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World Health Statistics 2019

April 13 , 2019 1924 days 831 0
  • The World Health Statistics 2019 has been published by World Health Organization to coincide with World Health Day on 7 April.
  • For the first time the Global Health Statistics have been disaggregated by sex.
  • Women outlive men everywhere in the world – particularly in wealthy countries.
  • The reasons are biological, environmental and societal factors, and some impacted by availability and uptake of health services.
  • Between 2000 and 2016, global life-expectancy at birth increased by 5.5 years, from 66.5 to 72.0 years.

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