Population per hospital bed. Old people's homes and establishments for custodial and preventive care only are excluded. Data refer to the number of telephones used per 1,000 population. Telephones refer to the number of public and private telephones installed which can be connected to a central exchange. Television and radio receivers.
Many countries report the number of radio licences issued rather than the number of receivers used.
This has led to a certain under-enumeration of the number of receivers for those countries or areas where one licence covers the possession of several receivers. The same case applies to the figures supplied for the number of television receivers. Daily calorie and protein supplies. Data refer to energy equivalent of per capita net food supplies available in the country per day. Food supplies comprise domestic production, imports less exports and changes in stocks.