The State of Health Atlas: Mapping the Challenges and Causes of DiseaseBringing together the latest data to chart recent and emerging trends, this atlas offers a major new profile of the state of health worldwide. In clear, full-color graphic displays and concise, informative text, it maps the causes and incidences of the major diseases as well as the economic, social, and environmental factors that shape health around the globe. In addition, it shows how health needs are identified, how health policy is developed and delivered, and how the quality of health services varies from country to country. The State of Health Atlas covers a range of timely topics including: * Life expectancy * Malnutrition and obesity * Water and sanitation * Cancer, heart disease, and diabetes * Tobacco and alcohol use * Migration and refugees * Climate change * Infectious diseases from malaria to HIV/AIDS * Mental health * SARS * Avian flu and pandemic planning * Urbanization * Antibiotic resistance |
Contents
Foreword by Judith Mackay Director of Global Tobacco | 8 |
A PICTURE OF HEALTH | 15 |
DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH | 23 |
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America & Caribbean ANGOLA ZAMBIA Asia BAHAMAS CUBA BELARUS BELIZE HONDURAS BOLIVIA BOTSWANA BURKINA BURUNDI CAMBODIA CAMEROON cancer CAPE VERDE cause COLOMBIA COMOROS CONGO COSTA RICA data MEXICO deaths developing countries diabetes diarrhoea DJIBOUTI EAST TIMOR ECUADOR PERU ERITREA ESTONIA ETHIOPIA FASO FIJI GABON GERMANY POLAND global GUINEA EAST TIMOR GUINEA-BISSAU GUYANA healthcare heart disease increase INDIA BURMA LAOS INDONESIA PAPUA infection IRAN JAPAN SOUTH KOREA KAZAKHSTAN KENYA KITTS & NEVIS KYRGYZSTAN latest available data LESOTHO MADAGASCAR MALAWI MALDIVES MALI NIGER MAURITANIA MAURITIUS million MOLDOVA MONGOLIA MOROCCO NAMIBIA NICARAGUA NIGERIA PAPUA NEW GUINEA percent Percentage population QATAR risk factors RUSSIA RWANDA SALVADOR sanitation SENEGAL GAMBIA SIERRA LEONE SOUTH KOREA SOUTH KOREA CHINA SRI LANKA ST LUCIA BARBADOS Sub-Saharan SWAZILAND SWAZILAND SOUTH AFRICA TAJIKISTAN TANZANIA THAILAND tobacco TRINIDAD & TOBAGO TURKMENISTAN UGANDA UKRAINE under-fives UZBEKISTAN VANUATU VENEZUELA PANAMA VIETNAM VINCENT & GRENADINES World Health Organization ZAMBIA ZIMBABWE