Analysis of policy implications and challenges of the Cuban health assistance program related to human resources for health in the Pacific

Table 1 Health-related indicators, selected Pacific Island countries and Australia

Indicators	Fiji	Kiribati	Nauru	Papua New Guinea	Solomon Islands	Tuvalu	Vanuatu	Australia
Population (millions 2008)*	0.8	0.1	0.01	6.6	0.5	0.01	0.2	21.0
GNI per capita (ppp US$ 2008)*	4270	3660	3433**	2000	2580	3213**	3940	34040
Life expectancy at birth (2008)*	70	67	60	62	70	64	69	82
Infant mortality/1000 live births (2008)*	16	38	36	53	29	30	27	4
Under-5 mortality/1000 live births (2008)*	18	48	45	69	36	36	33	5
Maternal mortality/100 000 live births (2005)^	210	56^^	-	470	220	-	150^^	4
Diabetes mellitus prevalence estimate (%, 2010)*^	9.1	6.6	30.9	2.1	2.3	13.9	2.4	7.2
Total health expenditure per capita (ppp US$ 2007)^^^	169	358	812	65	123	150	145	3357
Government health expenditure per capita (ppp US$ 2007)*	118	301	575	53	113	149	111	2266

Sources: *WHO World Health Statistics 2010 [5]. ^WHO World Health Statistics 2009 [3]. *^International Diabetes Federation 2010 [6]. ^^^UNDP Human Development Report 2010 [7]. ** World Statistics Pocketbook 2009 [note: figures in current US$] [8]. ^^Figures from UNICEF (http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry) and represent country reported deaths for 2003-2008 [9].

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