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Turkmenistan

Selected basic statistics

Indicator Year Value
% of population aged 0-14 years 1998 39
% of population aged 65+ years 1998 4
Crude death rate per 1000 population 1998 6
Estimated infant mortality per 1000 live births (World Health Report) 2009 41
Estimated life expectancy, (World Health Report) 2009 63
Hospital beds per 100000 2009 402
Infant deaths per 1000 live births 1998 33
Life expectancy at birth, in years 1998 66
Life expectancy at birth, in years, female 1998 70
Life expectancy at birth, in years, male 1998 62
Live births per 1000 population 2002 17
Mid-year population 2010 5042000
Physicians per 100000 2009 238
SDR all causes, all ages, per 100000 1998 1331
SDR, diseases of circulatory system, all ages per 100000 1998 844
SDR, external cause injury and poison, all ages per 100000 1998 63
SDR, malignant neoplasms, all ages per 100000 1998 98
Total health expenditure as % of gross domestic product (GDP), WHO estimates 2009 2
Tuberculosis incidence per 100000 2010 64