| |
Bahrain Health Statistics
|
Minister
of Health: Dr Nada Haffadh
Population
| |
1995
|
1990
|
1985
|
| Total
Population |
586,110
|
503,022
|
417,210
|
| %
Bahraini |
61.8
|
66.8
|
63.6
|
| %
Non Bahraini |
38.2
|
33.2
|
36.4
|
| %
Population <15 |
30.8
|
35.4
|
32.3
|
| %
Population 15-44 |
57.8
|
50.4
|
55.4
|
| %
Population 45-65 |
9.2
|
11.9
|
10.2
|
| %
Population 65+ |
2.2
|
2.3
|
2.1
|
|
1995
|
1990
|
1985
|
| GDP
per capita (US$) |
…
|
8,016.7
|
8,819.7
|
| %
Population: |
|
|
|
| Income
support |
…
|
5.3
|
5.0
|
| Unemployed |
…
|
(1991)
2.8
|
(1981)
1.3
|
Finance
| |
1995
|
1990
|
1985
|
| MOH
spend per capita |
79.3
|
76.0
|
100.0
|
| %
MOH spend on: |
|
|
|
| Secondary
care |
55.3
|
57.0
|
56.5
|
| Primary
care |
21.6
|
23.4
|
23.2
|
| Total
other |
23.1
|
19.6
|
20.3
|
| Cost
per MOH visit: |
|
|
|
| Primary
outpatients |
2.7
|
2.7
|
3.6
|
| Secondary
outpatients |
19.9
|
14.8
|
13.0
|
| Secondary
Inpatients (per day) |
79.4
|
59.2
|
51.9
|
| Deliveries |
412.2
|
336.7
|
297.5
|
Health
Resources
| |
1995
|
1990
|
1985
|
| Population
per doctor |
935
|
925
|
805
|
| Population
per
dentist |
8,029
|
9,673
|
...
|
| Population
per nurse |
391
|
397
|
...
|
| Nurse
per Doctor |
2.4
|
2.3
|
...
|
| Beds
per 100,000 |
297
|
290
|
414
|
Vital
Statistics
| |
1995
|
1990
|
1985
|
| Crude
birth rate |
22.2
|
26.7
|
29.4
|
| Live
births |
13,024
|
13,437
|
12,246
|
| Infant
mortality rate |
19.5
|
20.2
|
19.7
|
| Under
5 years mortality |
21.9
|
22.0
|
22.1
|
| Prenatal
mortality rate5 |
25.1
|
27.7
|
27.4
|
| Still
birth rate5 |
11.0
|
11.3
|
11.9
|
| Still
births |
145
|
153
|
148
|
| Premature
birth rate |
58.7
|
…
|
64.0
|
| Neonatal
mortality rate |
15.6
|
17.8
|
17.5
|
| Crude
death rate |
3.3
|
3.1
|
2.9
|
| Total
deaths |
1,910
|
1,552
|
1,212
|
| Maternal
mortality rate4 |
0.5
|
0.15
|
0.16
|
| Life
expectancy |
71.9
|
71.9
|
69.2
|
Leading
Causes of Death
| |
1995
|
1990
|
1985
|
| Diseases
of circulatory system |
112.8 |
95.8 |
97.8 |
| Neoplasms |
40.8 |
38.0 |
33.6 |
| Conditions
in perinatal period |
26.3 |
35.2 |
44.3 |
| Injury
& poisoning |
26.1 |
23.9 |
30.0 |
| Undefined
illness |
24.9 |
30.0 |
19.7 |
| Endocrine,
nutritional & metabolic disorders |
18.9 |
14.3 |
9.1 |
| Respiratory
system |
18.1 |
21.9 |
18.7 |
| Digestive
system |
12.5 |
9.9 |
7.2 |
| Congenital
anomalies |
12.6 |
12.7 |
9.1 |
| Genitourinary
system |
9.0 |
10.9 |
8.9 |
Morbidity
| |
1995
|
1990
|
1985
|
| Neoplasms |
189.2 |
146.3 |
125.1 |
| Diabetes |
59.5 |
55.1 |
... |
| Spontaneous
abortion |
205.3 |
228.0 |
... |
| Hereditary
anaemias |
182.2 |
151.9 |
218.6 |
| Complication
preg. Child birth & puerperium |
100.7 |
154.3 |
... |
| Acute
myocardial infarction |
44.2 |
59.2 |
... |
| Ischaemic
heart disease |
90.4 |
90.3 |
... |
| Acute
respiratory inf. |
80.9 |
59.4 |
... |
| Asthma |
88.9 |
72.4 |
62.3 |
| Pulmonary
TB |
21.5 |
20.7 |
... |
Communicable
Diseases
| |
1995
|
1990
|
1985
|
| Pulmonary
TB |
16.7 |
18.1 |
38.4 |
| Viral
Hepatitis: Total |
29.7 |
75.5 |
69.3 |
| A |
22.0 |
… |
… |
| B |
6.8 |
… |
… |
| Non
A Non B |
0.85 |
… |
… |
| Malaria
(P.vivax)* |
27.5 |
36.0 |
75.3 |
| Syphilis |
10.1 |
7.4 |
15.3 |
| Gonococcal
infection |
73.4 |
65.6 |
126.8 |
| *
imported cases only |
|
|
|
Inpatient
| |
1995
|
1990
|
1985
|
| Government |
... |
59,220 |
51,711 |
| Private |
6,353 |
5,421 |
5,151 |
| Total |
... |
64,641 |
56,862 |
Out-Patients
| |
1995
|
1990
|
1985
|
| |
|
|
|
| Government |
... |
2,833,746 |
1,972,522 |
| Private8 |
169,231 |
154,885 |
144,718 |
| Total |
... |
298,8631 |
2,117,240 |
Health
For All
| |
1994
|
These indicators are
recommended by WHO for monitoring progress on the "Health
for All by the year 2000" initiative. An Arabic translation
of these indicators is available in Health Statistics'94 - refer
to page 1-7.
|
|
| Government
committed to the Health for All initiative |
since1979
|
| mechanisms
for involving people in the implementation of strategies are
fully functioning |
see noted
|
| %GNP on
health e |
...
|
| %national
health expend. devoted to local health (PH C)e |
...
|
| countries in
which resources for primary care becoming equitably distributed |
available
|
| aid received
or given to health |
no aid
|
| %population
covered by primary health care with at least the following: |
|
| safe water
in the home with reasonable access & adequate
excretafacilities available. |
100%
|
| Immunization
against:
DPT
Measles
Poliomyelitis
Tuberculosis
|
98%
93%
98%
...
|
| Access to
local health services, availability of essential drugs |
100%
|
| attendance
by trained personnel for pregna& childbirth |
95%
|
| %women of
childbearing age usfamily planning |
...
|
| % newborns
weight 2.& above at birth |
93.2%
|
| % children
weight for age &/or weight for height acceptable |
...
|
| Infant
mortality rate |
19.4%
|
| probability
of dying before age of 5 years per 1000 child < 5 years old |
4.5
|
| Life
expectancy at birth by sex:
Male
Female
|
69.8
74.1
|
| Mean |
71.9
|
| |
|
|
|
Source: Bahrain Ministry of Health
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