Health and Welfare

Argentina: Health and Welfare


Total fertility rate (children per woman, 2007)	2	.3
Under-5 mortality rate (per 1,000 live births, 2007)	16
HIV (% of persons aged 15–49, 2007)	0	.5
Physicians (per 1,000 head, 1998)	3	.01
Hospital beds (per 1,000 head, 2000)	4	.1
Health expenditure (2006): US $ per head (PPP)	1,205
Health expenditure (2006): % of GDP	10	.1
Health expenditure (2006): public (% of total)	45	.5
Access to water (% of persons, 2006)	96
Access to sanitation (% of persons, 2006)	91
Total carbon dioxide emissions (’000 metric tons, 2005)	152,711	.9
Carbon dioxide emissions per head (metric tons, 2005)	3	.9
Human Development Index (2007): ranking	49
Human Development Index (2007): value	0	.866

For sources and definitions, see explanatory note on p. vi.

Citation: Health and Welfare (Argentina), in Europa World online. London, Routledge. Retrieved 03 September 2010 from http://www.europaworld.com/pub/entry/ar.ss.15

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