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. 2020 Sep 1;55(Suppl 1):85–97. doi: 10.14744/TurkPediatriArs.2020.84829

Table 4.

Selection of major health indicators of the eight European nations members of the WHO Small Countries Initiative for health

Indicator Andorra Cyprus Iceland Luxenbourg Malta Monaco Montenegro San Marino
Population (year World Bank Report) 76.951 (2018) 849.800 (2016) 337.780 (2018) 590.321 (2018) 432.089 (2018) 38.695 (2018) 629.219 (2018) 33.328 (2018)
% of population aged 0-14 years (year WHO report) 15 (2014) 16 (2014) 21 (2009) 17 (2014) 14 (2014) 10 (2016) 15 (2017) 13.4 (2017)
WHO Estimated infant mortality x 1000 live births (year WHO reportX2016 EU average 4.0) 2 (2015) 3 (2015) 1.9 (2015) 2 (2015) 5 (2015) 3 (2015) 4 (2015) 2.18 (2017)
Estimated life expectancy (year WHO report) 83 (2013) 80 (2015) 83 (2015) 82 (2015) 82 (2015) 82 (2013) 76 (2015) 85.2 (2017)
Hospital beds / acute care pediatric beds, group specialties x 100 000 (year WHO report) 254/18 (2009X2010) 341/32 (2014X2018) 314/NA (2015) 484/NA (2015) 488/21 (2015X2015) 2113/NA (2014) 393/44 (2014) 358/28 (2014) (2018)
Acute care hospital beds, pediatric group of specialties (year WHO report) 15 (2007) 277 (2018) NA NA 88 (2015) NA 278 (2016) 9 (2018)
Incidence of tuberculosis x 100 000 (year WHO report) 8 (2014) 5 (2014) 2 (2014) 4 (2014) 11 (2014) 0 (2014) 18 (2014) 0 (2017)
Infant deaths x 1000 live births (year WHO report) 6 (1999) 2 (2013) 2 (2015) 2 (2014) 5 (2014) 5 (1999) 6 (2009) 2.18 (2017)
Life expectancy at birth (years) (year National census) 82 (2006) 83 (2013) 82 (2009) 83 (2014) 82 (2014) 89.4 (2017) 76 (2009) 85.2 (2017)
Life expectancy at birth (years), males (year National census) 77 (2006) 80 (2013) 84 (2009) 80 (2014) 80 (2014) 85.6 (2017) 73 (2009) 82.6 (2017)
Life expectancy at birth (years), females (year National census) 84 (2006) 85 (2013) 80 (2009) 86 (2014) 84 (2014) 93.5 (2017) 78 (2009) 86.8 (2017)
Live births x 1000 population Year (WHO report) 8 (2015) 11.1 (2014) 13 (2014) 11 (2015) 10 (2014) 26 (2015) 12 (82014) 8 (2017)
Physicians/* Pediatricians x 100,000 (year WHO report) 316/22 (2009/07) 338/32 (2014/18) 378/5 (2015/14) 292/15 (2015/14) 391/15 (2015/14) 664/28 (2014/12) 234/27 (2015/14) 150/8 (2017)
Fecundity rate (2014 European average 1.58) (year WHO/ World bank data reports) 1.4 (2017) 1.37 (2017) 1.8 (2016) 1.62 (2017) 1.45 (2016) 1.53 (2017) 1.7 (2016) 1.19 (2017)
Total health expenditure as % of GDP (year WHO estimates) 8 (2014) 7 (2014) 9 (2014) 7 2014) 10 (2014) 4 (2014) 6 (2014) 8 (2017)
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Data are for General Pediatricians, including: Pediatricians, Neonatologists, Medical interns or residents specializing in pediatrics. The following exclusion criteria applied: pediatric specialties (e.g. child/pediatric surgery, gynecology, cardiology, oncology, neurology others).