AuthorWorld Health Organization
TitleWorld health statistics 2009 / World Health Organization
ImprintGeneva : World Health Organization, 2009
Connect tohttp://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2009/9789241563819_eng.pdf
Descript 149 p. ; 29 cm

SUMMARY

World Health Statistics 2009 contains WHO's annual compilation of data from its 193 member states, and includes a summary of progress towards the health-related Millennium Development Goals and targets. This edition also contains a new section on reported cases of selected infectious diseases.
It provides a comprehensive summary of the current status of national health and health systems including: mortality and burden of disease, causes of death, reported infectious diseases, health service coverage, risk factors, health systems resources, health expenditures, inequities and demographic and socioeconomic statistics.The section on inequities presents statistics on the distribution of selected health outcomes and interventions within countries, disaggregated by sex, age, urban and rural settings, wealth, and educational level.
WHO presents World Health Statistics 2009 as an integral part of its ongoing effort to inform better measures of population health and national health systems.


CONTENT

Part I. Health-related millennium development goals; Summary of status and trends -- Part II. Global health indicators; Table 1 Mortality and burden of disease; Table 2 Cause-specific mortality and morbidity; Table 3 Selected infectious diseases : number of reported cases; Table 4 Health service coverage; Table 5 Risk factors; Table 6 Health workforce, infrastructure, essential medicines; Table 7 Health expenditure; Table 8 Health inequities; Table 9 Demographic and socioeconomic statistics


SUBJECT

  1. Health status indicators
  2. World Health
  3. Health services -- statistics
  4. Mortality
  5. Morbidity
  6. Life expectancy
  7. Demography
  8. Statistics

LOCATIONCALL#STATUS
Medicine Library : WHO CollectionWA900.1 W927 2009WO CHECK SHELVES
Medicine Library : WHO CollectionWA900.1 W927 2009WO CHECK SHELVES