1. Central Asian Health Profiles 2012
In modern contexts, all definitions of Central Asia include these five republics of the former Soviet Union: Kazakhstan (pop million), Kyrgyzstan (5.5 million), Tajikistan (7.6 million), Turkmenistan (5.1 million), and Uzbekistan (29.5 million), for a total population of 64.7 million as of 2012.
2002 Health profiles
Kyrgyzstan: Health Profile,
Tajikistan: Health Profile,
Turkmenistan: Health Status Country Profile,
Uzbekistan: Health Status Country Profile,
Supercourse Team

2. Life expectancy at birth (years)
International Human Development Indicators
Life expectancy at birth (years)
Number of years a newborn infant could expect to live if prevailing patterns of age-specific mortality rates at the time of birth stay the same throughout the infant’s life.
Source: UNDESA (2011).
Data in the tables are those available to the Human Development Report Office as of 15 May 2011, unless otherwise specified.

3. Infant mortality rate (per 1000 live births)
Infant mortality rate (probability of dying between birth and age 1 per 1000 live births)

4. Maternal mortality ratio (per 100 000 live births) - Interagency estimates
Some research articles for this slide:
Quality of maternal and neonatal care in Albania, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan: a systematic, standard-based, participatory assessment

5. Age-standardized mortality rate by cause (per 100 000 population) – Noncommunicable

6. Age-standardized mortality rate by cause (per 100 000 population) – Communicable

7. Adult mortality rate per 1000 population
Adult mortality rate (probability of dying between 15 and 60 years per 1000 population)

8. Under-five mortality rate
Probability of dying between birth and exactly age 5, expressed per 1,000 live births. UNICEF (2011).

9. Under-five mortality rate
Probability of dying between birth and exactly age 5, expressed per 1,000 live births. UNICEF (2011).

10. Expenditure on public health (% of GDP)
Public health expenditure consists of current and capital spending from government (central and local) budgets, external borrowings and grants (including donations from international agencies and nongovernmental organizations), and social (or compulsory) health insurance funds. World Bank (2011). "World Development Indicators 2011." Washington, D.C.: World Bank. Accessed May 15, 2011.

11. Expenditure on public health (% of GDP)
Public health expenditure consists of current and capital spending from government (central and local) budgets, external borrowings and grants (including donations from international agencies and nongovernmental organizations), and social (or compulsory) health insurance funds. World Bank (2011). "World Development Indicators 2011." Washington, D.C.: World Bank. Accessed May 15, 2011.