Healthcare in Cyprus
Healthcare in Cyprus accounted for 5.8% of GDP in Cyprus in 2002 of which 51% came from private resources compared with an average of just 25% in the rest of the EU.[1]
Health indicators
In 2006, life expectancy for males was 79 and for females 82 years.[2] Infant mortality in 2002 was 5 per 1,000 live births, comparing favourably to most developed nations.[3]
A systematic population analysis of deaths in the adult population (ages 15–59) and released in 2010 in The Lancet place Cyprus as the country with the lowest mortality in females and 14th lowest mortality in males.[4][5]
Hospitals
Main article: List of hospitals in Cyprus
Smoking
Smoking rates in Cyprus are considered high by international standards. WHO Statistics from 1998 show that 38.5% of males were smokers.[6]
See also
References
- ↑ Golna, C; Pashardes P; Allin S; Theodorou M; Merkur S; Mossialos E. (2004). "Helathcare systems in transition: Cyprus." (PDF). WHO Regional Office for Europe on behalf of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-05-14. Retrieved 2009-03-01.
- ↑ "Cyprus – WHO". World Health Organization. 2008. Retrieved 2009-03-02.
- ↑ "Cyprus – Infant mortality rate". Globalis. Retrieved 2009-03-02.
- ↑ "UK 'has a high early death rate'". BBC News. 2010-04-29.
- ↑ Rajaratnam JK, Marcus JR, Levin-Rector A et al. (May 2010). "Worldwide mortality in men and women aged 15–59 years from 1970 to 2010: a systematic analysis". Lancet 375 (9727): 1704–20. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60517-X. PMID 20434763.
- ↑ http://www.who.int/tobacco/media/en/Cyprus.pdf
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