Health at a Glance: Asia/Pacific 2012
This second edition of Health at a Glance Asia/Pacific presents a set of key indicators of health status, the determinants of health, health care resources and utilisation, health care expenditure and financing and health care quality across 27 Asia/Pacific countries and economies.
Drawing on a wide range of data sources, it builds on the format used in previous editions of Health at a Glance, and gives readers a better understanding of the factors that affect the health of populations and the performance of health systems in these countries and economies.
Each of the indicators is presented in a user-friendly format, consisting of charts illustrating variations across countries and over time, brief descriptive analyses highlighting the major findings conveyed by the data, and a methodological box on the definition of the indicator and any limitations in data comparability. An annex provides additional information on the demographic context in which health systems operate.
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Water and sanitation
Safe water and adequate sanitation are vital to human health and well-being. Their want has serious repercussions for individual health, livelihood and quality of life. Diarrhoeal diseases alone kill almost 2 million people annually, mostly children under the age of 5. Better access to water and sanitation leads to great social and economic benefits, whether through higher educational participation, improved living standards, lower health care costs or a more productive labour force.
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