World Health Statistics Report 2008
General Info
Provider
Coverage type
Global
Time period covered
January, 1990 - December, 2006
Data type
Estimate
Summary
The World Health Organization's annual World Health Statistics reports present health statistics for WHO Member States, focusing on a basic set of health indicators selected on the basis of availability and relevance for global health. The core indicators provided by the 2008 World Health Statistics Report include: mortality outcomes, morbidity outcomes, risk factors, coverage of selected health interventions, health systems, inequalities in health, and demographic and socioeconomic statistics.
Keywords
Adult mortality, Alcohol use, Antenatal care, Antimalarials, Antiretroviral therapy, Caesarean section, Causes of death, Child mortality, Condoms, Contraceptives, Cooking fuels, Dentists, Fertility, Government health expenditures, Health care expenditures, Health care personnel, Health indicators, Immunization, Incidence, Infant mortality, Insecticide-treated bednets, Life expectancy, Literacy, Maternal mortality, Mortality, Nurses, Obesity, Oral rehydration therapy, Pap smears, Personal health expenditures, Physicians, Polio, Population, Poverty, Pregnancy complications, Prevalence, School enrollment, Screening mammography, Skilled birth attendants, Tetanus, Tobacco smoking, Tuberculosis, Vitamin A supplements, Water supply
Citation
Contributors
Publisher
Suggested citation
World Health Organization (WHO). WHO World Health Statistics Report 2008. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization (WHO).
Other ID type
ISBN
Other ID
978 92 4 156359 8
Other ID type 2
ISBN
Other ID 2
978 92 4 0682740 (electronic version)