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Country Fact Sheet: Japan

Auf dieser Seite haben wir relevante Indikatoren für das Gesundheitssystem des jeweiligen Landes zusammengestellt. Der Link "PDF" führt zu einem PDF, in dem der betreffende Indikator für alle Netzwerkländer vergleichend abgebildet ist. (Kein Eintrag = keine Daten verfügbar)  

Indikatoren reichen von aggregierten Daten (Human Development Index, WHO Health System Performance Rank 1997) zu gängigen Statistiken über Bevölkerung und Gesundheitslage sowie Informationen über jeweilige Finanzierungssysteme im Gesundheitswesen (OECD Gesundheitsdaten, Weltbank Daten). Diese Informationen werden regelmäßig aktualisiert und komplettiert, wenn neue Daten zur Verfügung stehen. Weitere Informationen über die Gesundheitssysteme einzelner Länder finden Sie auf der Seite des Europäischen Observatoriums.

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Aggregate Indicators

Human Development Index Rank
 9
(PDF, 16 KB)
WHO Health System Performance Rank, estimates for 1997 (World Health Report 2000)
 10
(PDF, 13 KB)

Demographic and Health Indicators

Population size in 2004
 127.4 Mio
(PDF, 17 KB)
Percentage of population over 65 years in 2004
 18.1 %
(PDF, 17 KB)
Percentage of population over 80 in 1990 and 2003
 2.4 / 3.8 %
(PDF, 27 KB)
Crude birth rate in 2004
 9.3 per 1000 people
(PDF, 17 KB)
Population growth rate 2005
 0.2 %
(PDF, 11 KB)
Population living in urban areas 2005
 79.1 %
(PDF, 20 KB)

Life Expectancy

At birth (2004), m/f
 78.1 / 85.2 years
(PDF, 28 KB)
At age 65 (2002)
 17.8 /22.7 years
(PDF, 28 KB)
At age 80 (2002)
 8.1 /10.8 years
(PDF, 28 KB)

Main causes of mortality

Top 10 causes of death
 
(PDF, 266 KB)
Expectation of lost healthy years at birth (2002), m/f
 6.1 / 7.5 years
(PDF, 20 KB)

Total National Expenditure on Health

As share of GDP in 2004
 7.9 %
(PDF, 19 KB)
Purchasing power parity per capita in 2003
 2131 US$ PPP
(PDF, 17 KB)

Percentage of Total Expenditure on Health (Distribution of Funding Sources)

Public expenditure on health in 2004
 81.7 %
(PDF, 17 KB)
Social security schemes expenditure in 2004
 65.7 %
(PDF, 17 KB)
General government expenditure excluding social security in 2004
 37.9 Billion US$ PPP
(PDF, 22 KB)
Private expenditure in 2004
 18.3 %
(PDF, 17 KB)
Private insurance expenditure in 2004
 1.5 %
(PDF, 21 KB)
All other private funds expenditure in 2004
 5.2 %
(PDF, 21 KB)

Per Capita Expenditure

Expenditure on in-patient care per capita, PPP in 2002
 808 US$ PPP
(PDF, 18 KB)
Expenditure on out-patient care per capita, PPP in 2002
 665 US$ PPP
(PDF, 16 KB)
Expenditure on pharmaceuticals per capita, PPP in 2003
 391 US$ PPP
(PDF, 20 KB)

Health Infrastructure

In-patient care beds per 1000 inhabitants in 2003
 
(PDF, 18 KB)
Average length of stay in beddays in 2002
 
(PDF, 19 KB)
Practising physicians per 1000 inhabitants in 2003
 
(PDF, 21 KB)
Doctors’ consultations per capita in 2003
 14.5 per capita
(PDF, 19 KB)

OECD Long-Term Care Statistics

Estimated public spending on long-term care as % of GDP from 1992 to 1995
 0.62 %
(PDF, 18 KB)

Percentage of Elderly Population Receiving Help

Percentage of population aged 65 and over cared for in institutions
 6.0 %
(PDF, 19 KB)
Percentage of population aged 65 receiving formal help at home
 5 %
(PDF, 17 KB)

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