Table 1.
Health-related indicators, selected Pacific Island countries and Australia
| Indicators | Fiji | Kiribati | Nauru | Papua New Guinea | Solomon Islands | Tuvalu | Vanuatu | Australia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population (millions 2008)* |
0.8 |
0.1 |
0.01 |
6.6 |
0.5 |
0.01 |
0.2 |
21.0 |
| GNI per capita (ppp US$ 2008)* |
4270 |
3660 |
3433** |
2000 |
2580 |
3213** |
3940 |
34040 |
| Life expectancy at birth (2008)* |
70 |
67 |
60 |
62 |
70 |
64 |
69 |
82 |
| Infant mortality/1000 live births (2008)* |
16 |
38 |
36 |
53 |
29 |
30 |
27 |
4 |
| Under-5 mortality/1000 live births (2008)* |
18 |
48 |
45 |
69 |
36 |
36 |
33 |
5 |
| Maternal mortality/100 000 live births (2005)^ |
210 |
56^^ |
- |
470 |
220 |
- |
150^^ |
4 |
| Diabetes mellitus prevalence estimate (%, 2010)*^ |
9.1 |
6.6 |
30.9 |
2.1 |
2.3 |
13.9 |
2.4 |
7.2 |
| Total health expenditure per capita (ppp US$ 2007)^^^ |
169 |
358 |
812 |
65 |
123 |
150 |
145 |
3357 |
| Government health expenditure per capita (ppp US$ 2007)* | 118 | 301 | 575 | 53 | 113 | 149 | 111 | 2266 |
Sources: *WHO World Health Statistics 2010 [5]. ^WHO World Health Statistics 2009 [3]. *^International Diabetes Federation 2010 [6]. ^^^UNDP Human Development Report 2010 [7]. ** World Statistics Pocketbook 2009 [note: figures in current US$] [8]. ^^Figures from UNICEF (http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry) and represent country reported deaths for 2003-2008 [9].