Health Statistics
The following statistics are a sample from the World Health Organization Statistical Information System (WHOSIS). The year on which the data were sampled follows the statistic in brackets.
- Demographics
- Population (in thousands): 4,334 (2009)
- Total fertility rate (per woman): 2 (2006)
- Adolescent fertility rate (%): 27 (2004)
- Funding
- Per capita government spending (PPP Int $): 1,905 (2006)
- Per capita total spending (PPP Int $): 2,447 (2006)
- Total expenditure (% of GDP): 9.4 (2006)
- Life expectancy
- Life expectancy at birth (years): 80 (2006)
- Life expectancy for females (years): 82 (2006)
- Life expectancy for males (years): 78 (2006)
- Neonatal mortality (per 1,000 live births): 3 (2004)
- Infant mortality (per 1,000 live births): 5 (2006)
- Years of life lost to communicable diseases (%): 5 (2002)
- Years of life lost to injuries (%): 17 (2002)
- Years of life lost to non-communicable diseases (%): 79 (2002)
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