OECD Health Data 2011 - Frequently Requested Data


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to access a sample of key indicators available in
OECD Health Data 2011, November 2011. See the list below.

The Health database is available online in OECD.Stat


Health expenditure

- Total expenditure on health, % of gross domestic product                   
- Total health expenditure per capita, US$ PPP
- Total health expenditure, average annual growth rate per capita
- Public health expenditure, average annual growth rate per capita
- Public expenditure on health, % of total expenditure on health 
- Public health expenditure per capita, US$ PPP
- Out-of-pocket expenditure on health, % of total expenditure on health
- Out-of-pocket expenditure on health, US$ PPP
- Pharmaceutical expenditure, % total expenditure on health
- Pharmaceutical expenditure per capita, US$ PPP

Health care resources

- Physicians, density per 1 000 population
- Nurses, density per 1 000 population
- Medical graduates, density per 100 000 population
- Nursing graduates, density per 100 000 population
- Hospital beds, density per 1 000 population
- Acute care beds, density per 1 000 population
- Psychiatric care beds, per 1 000 population
- MRI units per million population 
- CT Scanners per million population
- Mammographs per million population
- Radiation therapy equipment per million population

Health care activities

- Doctor consultations per capita
- Vaccination rates against measles
- Vaccination rates against DTP
- Vaccination rates agains influenza for people 65 and over
- MRI exams, per 1000 population, in hospitals, in ambulatory care, total
- CT scanners exams, per 1000 population, in hospitals, in ambulatory care, total
- Hospital discharge rates, all causes, per 100 000 population
- Average length of stay for acute care, all conditions, days
- Average length of stay for a normal delivery, days
- Caesarean sections, per 1 000 live births

Health status (Mortality)

- Life expectancy at birth, females, males and total population
- Life expectancy at 65 years old, females and males
- Infant mortality rate, deaths per 1 000 live births
- Potential years of life lost (PYLL), all causes females and males
- Causes of mortality, Suicides, deaths per 100 000 population

Risk factors

- Tobacco consumption, % of females, males and adult population who are daily smokers
- Alcohol consumption, litres per population aged 15+
- Obesity, percentage of females, males and adult population with a BMI>30 kg/m2, based on self-reports
- Obesity, percentage of females, males and adult population with a BMI>30 kg/m2, based on measures of height and weight

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