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Ukraine

Facts and figures

 

Indicator Value
Surface area 603 500 km2
Economic indicators  
Total health expenditure (%) 7***
Gross national product (GNP) per capita (US$) 3210
Real gross domestic product (GDP) per capita (US$ PPP) 6224[msb1]**

 

Demographic indicator Value
Total population

46029281
Rural/urban population ratio 31/69
Natural population growth, per 1000 population -7.8
Age distribution (%):  
· 0–14 14.07
· 15–24 15.38
· 25–44 28.59
· 45–64 25.71
· 65+

16.25

Health status

Indicators Ukraine
2008		 CIS
(average)
2008		 EU
(average)
2008
Mid-year population,% 75% 90% 97%
Live births per 1000 population 9.88** 12.79** 10.69
Crude death rate per 1000 population 16.27** 13.08** 9.69
Life expectancy at birth, in years 68** 67.86**

79.31
Estimated infant mortality per 1000 live births (World Health Report) 14**** 26.3**** 5.21****
Infant deaths per 1000 live births 9.63** 12.78** 4.44
Maternal deaths per 100 000 live births 15.47 27.4** 5.96
Abortions per 1000 live births 281.04 491.56 235.61
Satdardized death rate (SDR), diseases of circulatory system, all ages per 100 000 801.63** 766.82** 244.22
SDR, malignant neoplasms, all ages per 100 000 161.65** 174.19 156.76**
SDR, external causes of injury and poisoning, all ages per 100 000 130.33** 145** 39.42
SDR, infectious and parasitic disease, all ages per 100 000 33.91** 25.33** 8.97
Tuberculosis incidence per 100 000 81.9

87.62

 17.17
Syphilis incidence per 100 000 27.47 42.63 4.19
Hospital beds per 100 000 5.63** 2.97* 4.91*
Physicians per 100 000 308.38** 376.78* 321.62*
In-patient care admissions per 100 22.5 20.89 17.6*
Total health expenditure as % of GDP 7*** 5.51***

8.92***

                            * 2007; ** 2006; *** 2005; **** 2004.

 

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