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WHO Statistical Information System (WHOSIS)
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WHOSIS, the WHO Statistical Information System, is an interactive database bringing together core health statistics for the 193 WHO Member States. It comprises more than 70 indicators, which can be accessed by way of a quick search, by major categories, or through user-defined tables. The data can be further filtered, tabulated, charted and downloaded. The data are also published annually in the World Health Statistics Report released in May.
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FACTS AND FIGURES
33: the number of countries with less than 1 hospital bed for every 1000 people.
18 million: the estimated number of additional hospital beds the WHO African Region would need to match the bed density in the rest of the world.
40 million: the estimated number of additional hospital beds the WHO African Region would need to match the bed density in the WHO European Region.
Source: World Health Statistics 2008
Last update:
20 November 2008
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