunei Darussalam |
2005-2010 |
|
75 |
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80 |
|
6 |
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|
7 |
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| Bulgaria |
2005-2010 |
|
70 |
|
77 |
|
12 |
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|
15 |
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| Burkina Faso |
2005-2010 |
|
52 |
|
54 |
|
80 |
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|
157 |
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| Burundi |
2005-2010 |
|
49 |
|
52 |
|
98 |
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|
166 |
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| Cambodia |
2005-2010 |
|
59 |
|
63 |
|
62 |
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|
89 |
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| Cameroon |
2005-2010 |
|
50 |
|
52 |
|
87 |
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|
144 |
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| Canada |
2005-2010 |
|
78 |
|
83 |
|
5 |
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|
6 |
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| Cape Verde |
2005-2010 |
|
68 |
|
74 |
|
26 |
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|
31 |
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| Central African Republic |
2005-2010 |
|
45 |
|
48 |
|
105 |
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|
180 |
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| Chad |
2005-2010 |
|
47 |
|
50 |
|
130 |
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|
211 |
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| Channel Islands2 |
2005-2010 |
|
77 |
|
81 |
|
5 |
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|
6 |
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| Chile |
2005-2010 |
|
76 |
|
82 |
|
7 |
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|
9 |
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| China3 |
2005-2010 |
|
71 |
|
75 |
|
23 |
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|
29 |
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| China, Hong Kong SAR4 |
2005-2010 |
|
79 |
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85 |
|
4 |
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5 |
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| China, Macao SAR5 |
2005-2010 |
|
79 |
|
83 |
|
5 |
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|
6 |
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| Colombia |
2005-2010 |
|
69 |
|
77 |
|
19 |
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|
26 |
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| Comoros6 |
2005-2010 |
|
63 |
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67 |
|
48 |
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|
63 |
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| Congo |
2005-2010 |
|
53 |
|
55 |
|
79 |
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|
128 |
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| Cook Islands |
1996-2002 |
a |
68 |
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74 |
|
15 |
|
h |
… |
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| Costa Rica |
2005-2010 |
|
76 |
|
81 |
|
10 |
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|
11 |
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| Côte d'Ivoire |
2005-2010 |
|
56 |
|
59 |
|
87 |
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|
123 |
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| Croatia |
2005-2010 |
|
73 |
|
80 |
|
6 |
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|
8 |
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| Cuba |
2005-2010 |
|
77 |
|
81 |
|
5 |
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|
8 |
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| Cyprus |
2005-2010 |
|
77 |
|
82 |
|
5 |
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|
7 |
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| Czech Republic |
2005-2010 |
|
73 |
|
80 |
|
4 |
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|
5 |
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| Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
2005-2010 |
|
65 |
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69 |
|
48 |
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|
63 |
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| Democratic Republic of the Congo |
2005-2010 |
|
46 |
|
49 |
|
117 |
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|
198 |
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| Denmark |
2005-2010 |
|
76 |
|
81 |
|
4 |
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|
6 |
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| Djibouti |
2005-2010 |
|
54 |
|
57 |
|
85 |
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|
125 |
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| Dominican Republic |
2005-2010 |
|
70 |
|
75 |
|
30 |
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|
33 |
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| Ecuador |
2005-2010 |
|
72 |
|
78 |
|
21 |
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|
26 |
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| Egypt |
2005-2010 |
|
68 |
|
72 |
|
35 |
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|
41 |
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| El Salvador |
2005-2010 |
|
67 |
|
76 |
|
22 |
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|
26 |
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| Equatorial Guinea |
2005-2010 |
|
49 |
|
51 |
|
100 |
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|
168 |
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| Eritrea |
2005-2010 |
|
57 |
|
62 |
|
54 |
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|
75 |
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| Estonia |
2005-2010 |
|
68 |
|
78 |
|
8 |
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|
10 |
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| Ethiopia |
2005-2010 |
|
54 |
|
56 |
|
79 |
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|
131 |
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| Fiji |
2005-2010 |
|
67 |
|
71 |
|
20 |
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|
24 |
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| Finland7 |
2005-2010 |
|
76 |
|
83 |
|
3 |
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|
4 |
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| France |
2005-2010 |
|
78 |
|
85 |
|
4 |
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|
5 |
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| French Guiana |
2005-2010 |
|
73 |
|
80 |
|
13 |
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|
15 |
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| French Polynesia |
2005-2010 |
|
72 |
|
77 |
|
8 |
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|
10 |
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| Gabon |
2005-2010 |
|
59 |
|
62 |
|
51 |
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|
80 |
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| Gambia |
2005-2010 |
|
54 |
|
57 |
|
77 |
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|
116 |
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| Georgia |
2005-2010 |
|
68 |
|
75 |
|
35 |
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|
36 |
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| Germany |
2005-2010 |
|
77 |
|
82 |
|
4 |
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|
5 |
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| Ghana |
2005-2010 |
|
56 |
|
57 |
|
73 |
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|
117 |
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| Gibraltar |
2001 |
* |
79 |
|
83 |
|
3 |
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b,f |
… |
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| Greece |
2005-2010 |
|
77 |
|
81 |
|
4 |
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|
4 |
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| Greenland |
2003-2007 |
* |
66 |
|
71 |
|
10 |
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|
… |
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| Grenada |
2005-2010 |
|
74 |
|
77 |
|
13 |
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|
15 |
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| Guadeloupe |
2005-2010 |
|
76 |
|
82 |
|
7 |
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|
9 |
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| Guam |
2005-2010 |
|
73 |
|
78 |
|
9 |
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|
10 |
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| Guatemala |
2005-2010 |
|
67 |
|
74 |
|
30 |
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|
39 |
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| Guinea |
2005-2010 |
|
56 |
|
60 |
|
98 |
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|
148 |
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| Guinea-Bissau |
2005-2010 |
|
46 |
|
49 |
|
114 |
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|
196 |
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| Guyana |
2005-2010 |
|
64 |
|
70 |
|
42 |
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|
56 |
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| Haiti |
2005-2010 |
|
59 |
|
63 |
|
62 |
|
|
85 |
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| Honduras |
2005-2010 |
|
70 |
|
75 |
|
28 |
|
|
39 |
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| Hungary |
2005-2010 |
|
69 |
|
77 |
|
7 |
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|
8 |
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| Iceland |
2005-2010 |
|
80 |
|
83 |
|
3 |
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|
4 |
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| India |
2005-2010 |
|
62 |
|
65 |
|
55 |
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|
81 |
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| Indonesia |
2005-2010 |
|
69 |
|
73 |
|
27 |
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|
32 |
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| Iran (Islamic Republic of) |
2005-2010 |
|
70 |
|
73 |
|
29 |
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|
34 |
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| Iraq |
2005-2010 |
|
63 |
|
72 |
|
33 |
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|
41 |
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| Ireland |
2005-2010 |
|
78 |
|
82 |
|
4 |
|
|
6 |
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| Isle of Man |
1996 |
* |
74 |
|
80 |
|
3 |
|
b,i |
… |
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| Israel |
2005-2010 |
|
79 |
|
83 |
|
5 |
|
|
6 |
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| Italy |
2005-2010 |
|
78 |
|
84 |
|
4 |
|
|
5 |
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| Jamaica |
2005-2010 |
|
68 |
|
75 |
|
23 |
|
|
28 |
|
| Japan |
2005-2010 |
|
79 |
|
86 |
|
3 |
|
|
4 |
|
| Jordan |
2005-2010 |
|
71 |
|
74 |
|
19 |
|
|
22 |
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| Kazakhstan |
2005-2010 |
|
59 |
|
71 |
|
26 |
|
|
30 |
|
| Kenya |
2005-2010 |
|
54 |
|
55 |
|
64 |
|
|
104 |
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| Kiribati |
2003 |
a |
59 |
|
63 |
|
52 |
|
|
… |
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| Kuwait |
2005-2010 |
|
76 |
|
80 |
|
9 |
|
|
10 |
|
| Kyrgyzstan |
2005-2010 |
|
64 |
|
72 |
|
37 |
|
|
46 |
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| Lao People's Democratic Republic |
2005-2010 |
|
63 |
|
66 |
|
50 |
|
|
65 |
|
| Latvia |
2005-2010 |
|
67 |
|
77 |
|
9 |
|
|
11 |
|
| Lebanon |
2005-2010 |
|
70 |
|
74 |
|
22 |
|
|
26 |
|
| Lesotho |
2005-2010 |
|
44 |
|
46 |
|
70 |
|
|
104 |
|
| Liberia |
2005-2010 |
|
57 |
|
59 |
|
95 |
|
|
140 |
|
| Libyan Arab Jamahiriya |
2005-2010 |
|
72 |
|
77 |
|
18 |
|
|
20 |
|
| Liechtenstein |
2003-2007 |
* |
… |
|
… |
|
3 |
|
b |
… |
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| Lithuania |
2005-2010 |
|
66 |
|
78 |
|
9 |
|
|
12 |
|
| Luxembourg |
2005-2010 |
|
77 |
|
82 |
|
4 |
|
|
6 |
|
| Madagascar |
2005-2010 |
|
59 |
|
62 |
|
65 |
|
|
100 |
|
| Malawi |
2005-2010 |
|
52 |
|
54 |
|
84 |
|
|
121 |
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| Malaysia |
2005-2010 |
|
72 |
|
77 |
|
9 |
|
|
11 |
|
| Maldives |
2005-2010 |
|
70 |
|
73 |
|
24 |
|
|
28 |
|
| Mali |
2005-2010 |
|
48 |
|
49 |
|
106 |
|
|
191 |
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| Malta |
2005-2010 |
|
78 |
|
81 |
|
6 |
|
|
7 |
|
| Marshall Islands |
1999 |
a |
64 |
|
67 |
|
21 |
|
g |
… |
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| Martinique |
2005-2010 |
|
77 |
|
82 |
|
7 |
|
|
8 |
|
| Mauritania |
2005-2010 |
|
55 |
|
59 |
|
73 |
|
|
120 |
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| Mauritius8 |
2005-2010 |
|
69 |
|
76 |
|
15 |
|
|
17 |
|
| Mayotte |
2005-2010 |
|
72 |
|
80 |
|
7 |
|
|
9 |
|
| Mexico |
2005-2010 |
|
74 |
|
79 |
|
17 |
|
|
20 |
|
| Micronesia (Federated States of) |
2005-2010 |
|
68 |
|
69 |
|
34 |
|
|
42 |
|
| Mongolia |
2005-2010 |
|
63 |
|
70 |
|
42 |
|
|
44 |
|
| Montenegro |
2005-2010 |
|
72 |
|
76 |
|
9 |
|
|
10 |
|
| Morocco |
2005-2010 |
|
69 |
|
73 |
|
31 |
|
|
36 |
|
| Mozambique |
2005-2010 |
|
47 |
|
49 |
|
90 |
|
|
153 |
|
| Myanmar |
2005-2010 |
|
59 |
|
63 |
|
75 |
|
|
111 |
|
| Namibia |
2005-2010 |
|
60 |
|
62 |
|
35 |
|
|
52 |
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| Nauru |
2006 |
a |
55 |
|
57 |
|
46 |
|
e |
… |
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| Nepal |
2005-2010 |
|
66 |
|
67 |
|
42 |
|
|
54 |
|
| Netherlands |
2005-2010 |
|
78 |
|
82 |
|
4 |
|
|
6 |
|
| Netherlands Antilles |
2005-2010 |
|
73 |
|
79 |
|
13 |
|
|
14 |
|
| New Caledonia |
2005-2010 |
|
73 |
|
80 |
|
6 |
|
|
9 |
|
| New Zealand |
2005-2010 |
|
78 |
|
82 |
|
5 |
|
|
6 |
|
| Nicaragua |
2005-2010 |
|
70 |
|
76 |
|
21 |
|
|
26 |
|
| Niger |
2005-2010 |
|
50 |
|
52 |
|
88 |
|
|
172 |
|
| Nigeria |
2005-2010 |
|
47 |
|
48 |
|
109 |
|
|
187 |
|
| Niue |
2001-2006 |
a |
67 |
|
76 |
|
8 |
|
|
… |
|
| Northern Mariana Islands |
1999-2001 |
a |
74 |
|
77 |
|
5 |
|
d |
… |
|
| Norway9 |
2005-2010 |
|
78 |
|
83 |
|
3 |
|
|
5 |
|
| Occupied Palestinian Territory |
2005-2010 |
|
72 |
|
75 |
|
18 |
|
|
20 |
|
| Oman |
2005-2010 |
|
74 |
|
77 |
|
12 |
|
|
14 |
|
| Pakistan |
2005-2010 |
|
66 |
|
67 |
|
64 |
|
|
89 |
|
| Palau |
2005 |
a |
66 |
|
72 |
|
20 |
|
c |
… |
|
| Panama |
2005-2010 |
|
73 |
|
78 |
|
18 |
|
|
24 |
|
| Papua New Guinea |
2005-2010 |
|
59 |
|
63 |
|
51 |
|
|
69 |
|
| Paraguay |
2005-2010 |
|
70 |
|
74 |
|
32 |
|
|
38 |
|
| Peru |
2005-2010 |
|
71 |
|
76 |
|
21 |
|
|
33 |
|
| Philippines |
2005-2010 |
|
70 |
|
74 |
|
23 |
|
|
27 |
|
| Poland |
2005-2010 |
|
71 |
|
80 |
|
7 |
|
|
8 |
|
| Portugal |
2005-2010 |
|
75 |
|
82 |
|
4 |
|
|
5 |
|
| Puerto Rico |
2005-2010 |
|
75 |
|
83 |
|
7 |
|
|
9 |
|
| Qatar |
2005-2010 |
|
75 |
|
77 |
|
8 |
|
|
10 |
|
| Republic of Korea |
2005-2010 |
|
76 |
|
83 |
|
4 |
|
|
6 |
|
| Republic of Moldova |
2005-2010 |
|
65 |
|
72 |
|
18 |
|
|
23 |
|
| Réunion |
2005-2010 |
|
72 |
|
81 |
|
7 |
|
|
9 |
|
| Romania |
2005-2010 |
|
69 |
|
76 |
|
15 |
|
|
18 |
|
| Russian Federation |
2005-2010 |
|
60 |
|
73 |
|
12 |
|
|
16 |
|
| Rwanda |
2005-2010 |
|
48 |
|
52 |
|
100 |
|
|
155 |
|
| Saint Helena10 |
1998-2007 |
* |
71 |
|
77 |
|
11 |
|
b,g |
… |
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| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
1998 |
* |
68 |
|
71 |
|
24 |
|
j |
… |
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| Saint Lucia |
2005-2010 |
|
71 |
|
77 |
|
13 |
|
|
16 |
|
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
2005-2010 |
|
69 |
|
74 |
|
23 |
|
|
28 |
|
| Samoa |
2005-2010 |
|
69 |
|
75 |
|
22 |
|
|
27 |
|
| San Marino |
2000 |
* |
77 |
|
84 |
|
2 |
|
b,g |
… |
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| Sao Tome and Principe |
2005-2010 |
|
64 |
|
67 |
|
72 |
|
|
95 |
|
| Saudi Arabia |
2005-2010 |
|
71 |
|
75 |
|
19 |
|
|
22 |
|
| Senegal |
2005-2010 |
|
54 |
|
57 |
|
58 |
|
|
120 |
|
| Serbia |
2005-2010 |
|
72 |
|
76 |
|
12 |
|
|
14 |
|
| Sierra Leone |
2005-2010 |
|
46 |
|
49 |
|
104 |
|
|
148 |
|
| Singapore |
2005-2010 |
|
78 |
|
83 |
|
3 |
|
|
4 |
|
| Slovakia |
2005-2010 |
|
71 |
|
79 |
|
7 |
|
|
8 |
|
| Slovenia |
2005-2010 |
|
75 |
|
82 |
|
4 |
|
|
5 |
|
| Solomon Islands |
2005-2010 |
|
65 |
|
67 |
|
44 |
|
|
57 |
|
| Somalia |
2005-2010 |
|
48 |
|
51 |
|
110 |
|
|
180 |
|
| South Africa |
2005-2010 |
|
50 |
|
53 |
|
49 |
|
|
72 |
|
| Spain |
2005-2010 |
|
78 |
|
84 |
|
4 |
|
|
5 |
|
| Sri Lanka |
2005-2010 |
|
70 |
|
78 |
|
16 |
|
|
20 |
|
| Sudan |
2005-2010 |
|
56 |
|
60 |
|
69 |
|
|
111 |
|
| Suriname |
2005-2010 |
|
65 |
|
73 |
|
22 |
|
|
31 |
|
| Swaziland |
2005-2010 |
|
46 |
|
45 |
|
66 |
|
|
102 |
|
| Sweden |
2005-2010 |
|
79 |
|
83 |
|
3 |
|
|
4 |
|
| Switzerland |
2005-2010 |
|
79 |
|
84 |
|
4 |
|
|
5 |
|
| Syrian Arab Republic |
2005-2010 |
|
72 |
|
76 |
|
16 |
|
|
18 |
|
| Tajikistan |
2005-2010 |
|
64 |
|
69 |
|
60 |
|
|
78 |
|
| TFYR of Macedonia11 |
2005-2010 |
|
72 |
|
77 |
|
15 |
|
|
17 |
|
| Thailand |
2005-2010 |
|
66 |
|
72 |
|
7 |
|
|
10 |
|
| Timor-Leste |
2005-2010 |
|
60 |
|
62 |
|
67 |
|
|
92 |
|
| Togo |
2005-2010 |
|
61 |
|
64 |
|
71 |
|
|
98 |
|
| Tokelau |
1990 |
a |
68 |
|
70 |
|
31 |
|
k |
… |
|
| Tonga |
2005-2010 |
|
69 |
|
75 |
|
22 |
|
|
26 |
|
| Trinidad and Tobago |
2005-2010 |
|
66 |
|
73 |
|
26 |
|
|
33 |
|
| Tunisia |
2005-2010 |
|
72 |
|
76 |
|
20 |
|
|
22 |
|
| Turkey |
2005-2010 |
|
69 |
|
74 |
|
28 |
|
|
32 |
|
| Turkmenistan |
2005-2010 |
|
61 |
|
69 |
|
50 |
|
|
64 |
|
| Turks and Caicos Islands |
2001 |
* |
79 |
|
77 |
|
5 |
|
b,g |
… |
|
| Tuvalu |
1997-2002 |
a |
62 |
|
65 |
|
17 |
|
d |
… |
|
| Uganda |
2005-2010 |
|
52 |
|
53 |
|
74 |
|
|
122 |
|
| Ukraine |
2005-2010 |
|
63 |
|
74 |
|
12 |
|
|
15 |
|
| United Arab Emirates |
2005-2010 |
|
77 |
|
79 |
|
10 |
|
|
11 |
|
| United Kingdom12 |
2005-2010 |
|
77 |
|
82 |
|
5 |
|
|
6 |
|
| United Republic of Tanzania |
2005-2010 |
|
55 |
|
56 |
|
65 |
|
|
106 |
|
| United States of America |
2005-2010 |
|
77 |
|
81 |
|
6 |
|
|
7 |
|
| United States Virgin Islands |
2005-2010 |
|
76 |
|
82 |
|
9 |
|
|
10 |
|
| Uruguay |
2005-2010 |
|
73 |
|
80 |
|
13 |
|
|
16 |
|
| Uzbekistan |
2005-2010 |
|
65 |
|
71 |
|
48 |
|
|
58 |
|
| Vanuatu |
2005-2010 |
|
68 |
|
72 |
|
28 |
|
|
34 |
|
| Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) |
2005-2010 |
|
71 |
|
77 |
|
17 |
|
|
22 |
|
| Viet Nam |
2005-2010 |
|
72 |
|
76 |
|
20 |
|
|
23 |
|
| Wallis and Futuna |
1996-2003 |
a |
73 |
|
76 |
|
5 |
|
l |
… |
|
| Western Sahara |
2005-2010 |
|
64 |
|
68 |
|
44 |
|
|
56 |
|
| Yemen |
2005-2010 |
|
61 |
|
64 |
|
59 |
|
|
79 |
|
| Zambia |
2005-2010 |
|
45 |
|
46 |
|
95 |
|
|
160 |
|
| Zimbabwe |
2005-2010 |
|
43 |
|
44 |
|
58 |
|
|
94 |
|
|
Sources:
United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2009), World Population Prospects: The 2008 Revision. CD-ROM Edition; supplemented by official national statistics published in United Nations Demographic Yearbook 2007, available from the United Nations Statistics Division website, http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/default.htm (accessed December 2009); and data compiled by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) Statistics and Demography Programme, available from the SPC website, http://www.spc.int/sdp/ (accessed December 2009).
Footnotes:
| … |
Not available. |
| * |
Data from official national life tables compiled by the United Nations Demographic Yearbook system. |
| a |
Data compiled by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) Statistics and Demography Programme. |
| b |
Rate based on 30 or fewer events. |
| c |
Data for the period of 2004-2006. |
| d |
Data for the period of 2006-2008. |
| e |
Data for the period of 2006-2007. |
| f |
Data for the period of 2005-2006. |
| g |
Data for the period of 2003-2007. |
| h |
Data for the period of 2005-2007. |
| i |
Data for the period of 2001-2005. |
| j |
Data for the period of 1994-1998. |
| k |
Data for the period of 2000-2003. |
| l |
Data for the period of 2005-2008. |
| 1 |
Including Christmas Island, Cocos (keeling) Islands and Norfolk Island. |
| 2 |
Including the islands of Guernsey and Jersey. |
| 3 |
For statistical purposes, the data for China do not include Hong Kong and Macao, Special Administrative Regions (SAR) of China. |
| 4 |
As of 1 July 1997, Hong Kong became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China. |
| 5 |
As of 20 December 1999, Macao became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China. |
| 6 |
Including the island of Mayotte. |
| 7 |
Including Aland Islands. |
| 8 |
Including Agalega, Rodrigues and Saint Brandon. |
| 9 |
Including Svalbard and Jan Mayen Island. |
| 10 |
Excluding the dependencies of Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. |
| 11 |
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. |
| 12 |
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Island. |
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Technical notes:
Life expectancy at birth is an estimate of the number of years to be lived by a female or male newborn, based on current age-specific mortality rates. Life expectancy at birth by sex gives a statistical summary of current differences in male and female mortality across all ages. In areas with high infant and child mortality rates, the indicator is strongly influenced by trends and differentials in infant and child mortality.
Infant mortality rate is the total number of infants dying before reaching the age of one year per 1,000 live births in a given year. It is an approximation of the number of deaths per 1,000 children born alive who die within one year of birth. Under-five mortality rate is defined as the probability of dying before reaching age 5 and is expressed as the number of deaths under age 5 per 1,000 live births.
Estimates and projections of life expectancy, infant and under-five mortality rates are prepared every two years by the Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat from data compiled by the Population Division and Statistics Division from national statistical sources. The best source of data to compute the infant and under-five mortality rates is a civil registration system covering at least 90 percent of births and deaths in a country or area. As many developing countries lack complete and reliable statistics of births and deaths based on civil registration, various estimation techniques are used to calculate the indicators from population censuses and demographic surveys.
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