OECD Health Data 2008 - Frequently Requested Data

NEW: Download this Excel file to access a sample of key indicators that can be found in OECD Health Data 2008, June 08. See the list below.

Health expenditure

- Total expenditure on health, % of gross domestic product                   
- Total health expenditure per capita, US$ PPP
- Public expenditure on health, % total expenditure on health 
- Pharmaceutical expenditure, % total expenditure on health
- New: Pharmaceutical expenditure per capita, US$ PPP

Health care resources

- Practising physicians, density per 1 000 population
- Practising nurses, density per 1 000 population
- Medical graduates, density per 1 000 practising physicians
- Nursing graduates, density per 1 000 practising nurses
- New: Hospital beds, density per 1 000 population
- Acute care beds, density per 1 000 population
- New: Psychiatric care beds, per 1 000 population
- MRI units per million population 
- CT Scanners per million population
- New: Mammographs per million population
- New: Radiation therapy equipment per million population

Health care activities

- Doctor consultations per capita
- Hospital discharge rates, all causes, per 100 000 population
- Average length of stay for acute care, all conditions, days
- Coronary artery bypass grafts (CABG), per 100 000 population
- Coronary angioplasties, per 100 000 population
- Caesarean sections, per 100 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
- New: Potential years of life lost (PYLL), all causes females and males
- New: Suicides, deaths per 100 000 population

Chronic conditions (non-communicable diseases)

- New: Acute myocardial infarction
Causes of mortality, deaths per 100,000 females, males and total population
Hospital discharges, per 100,000 total population

- Cerebro-vascular diseases
Causes of mortality, deaths per 100,000 females, males and total population
Hospital discharges, per 100,000 total population

- New: Cancer
Causes of mortality, deaths per 100,000 females, males and total population
Hospital discharges, per 100,000 total population

- Diseases of the respiratory system
Causes of mortality, deaths per 100,000 females, males and total population
Hospital discharges, per 100,000 total population 

- Diabetes
Causes of mortality, deaths per 100,000 females, males and total population
Hospital discharges, per 100,000 total population 

Risk factors

- Tobacco consumption, % of females, males and adult population who are daily smokers
- Alcohol consumption, litres per population aged 15+
- Overweight, percentage of females, males and adult population with a 25<BMI<30 kg/m2
- Obesity, percentage of females, males and adult population with a BMI>30 kg/m2
- Overweight or obesity, percentage of females, males and adult population with a BMI>25 kg/m2

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