United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

862 Comparative International Statistics
No. 1521. Lif e E x p e c t a n c y a n d H e a l t h , b y C o u n t r y ,
[Health: Hospital data refer to hospitals and other medical establishments with beds but exclude old people’s homes and
establishments for custodial or preventive care only; personnel data refer to persons fully qualified from medical or dental
schools and working within the country. See text, p. 854, for general comments concerning the data. For additional qualifications
of data for individual countries, see source]
EXPECTATION OF LIFE AT BIRTH
HEALTH
COUNTRY
Year or
period
(yr)
Both
sexes
(yr)
Male
(yr)
Female
(yr)
Year
Hospitals
Beds
(1,000)
Number
Population
per
bed
Physicians,
number
Population
per
physician
(1,000)
Dentists,
number
United States................. 1978 73 70 77 1978 7,159 1,350.1 164 424,000 .5 117,000
Algeria................................. 1977 55 54 56 ‘ 1978 183 45.2 369 6,881 2.6 i,4aa
Argentina....................... 1989-70 65 62 69 “ 1971 2,864 133.8 178 46,693 .5 (NA)
Australia................. ............ 1979 74 71 7 8 ] *1977 2,369 175.0 60 26,140 .6 6,200
Bangladesh................... 1969-74 46 46 47 ‘ 1978 519 19.9 4,248 7,909 11.0 164
Belgium......................... 1968-72 71 (NA) (NA) 51978 502 90.3 108 424,536 A 44 4,353
Brazil............................. 1974-75 60 58 63 61976 5,426 445.8 245 762,743 (NA) (NA)
Burma......................... (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) ‘ 1977 “ 488 *28.5 (NA) 06,996 (NA) 376
Canada......................... 1971 73 69 76 '1977 1,371 207.7 112 43,192 .5 10,000
Chile............................. 1969-7Q 62 58 65 '1978 293 : 38.6 277 ‘“ 5,671 (NA) Ifl 1,477
China: Mainland............. (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) *1979 65,009 1,932.1 508 447,000 2.2 (NA)
Taiwan “............ . 1979 71 68 73 1980 10,864 39.6 446 "13,330 1.3 1,909
Czechoslovakia.............. 1979 71 67 75 “ 1977 557 184.8 8 1 4 42,210 .4 4 8 7,746
Egypt............................. 1975 54 53 55 “ 1978 1,473 81.3 490 "43,547 (NA) "5,764
Ethiopia......................... 1964-71 36-44 (NA) (NA) 1978 83 9.9 3,016 515 57.7 15
France............................... 1079 73 70 78 1977 3,548 644.1 82 491,442 .6 427,683
German Dem, Rep........... 1977 72 69 75 1676 (NA) 177.4 94 32,387 .5 8,864
Germany, F.R................ 1976-78 72 69 76 ‘ 1978 3,328 714.9 85 135,711 .5 32,950
Greece................................ 1970 72 (NA) (NA) ‘ 1978 701 59.0 158 2 2 ,3 3 7 ,4 7 ,1 7 7
Hungary........................... 1979 70 67 73 “ 1978 (NA) 93.9 113 •26,768 (NA) *3,303
India................................... 1969 47 48 47 1978 (NA) 506.9 1,254 178,000 3.6 (NA)
1975 48 45 46 1979 998 83.1 1,751 12,400 11.7 2,500
Iran.............................. ...... 1973-76 58 58 57 *1976 (NA) 55.5 606 16,200 2.3 2,367
Italy.................................... 1974-77 73 70 76 •1977 1,893 573.9 98 4 "164,555 .3 ‘ (NA)
Japan......................... ........ 1978 76 73 78 ‘ 1977 8,470 1,207.0 94 148,580 .8 49,577
Korea, Rep. o f................. 1870 64 62 66 “ 1978 (NA) 58.1 636 "22,564 (NA) *3,620
Mexico............................... 1969-71 60 58 62 1974 1,575 67.4 863 31,571 (NA) 71,879
Morocco......... .................. 1972 51 51 52 ‘“ 1977 132 2 3 .7 771 *°978 (NA) •1 5 5
Netherlands........................ 1978 75 72 79 1978 309 98,9 (NA) 24,878 .6 5,052
Nigeria.............................. 1971-73 41 40 43 1979 9,270 69.8 1,069 6,584 11.3 269
Pakistan.............................. 1962-65 48 49 47 “ 1979 (NA) 50.9 1,567 "23,594 (NA) 1,018
Philippines.......................... 1975 61 59 64 “ 1978 1,168 76.1 597 *#6,063 (NA) “ >897
Poland................................. 1975-76 71 67 75 ‘ 1978 1,103 265.6 131 61,460 .6 16,527
Romania............................. 1976-78 70 67 72 ‘ 1978 (NA) 195.0 112 31,265 .7 6,790
South A frica................. . 1965-70 57 53 61 1973 786 156.2 152 12,060 2.0 1,767
Soviet Union...................... 1973-74 70 64 74 1980 23,100 3,324.0 80 ' “ 995,600 (NA) (NA)
Spain............ ........ ............. 1975 73 70 76 M 976 1,226 192.9 186 4 "81,658 (NA) 4 *3,532
Sri Lanka............................ 1970-72 64 63 66 “ 1978 469 41.5 341 “ >2,055 (NA) *#218
Sweden............................... 1977 75 (NA) (NA) "1 9 7 7 701 122.5 67 16,340 .5 7,810
Thailand.............................. 1974-75 61 58 64 •1976 349 52.2 823 6,395 7.2 * 1,122
Turkey................................ 1974-75 57 55 58 *1978 776 86,5 498 27,241 1.6 7,077
United Kingdom M„ ......... 1976-78 73 70 76 “ 1977 (NA) 409.0 119 75,000 .7 (NA)
Venezuela........................ 1971 63 61 67 1978 444 41.4 317 14,771 .9 4,342
Vietnam.............................. (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) “ 1978 11,015 192.4 266 12,936 4.2 “ 770
Yugoslavia.......................... 1977 70 68 73 "1 9 7 7 (NA) 129.4 169 29,960 .7 5,964
Zaire...,................................ 1955-57 37-40 (NA) (NA) 1979 942 79.2 322 1,900 13.5 “ 58
NA Not available. ‘Personnel data are for 1879. “Personnel data are for 1975. “Personnel data are for 1980,
1Stomatologists and odontologlsts included with physicians. 'Includes nonuniversity level dentists. 8Personnel data are
(or 1874. "Personnel In hospitals only. ‘ Government establishments only. ‘ Number of registered persona, Data tor
Taiwan Include Chinese herb doctors. "Personnel in government service. “ Source of health data: U.S. Bureau of the
Census. Data from Republic o f C h in a , S ta tis tic a l Y e a rbo o k o f th e R e p u b lic o f C h in a , 1 9 8 1 . ‘“Personnel data are lo r 1978.
,a Includes dentists. 14Health data cover England and Wales only.
Source: Life expectancy—U.S, Bureau of the Census, D e m o g ra p h ic E s tim a te s fo r C o u n trie s w ith a P o p u la tio n o f 1 0 M illio n o r
M o re. 1 98 1, 1981 and W o rld P o p u la tio n 1979— R e c e n t D e m o g ra p h ic E s tim a te s fo r th e C o u n trie s a n d R e g io n s o f th e w o r n , 1980;
Health—Statistical Office of the United Nations, New York, N.Y., S ta tis tic a l Y e a rbo o k, (copyright).