Health Indicators  A characteristic of an individual, population, or environment which is subject to measurement (directly or indirectly) and can be used to describe one or more aspects of the health of an individual or population (quality, quantity and time).

Importance of Health Indicators  Glimpse at how a country is doing in terms of health  Determines health policies  Determines aid distribution  Enables the ability to track the change in level of health of a country over time

Infant Mortality  The number of deaths of infants under one year old in a given year per 1,000 live births in the same year. Singapore-2.32 Germany-3.95 USA-6.14 India Angola

Life Expectancy at Birth  The average number of years to be lived by a group of people born in the same year, if mortality at each age remains constant in the future. Singapore Germany United States India Angola-38.48

Total Fertility Rate  The average number of children that would be born per woman if all women lived to the end of their childbearing years and bore children according to a given fertility rate at each age. (The rate of two children per woman is considered the replacement rate for a population, resulting in relative stability in terms of total numbers). Singapore-1.10 Germany-1.42 USA-2.06 India-2.65 Angola-6.07

Total Fertility Rate, WHO 2003

HIV/AIDS Adult Prevalence Rate  An estimate of the percentage of adults (15-49 yrs) living with HIV/AIDS. Czech Republic-0.10 USA-0.60, Nigeria-3.10 Swaziland-26.10

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita  purchasing power parity basis divided by population. Qatar-$121,700 Singapore-$50,300 USA-$46,400 Germany-$34,100 India-$3,100 Democratic Republic of the Congo-$300

Unemployment Rate  The percent of the labor force that is without jobs Qatar-0.50 Singapore-3 Germany-7.5 USA-9.3 India-10.7 Sudan Zimbabwe-95.00