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Kuwait

Country Profile
WHO Statistical Profile

http://www.who.int/countries/kwt/en/

UNDP Statistical Profile

http://hdr.undp.org/en/countries/profiles/KWT

World Bank Statistical Profile

http://data.worldbank.org/country/kuwait

Country Studies

  • The burden of disease (2012) attributable to communicable diseases is 16.1%
    (noncommunicable diseases 72.9%, injuries 11.0%). The share of out-of-pocket expenditure is 15.7% (2013). The health workforce density (2014) is 24.0 physicians and 59.0 nurses and midwives per 10 000 population.

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  • "Substantial epidemiological transition happened in regards of infectious and communicable diseases. This is could be attributed to socioeconomic development, and rapidly changing lifestyles. There were no reported cases of cholera, diphtheria, polio and tetanus in 2000. The number of malaria reported cases was 233 in 2001. There were a total of 111 of reported cases of tuberculosis in 2001. The cumulative reported (to WHO) number of AIDS cases by the end of 2004 is 87 and that of HIV cases is 1019".

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