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Health Statistics
Life Style
Indicators: Israel and USA
|
Israel |
USA |
| % Smokers |
27% |
25% |
| % Overweight |
25% |
54% |
| Annual Alcohol Consumption per Capita |
0.9 liters |
9.6 liters |
Population
Figures: Israel and USA
|
Israel |
USA |
| Average Fertility Rate |
2.9 |
2.06 |
| Population 65+ |
9.6 |
13.0 |
Health
Status Indicators: Israel and USA
|
Israel |
USA |
| Average Infant Mortality Rate, per 1,000
live births |
6.3 |
7.3 |
| Life Expectancy at Birth |
Women: 79.5
Men: 75.5 |
Women: 79.1
Men: 73.1 |
| Deaths from Heart Disease per 100,000 |
191.1 (1994) |
271.2 (1997) |
| Deaths from Cancer |
134 |
200.8 |
| Deaths from CV |
49 |
59.7 |
Health
System Figures: Israel and USA
|
Israel |
USA |
| % With Health Insurance |
100% |
86% |
| National Expenditure on Health, % of GNP |
8.4% |
13.7% |
| Doctor/patient Ratio, per 100,000 |
461 |
250 |
| Average annual visits to doctor per capita |
6.8 |
6 |
| Average Length of Stay in Hospital |
4.4 days |
7.8 days |
Sources: World Bank,
1998; World Development Indicators; CBS, Statistical Abstracts
of Israel 1998; National Center for Health Statistics, website;
Israel Center for Disease Control, 1997, The State of Health in
Israel; Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics,
1998, America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-being.
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