Extending the role of PHARMAC
Improving the productivity of hospital wards
Actioning the medicines strategy
Aggregate Indicators
Human Development Index Rank
3
WHO Health System Performance Rank, estimates for 1997 (World Health Report 2000)
41
Demographic and Health Indicators
Population size in 2009
4.3 Mio
Percentage of population over 65 years in 2009
13 %
Percentage of population over 80 in 1990, 2000 and 2009
2.2 / 2.8 / 3.4 %
Crude birth rate in 2007
15.1 per 1000 people
Population growth rate 2009
1.1 %
Population living in urban areas 2009
86.7 %
Life Expectancy
At birth (2007), m/f
78.2 / 82.2 years
At age 65 (2007)
18.1 / 20.7 years
At age 80 (2006)
7.0 / 9.5 years
Main causes of mortality
Expectation of lost healthy years at birth (2002), m/f
7.2 / 9 years
Total National Expenditure on Health
As share of GDP in 2008
9.0 %
Purchasing power parity per capita in 2008
2465 US$ int. PPP
Percentage of Total Expenditure on Health (Distribution of Funding Sources)
Public expenditure on health in 2007
78.9 %
Social security schemes expenditure in 2008
10.1 %
General government spending on health in 2007
70.7 %
Private expenditure in 2007
20.2 %
Private insurance expenditure in 2007
4.9 %
Out-of-pocket expenditure in 2007
All other private funds expenditure in 2004
0.3 %
Per Capita Expenditure
Expenditure on in-patient care per capita, PPP in 2007
785 US$ int. PPP
Expenditure on out-patient care per capita, PPP in 2007
633 US$ PPP
Expenditure on pharmaceuticals per capita, PPP in 2007
251 US$ PPP
Health Infrastructure
In-patient care beds per 1000 inhabitants in 2007
Average length of stay in beddays in 2007
8.3
Practising physicians per 1000 inhabitants in 2007
2.30
Doctors? consultations per capita in 2007
4.3
OECD Long-Term Care Statistics
Public spending on long-term care as % of total health expenditure in 2008
14.3 %
Percentage of Elderly Population Receiving Help
Percentage of population aged 65 and over cared for in institutions in 2008
3.7 %
Percentage of population aged 65 receiving formal help at home in 2008
12.0 %
