Finding and Using Health Statistics

4. Finding Health Statistics Exercises

World Health Organization (WHO)


The World Health Organization (WHO) is an agency within the United Nations. They provide leadership on global health issues. WHO collects and compiles a wide range of data used to monitor and assess health trends worldwide. For example:

  • The Global Health Observatory Data Repository contains a list of indicators on priority health topics, including morbidity and mortality estimates, child health and nutrition, immunization, health systems, environmental health, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and others.
  • The World Health Statistics Report, a yearly publication of the WHO, presents the most recent health statistics of its 194 Member States. It provides detailed charts, tables, and figures on nine areas:
    • Life expectancy and mortality
    • Cause-specific mortality and morbidity
    • Selected infectious diseases
    • Health service coverage
    • Risk factors
    • Health systems
    • Health expenditures
    • Health inequities
    • Demographic and socioeconomic statistics

Exercises

  1. Using the Global Health Observatory Data Repository (GHODR), what was the healthy life expectancy (HALE) at birth in China in 2015? (Hint: HALE is an Indicator. View the data table and find China.)


  1. According to the World Health Statistics 2023 Report, the number of deaths caused by noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) _____ between 2000 and 2019.

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