Health
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As of 2011 the average life expectancy in Lebanon was 79.5 years old with 84 years old for the females and 77 for males.
| LEBANON: Health (Source: EIU) | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy, average (years) | 78.8 | 78.8 | 78.9 | 79.0 | 79.1 | 79.5 |
| Healthcare spending (% of GDP) | 6.7 | 7.7 | 7.2 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 6.2 |
| Healthcare spending ($ per head) | 233 | 277 | 298 | 300 | 311 | 325 |
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Famous quotes containing the word health:
“Pride can go without domestics, without fine clothes, can live in a house with two rooms, can eat potato, purslain, beans, lyed corn, can work on the soil, can travel afoot, can talk with poor men, or sit silent well contented with fine saloons. But vanity costs money, labor, horses, men, women, health and peace, and is still nothing at last; a long way leading nowhere.—Only one drawback; proud people are intolerably selfish, and the vain are gentle and giving.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“You already know I desire that neither Father or Mother shall be in want of any comfort either in health or sickness while they live.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)
“The community and family networks which helped sustain earlier generations have become scarcer for growing numbers of young parents. Those who lack links to these traditional sources of support are hard-pressed to find other resources, given the emphasis in our society on providing treatment services, rather than preventive services and support for health maintenance and well-being.”
—Bernice Weissbourd (20th century)