Friday, December 22, 2006

Ten Statistical Highlights in Global Public Health


http://www.who.int/whosis/whostat2006highlights
/en/print.html

Based on quantitative evidence summarized with a map or a graph, each "highlight" consists in a statement about the global health problem at stake and how it is being tackled. The purpose of the highlights is to provide more annotated material to the reader on how some numbers can be interpreted and put in current international health context.

Child mortality: the gap within countries is not closing















Risk factor transition: high prevalence of tobacco use a
mong youth worldwide















Infant immunization coverage: where are we now?
















Health workforce, health expenditure and disease b
urden: higher burden, fewer resources















Cause of death and burden of disease: global epi
demic of chronic noncommunicable diseases















Tuberculosis and DOTS: national progress towards th
e global targets

















G
overnment spending on health care: monitoring the Abuja declaration target
















Nutrition transition: high levels of child undernutrition a
nd adult obesity coexist
















HIV/AIDS and “3 by 5”: people receiving antiretroviral treatment tripled in two years















Health forecast: projecting causes of death to 2030


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