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Yokoso Japan - health and healthcare

Posted By Patrick Keady On 15/05/2010 @ 12:32 pm In Darzi, Patrick Keady, Public Health, Safety, NHS, Health and, Patient, Uncategorized | No Comments

Statistics (from [1] www.nationmaster.com)

[2] Population density in Japan is 37% higher than here in the UK. Their [3] Life expectancy at birth is 4% higher and [4] Healthy life expectancy is 6% higher.

The [5] birth rate per 1,000 people is 30% less and the proportion of the population that is [6] obese in the Japan is one seventh that in the UK. The percentage of [7] daily smokers in Japan is higher - 30.3%, compared with 26% in the UK.

The percentage of people [8] dying from circulatory disease per 100,000 people in Japan, is 75% less and the proportion of [9] deaths from heart disease per 100,000 is four times less than in the UK. [10] Infant mortality per 1,000 live births is 2.8 in Japan and 4.93 in the UK.

[11] Total Expenditure on health services as % of GDP in Japan is less than in the UK - 7.8% versus 8.1%. They have almost three times as many [12] Hospital beds per 1,000 people.

While the [13] numbers of Physicians per 1,000 people are similar in Japan and the UK, people in Japan have three times as many [14] consultations with Doctors.

The [15] number of Nurses per 1,000 people in Japan is less than in the UK - 7.8, compared with 8.8 in the UK.

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[1] www.nationmaster.com: http://patrickkeady.comwww.nationmaster.com
[2] Population density: http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/geo_pop_den-geography-population-density
[3] Life expectancy at birth: http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_lif_exp_at_bir_tot_yea-life-expectancy-bir
th-total-years
[4] Healthy life expectancy: http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_hea_lif_exp_at_bir_yea_tot_pop-expectancy-
birth-years-total-population
[5] birth rate per 1,000 people: http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_bir_rat_cru_per_1000_peo-crude-per-1-000-p
eople
[6] obese: http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_obe-health-obesity
[7] daily smokers: http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_dai_smo-health-daily-smokers
[8] dying from circulatory disease: http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_cir_dis_dea-health-circulatory-disease-dea
ths
[9] deaths from heart disease: http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_hea_dis_dea-health-heart-disease-deaths
[10] Infant mortality: http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_inf_mor_rat_tot-health-infant-mortality-ra
te-total
[11] Total Expenditure on health services as % of GDP: http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_exp_tot_of_gdp-health-expenditure-total-of
-gdp
[12] Hospital beds per 1,000 people: http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_hos_bed_per_1000_peo-beds-per-1-000-people
[13] numbers of Physicians per 1,000 people: http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_phy_per_1000_peo-physicians-per-1-000-peop
le
[14] consultations with Doctors: http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_con_wit_doc-health-consultation-with-docto
rs
[15] number of Nurses per 1,000 people: http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_nur-health-nurses
[16] www.betteroutcomes.org: http://www.betteroutcomes.org/

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