(Ebook) World Health Statistics 2005 by World Health Organization ISBN 9781423713456, 9789241593267, 1423713451, 9241593261

(Ebook) World Health Statistics 2005 by World Health Organization ISBN 9781423713456, 9789241593267, 1423713451, 9241593261

Focuses on a basic set of health indicators that were selected on the basis of current availability and quality of data and include the majority of health indicators that have been selected for monitoring progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). In the first part of World Health Statistics 2005, data are presented in four interrelated indicator groups on: (i) health status, including mortality and morbidity outcomes; (ii) health services coverage and behavioural and environmental risks factors (iii) health systems, and (iv) population data generated by the United Nations Statistical Division or United Nations Population Division. The second part presents a standardized description of each health indicator, definition, data source, method of estimation, disaggregation, references to literature and databases.