Connecting for health Cook Islands Country statistics Mongolia Japan Republic WHO region: Western Pacific People’s Republic of Chinaof Korea Total population: 18,000 Taiwan, China Hong Kong SAR Macau SAR GDP per capita (Intl $, 2002): 15,242 Lao People’s N. Marianas DemocraticPhilippines Cambodia Republic Guam Life expectancy at birth m/f (years): 68.0/74.0 Micronesia (Federated States of) Viet Nam Marshall Isands Brunei Darussalam Palau Healthy life expectancy at birth m/f (years, 2002): 60.6/62.7 Kiribati Malaysia Nauru Is Child mortality m/f (per 1000): 24/19 Singapore Tuvalu Papua Solomon Islands Adult mortality m/f (per 1000): 166/112 New Guinea Tokelau W. Samoa A. Samoa Total health expenditure per capita (Intl $, 2002): 697 Wallis & Futura Vanuatu Fiji Total health expenditure as % of GDP (2002): 4.6 Australia New Caledonia Ton g a Figures are for 2003 unless indicated. Cook Islands French Polynesia Pitcairn Niue Source: The world health report 2005. Geneva, WHO, 2005.
New Zealand Causes of death, Western Pacific Region Mortality stratum Stratum B B: Low child, low adult Countries in regional mortality stratum Cambodia, China, Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Micronesia Injuries 11% (Federated States of), Mongolia, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Samoa, Solomon Communicable diseases Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Viet Nam. (including maternal causes) 11% Noncommunicable conditions 75% HIV, TB, malaria 4%
Source: The world health report 2004. Geneva, WHO, 2004.
Selected demographic indicators Selected country expenditure (% GDP)
100 10 Urban Private 75 Rural % 7.5 Public Total GDP % Not available Total 50 5
25 Not available Not available 2.5
0 0 Population Access to Access to Adult Population Health ICT Education impr. water sanitation literacy living on <1 $ a day Source: World health statistics 2005. Geneva, WHO, 2005. Source: World development indicators 2005. Washington, DC, World Bank, 2005.
Country ICT trends ICT diffusion index (per 1,000 people) Calculated as average of scores for connectivity, access and policy
100 Mobile phones 1.00 Telephone mainlines Telephone mainlines in largest city 0.75 50 Not available Not available Telephone mainlines, waiting list 0.50 Personal computers 0.25 Internet hosts 0 0.00 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Diffusion Connectivity Access Policy
Source: World development indicators 2005. Washington, DC, World Bank, 2005. Source: The digital divide: ICT development indices 2004. Geneva, UNCTAD handbook of statistics 2004. Geneva, UNCTAD, 2004. UNCTAD, 2004.
Country ICT access indicators Internet users per 1000 inhabitants 2002 (1) … Adult literacy rate 2005 (2) … Cost of 3-minute fixed-line phone call (US$) 2002 (3) … GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) 2002 (4) …
Source: 1) UNCTAD handbook of statistics 2004. Geneva, UNCTAD, 2004. 2) World health statistics 2005. Geneva, WHO, 2005. 3) UNCTAD handbook of statistics 2004. Geneva, UNCTAD, 2004. 4) World development indicators 2005. Washington, DC, World Bank, 2005. See explanatory notes for sources and methods. (…) data not available. World Health Organization: G. Kernen, J. Dzenowagis