Human resources for health in six healthcare arenas under stress: a qualitative study

Table 1 Basic health indicators for each case study

	Life expectancy and mortality				Age-standardised mortality rates by cause (per 100 000 population)
	Life expectancy at birth (years)	Neonatal MR	U5 MR	Adult MR	Communicable disease	Non-communicable disease	Injuries	Measles immunisation among 1-year-olds (%)
Afghanistan^a	48	45	149	M: 440; F: 352	713	1 117	149	62
CAR^a	48	42	159	M: 461; F: 470	1 060	870	151	62
DRC^a	49	46	170	M: 442; F: 331	932	837	155	68
Haiti^a	62	27	165	M: 278; F: 227	545	697	52	59
Palestine^b	73	13	23	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Somalia^a	51	52	180	M: 382; F: 350	736	967	199	46

^aData retrieved from WHO, 2012, World Health Statistics; ^bdata retrieved from UNICEF (2013). At a glance: state of Palestine. Retrieved 11 August 2014 from http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/oPt_statistics.html.

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