Title: World Health Statistics 2009
Description: World Health Statistics 2009 contains WHO's annual compilation of data from its 193 member states, and includes a summary of progress towards the health-related millennium development goals and targets. This edition also contains a new section on reported cases of selected infectious diseases. It provides a comprehensive summary of the current status of national health and health systems including; mortality and burden of disease, causes of death, reported infectious diseases, health service coverage, risk factors, health systems resources, health expenditures, inequities and demographic and socioeconomic statistics. The section on inequities presents statistics on the distribution of selected health outcomes and interventions within countries, disaggregated by sex, age, urban and rural settings, wealth, and educational level. WHO presents World Health Statistics 2009 as an integral part of its ongoing effort to inform better measures of population health and national health systems.
Subjects: World Health, Vital Statistics, Health Status Indicators, Medical Statistics, Communicable Diseases, Medical Personnel, Medical statistics, Vital statistics, Communicable diseases, Medical personnel, Hospitals, Estatisticas de servicos de saude, Demografia (estatisticas e dados numericos), Doencas infecciosas (estatisticas e dados numericos), Hospitais, Saude mundial (estatisticas e dados numericos), Fatores de risco, Indicadores de saude (estatisticas e dados numericos)