OECD in Figures 2008
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Health status
Health status appears in OECD in Figures 2008.
| Life expectancy at birth | Fertility rate | Infant mortality | Tobacco consumption | Obesity2 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of years | Children per woman 15- 49 |
per 1 000 live births1 | % of adults smoking daily | % of adults with BMI>30 kg/ m² | |||||||||
| 2006 | 1995 | ||||||||||||
| Women | Men | Total | Women | Men | Total | 2006 | 2006 | 1995 | 2006 | 1995 | 2006 | 1995 | |
| Australia3 | 83.5 | 78.7 | 81.1 | 80.8 | 75.0 | 77.9 | 1.81 | 4.7 | 5.7 | 17.7 | 24.1 | .. | 19.8 |
| Austria | 82.7 | 77.1 | 79.9 | 79.9 | 73.3 | 76.6 | 1.41 | 3.6 | 5.4 | 23.2 | 24.3 | 12.4 | .. |
| Belgium | 82.3 | 76.6 | 79.5 | 80.4 | 73.5 | 77.0 | 1.8 | 3.7 | 5.9 | 22.0 | 28.5 | 12.7 | 11.1 |
| Canada | 82.7 | 78.0 | 80.4 | 81.1 | 75.1 | 78.1 | 1.54 | 5.4 | 6.1 | 17.3 | 25.5 | 18.0 | 12.1 |
| Czech Republic4 | 79.9 | 73.5 | 76.7 | 76.8 | 69.7 | 73.3 | 1.33 | 3.3 | 7.7 | 24.3 | 26.2 | 17.0 | 11.3 |
| Denmark | 80.7 | 76.1 | 78.4 | 77.9 | 72.7 | 75.3 | 1.85 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 26.0 | 35.5 | 11.4 | 7.6 |
| Finland | 83.1 | 75.9 | 79.5 | 80.4 | 72.8 | 76.6 | 1.84 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 21.4 | 24.0 | 14.3 | 10.4 |
| France | 84.4 | 77.3 | 80.9 | 81.8 | 73.9 | 77.9 | 1.98 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 25.0 | 29.0 | 10.5 | 7.0 |
| Germany | 82.4 | 77.2 | 79.8 | 79.9 | 73.3 | 76.6 | 1.33 | 3.8 | 5.3 | 23.2 | 24.3 | 13.6 | .. |
| Greece | 82.0 | 77.1 | 79.6 | 80.3 | 75.0 | 77.7 | 1.41 | 3.7 | 8.1 | 38.6 | 37.0 | 21.9 | .. |
| Hungary | 77.4 | 69.0 | 73.2 | 74.5 | 65.3 | 69.9 | 1.35 | 5.7 | 10.7 | 30.4 | 35.5 | 18.8 | .. |
| Iceland | 83.0 | 79.4 | 81.2 | 80.0 | 75.9 | 78.0 | 2.07 | 1.4 | 6.0 | 19.3 | 26.8 | .. | .. |
| Ireland | 82.1 | 77.3 | 79.7 | 78.3 | 72.8 | 75.6 | 1.9 | 3.7 | 6.4 | .. | 28.0 | .. | 10.0 |
| Italy | 83.8 | 77.9 | 80.9 | 81.6 | 75.1 | 78.4 | 1.35 | 3.9 | 6.2 | 23.0 | 25.6 | 10.2 | 7.0 |
| Japan | 85.8 | 79.0 | 82.4 | 82.9 | 76.4 | 79.6 | 1.32 | 2.6 | 4.3 | 26.3 | 37.0 | 3.9 | 2.6 |
| Korea | 82.4 | 75.7 | 79.1 | 77.4 | 69.6 | 73.5 | 1.13 | .. | 7.7 | 25.3 | 35.2 | 3.5 | 2.2 |
| Luxembourg | 81.9 | 76.8 | 79.4 | 80.6 | 73.0 | 76.8 | 1.64 | 2.5 | 5.5 | 21.0 | 33.0 | 18.6 | 14.9 |
| Mexico | 78.1 | 73.2 | 75.7 | 75.3 | 70.0 | 72.7 | 2.17 | 18.1 | 27.6 | .. | 25.1 | 30.0 | .. |
| Netherlands | 81.9 | 77.6 | 79.8 | 80.4 | 74.6 | 77.5 | 1.72 | 4.4 | 5.5 | 31.0 | 36.0 | 11.3 | 6.9 |
| New Zealand5 | 81.9 | 77.9 | 79.9 | 79.7 | 74.4 | 77.1 | 2.01 | 5.2 | 6.7 | 20.7 | 27.0 | 20.9 | 17.0 |
| Norway | 82.9 | 78.2 | 80.6 | 80.9 | 74.8 | 77.9 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 24.0 | 33.0 | 9.0 | 5.0 |
| Poland | 79.6 | 70.9 | 75.3 | 76.4 | 67.6 | 72.0 | 1.27 | 6.0 | 13.6 | 26.3 | 31.5 | 12.5 | 11.4 |
| Portugal | 82.3 | 75.5 | 78.9 | 79.0 | 71.7 | 75.4 | 1.36 | 3.3 | 7.5 | 17.0 | 19.5 | .. | 11.5 |
| Slovak Republic | 78.2 | 70.4 | 74.3 | 76.3 | 68.4 | 72.4 | 1.24 | 6.6 | 11.0 | 25.0 | .. | 17.6 | 18.9 |
| Spain | 84.4 | 77.7 | 81.1 | 81.8 | 74.4 | 78.1 | 1.38 | 3.8 | 5.5 | 26.4 | 33.7 | 14.9 | 10.3 |
| Sweden | 82.9 | 78.7 | 80.8 | 81.4 | 76.2 | 78.8 | 1.85 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 15.9 | 22.8 | 10.7 | 7.9 |
| Switzerland | 84.2 | 79.2 | 81.7 | 81.9 | 75.4 | 78.7 | 1.44 | 4.4 | 5.0 | .. | 28.9 | .. | 6.8 |
| Turkey | 74.0 | 69.1 | 71.6 | 70.2 | 65.6 | 67.9 | 2.18 | 22.6 | 43.0 | 32.1 | 47.4 | 12.0 | .. |
| United Kingdom5 | 81.1 | 77.1 | 79.1 | 79.3 | 74.0 | 76.7 | 1.84 | 5.0 | 6.2 | 22.0 | 27.0 | 24.0 | 16.0 |
| United States4 | 80.4 | 75.2 | 77.8 | 78.9 | 72.5 | 75.7 | 2.1 | 6.9 | 7.6 | 16.7 | 20.0 | 34.3 | .. |
| OECD average | 81.7 | 76.1 | 78.9 | 79.2 | 72.7 | 76.0 | 1.65 | 5.2 | 8.4 | 23.7 | 29.4 | 15.4 | 10.4 |
| 1. | In the United States, Canada, Japan and some Nordic countries, very premature babies with a low chance of survival are registered as live births which may not be the case in other countries. For the 22 European countries, the Eurostat NewChronos database is the main data source. |
| 2. | Estimates are based on national health interview surveys for most countries (self-reported data), except for Australia, the Czech Republic (2005 only), New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States where estimates are based on the actual measurement of weight and height. This difference in survey methodologies limits data comparability, as estimates arising from the actual measurement of weight and height are significantly higher than those based on self-report. |
| 3. | Difference in methodology for 1995 obesity observation. |
| 4. | Difference in methodology for 2005 obesity observation. |
| 5. | Difference in methodology for obesity, both observations. |
| .. | Not available or not applicable. |
OECD Health Data 2008, OECD, Paris, June 2008.