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Red de Salud de Cuba, Health Indicators, Cuba by Provinces, 1998

his data was downloaded from the Cuban website in March of 2008. All missing data is represented as -1. The selection of data for different years varies. The National Center of Statistics and the National Center of Information of Medical Sciences offer health statistics corresponding to the years 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 , 2000 , 2001 , 2002 , 2003 , 2004, 2005 y 2006. The documents contain an important volume of statistical information about the fundamental components of the state of health of the Cuban population, resources, services, and the training of qualified personal. This has been published for 23 consecutive years.

The indicators presented come from the following information sources:

* Demographic publications from the National Office of Statistics

* System of Information of National Statistics

* System of Information of Statistics about the health sector

* Direction of ambulatory attention (referencing family doctors)

* National direction of Teaching (doctors and dentists in residence)

* Registry of health professionals

Attributes Range Median Mean Standard Deviation
Cerebrovascular death rate 36.80 - 90.80 70.30 66.95 15.44

Cerebrovascular death rate per 100 000 habitants

Infant Communicable Disease death rate 0.50 - 1.70 1.00 1.12 0.41

Communicable Disease death rate: Less than 1 year per 1 000 live births

Rate of low birth weight per resident 4.90 - 8.10 6.60 6.51 0.84

Rate of low birth weight per resident

Communicable Disease death rate: 65 and more per 100 000 habitants 304.10 - 815.90 590.30 574.27 148.37

Communicable Disease death rate: 65 and more per 100 000 habitants

Rate of viral hepatitis 54.10 - 326.00 132.50 156.72 77.10

Reported cases of viral hepatitis: rate per 100 000 habitants

Medical consultations for acute diarrheal disease 9614.00 - 262978.00 54128.00 64503.73 58978.64

Medical consultations for acute diarrheal disease: total

Number of family doctors 231.00 - 6617.00 1604.00 1994.93 1476.36

Number of family doctors

Female population (in thousands) 39.00 - 1153.00 345.00 370.07 249.90

Population: female (thousands)

PLACE LABEL text column (no statistics available)

PLACE LABEL

Population less than 1 year (thousands) 1.00 - 26.00 9.00 9.40 5.57

Population less than 1 year (thousands)

Child Intestinal infectious disease death rate -1.00 - 0.90 0.10 -0.15 0.66

Intestinal infectious disease death rate in children less that 5 years old per 1 000 live births

Bodies of information of medical sciences 11.00 - 188.00 39.00 44.87 40.75

Bodies of information of medical sciences

Percent of the population attended by a family doctor 88.80 - 100.00 98.10 97.61 3.19

Percent of the population attended by a family doctor

Graduates of dentistry -1.00 - 74.00 10.00 18.53 21.26

Graduates of dentistry

Rate of typhoid -1.00 - 11.90 0.40 1.04 3.21

Reported cases of typhoid: rate per 100 000 habitants

Graduates of licensed nursing -1.00 - 531.00 124.00 157.13 129.96

Graduates of licensed nursing

Crude birth rate 12.30 - 15.60 13.70 13.75 0.94

Crude birth rate (per 1000 habitants)

Licensed nurses 168.00 - 3872.00 894.00 1171.20 851.99

Licensed nurses

Rate of meningococcal meningitis -1.00 - 0.90 0.30 0.23 0.54

Reported cases of meningococcal meningitis: rate per 100 000 habitants

Medical consultations for acute respiratory disease 38996.00 - 1149224.00 296606.00 327406.40 259161.78

Medical consultations for acute respiratory disease: total

Cases of typhoid -1.00 - 78.00 4.00 9.00 19.73

Reported cases of typhoid: total

Average annual rate of population growth -3.10 - 10.50 6.50 5.80 2.99

Average annual rate of population growth (per 1 000 habitants)

Faculty of Medical Science -1.00 - 11.00 1.00 1.47 2.75

Faculty of Medical Science

Communicable Disease death rate: 15-44 per 100 000 habitants 2.40 - 8.60 5.60 5.21 1.80

Communicable Disease death rate: 15-44 per 100 000 habitants

Rate of Medical consultations for acute respiratory disease 247.10 - 639.80 435.80 434.72 109.88

Medical consultations for acute respiratory disease: rate per 1 000 habitants

Rate of Medical consultations for acute diarrheal disease 59.80 - 122.00 81.90 84.26 21.46

Medical consultations for acute diarrheal disease: rate per 1 000 habitants

Number of deaths 369.00 - 19215.00 4568.00 5170.53 4221.22

Number of deaths

Graduates of medicine -1.00 - 540.00 116.00 151.27 126.76

Graduates of medicine

General fertility rate 44.20 - 56.70 49.40 49.86 3.41

General fertility rate (per 1 000 women between 15-49 years)

Cases of tuberculosis 6.00 - 320.00 73.00 82.33 70.43

Reported cases of tuberculosis: total

Malignant tumors death rate 113.80 - 174.70 126.50 135.03 19.10

Malignant tumors death rate per 100 000 habitants

Accident death rate 28.60 - 53.60 47.00 45.27 7.56

Accident death rate per 100 000 habitants

Cases of syphilis 101.00 - 2483.00 723.00 893.33 664.35

Reported cases of syphilis: total

Admissions per 100 habitants 5.50 - 15.00 12.40 11.95 2.34

Admissions per 100 habitants

Crude mortality rate 4.70 - 8.70 6.60 6.62 1.20

Crude mortality rate (per 1 000 habitants)

Rate of chickenpox 131.00 - 285.90 184.60 189.21 51.51

Reported cases of chickenpox: rate per 100 000 habitants

Polytechnic institutes of health 1.00 - 15.00 3.00 3.80 3.49

Polytechnic institutes of health

Prevalence of leprosy: rate 0.80 - 13.60 3.90 5.17 3.67

Prevalence of leprosy: rate per 10 000 habitants

Country text column (no statistics available)

Country

Cases of meningococcal meningitis -1.00 - 10.00 3.00 2.80 2.78

Reported cases of meningococcal meningitis: total

Dentist consultations per habitant 1.70 - 2.60 1.90 2.04 0.28

Dentist consultations per habitant

Number of hospitals 2.00 - 45.00 19.00 18.87 10.68

Number of hospitals

Habitants per dentist 780.00 - 1402.00 1148.00 1165.40 180.35

Habitants per dentist

The global fertility rate 1.41 - 1.76 1.55 1.58 0.11

The global fertility rate (children per woman)

Population of 5-14 years (thousands) 13.00 - 307.00 104.00 114.53 67.64

Population of 5-14 years (thousands)

Place Label text column (no statistics available)

Place Label

Communicable Disease death rate: 1-4 per 10 000 habitants -1.00 - 2.80 0.90 1.07 0.89

Communicable Disease death rate: 1-4 per 10 000 habitants

Post neonatal mortality rate 1.00 - 4.10 2.70 2.77 0.75

Post neonatal mortality rate (28 days - 11 months) per 1 000 live births

Total population in thousands 79.00 - 2198.00 694.00 741.47 475.35

Population: total (thousands)

Child mortality rate 6.10 - 10.20 9.40 9.03 1.22

Child mortality rate (less than 5 years) per 1 000 live births

Intentionally self-inflicted injuries death rate 12.80 - 22.90 18.20 18.71 3.31

Intentionally self-inflicted injuries death rate per 100 000 habitants

Name Variation text column (no statistics available)

Name Variation

Population of 60 years and more (thousands) 5.00 - 338.00 87.00 95.93 74.28

Population of 60 years and more (thousands)

Heart disease death rate 129.90 - 244.10 179.40 185.37 40.46

Heart disease death rate per 100 000 habitants

Workers of the National Health System 2695.00 - 95847.00 18909.00 23058.53 21481.82

Workers of the National Health System

Flu and pneumonia death rate 16.50 - 75.50 43.10 41.89 16.22

Flu and pneumonia death rate per 100 000 habitants

Habitants per bed 81.00 - 280.00 168.00 167.40 41.59

Habitants per bed

General mortality rate 4.70 - 8.70 6.60 6.62 1.20

General mortality rate per 1 000 habitants

Cases of gonorrhea 275.00 - 7462.00 1247.00 1976.53 1855.22

Reported cases of gonorrhea: total

Number of births 1147.00 - 27969.00 9629.00 10072.00 6068.53

Number of births

Number of dentist clinics 1.00 - 37.00 10.00 11.07 8.77

Number of dentist clinics

Medical consultations per habitant 5.00 - 9.30 6.30 6.63 1.33

Medical consultations per habitant

Number of polyclinics 3.00 - 85.00 25.00 29.33 19.19

Number of polyclinics

Male population (in thousands) 40.00 - 1045.00 349.00 371.40 225.86

Population: male (thousands)

Communicable Disease death rate: 45-64 per 100 000 habitants 7.10 - 50.30 31.70 30.52 11.13

Communicable Disease death rate: 45-64 per 100 000 habitants

Infant mortality rate 5.20 - 8.60 7.30 6.89 1.05

Infant mortality rate per 1 000 live births

Late neonatal mortality rate 0.80 - 2.30 1.40 1.43 0.40

Late neonatal mortality rate (7-27 days) per 1000 live births

Early neonatal mortality rate 0.90 - 4.40 2.80 2.69 0.95

Early neonatal mortality rate (less than 7 days) per 1 000 live births

Prevalence of leprosy 3.00 - 139.00 27.00 39.33 37.43

Prevalence of leprosy: total

Population of 1-4 years (thousands) 5.00 - 110.00 38.00 40.53 23.72

Population of 1-4 years (thousands)

Population of 45-64 years (thousands) 14.00 - 472.00 142.00 144.07 102.74

Population of 45-64 years (thousands)

Population of 65 years and more (thousands) 4.00 - 248.00 62.00 69.87 54.57

Population of 65 years and more (thousands)

Communicable Disease death rate 25.50 - 82.00 50.90 51.09 16.69

Communicable Disease death rate: Total per 100 000 habitants

Tuberculosis death rate -1.00 - 1.00 0.30 0.33 0.46

Tuberculosis death rate per 100 000 habitants

Population of 15-44 years (thousands) 42.00 - 1035.00 329.00 363.07 224.70

Population of 15-44 years (thousands)

Habitants per doctor 111.00 - 251.00 199.00 200.67 37.48

Habitants per doctor

Child immunization rate 97.30 - 100.00 99.80 99.47 0.70

Percent of children less than 2 years old with all immunizations

Rate of syphilis 58.10 - 213.60 115.70 120.95 45.71

Reported cases of syphilis: rate per 100 000 habitants

Rate of gonorrhea 109.60 - 440.30 244.80 257.22 106.83

Reported cases of gonorrhea: rate per 100 000 habitants

Diabetes mellitus death rate 8.00 - 23.10 14.10 14.55 5.09

Diabetes mellitus death rate per 100 000 habitants

Rate of tuberculosis 6.40 - 16.90 11.10 10.69 2.93

Reported cases of tuberculosis: rate per 100 000 habitants

Country text column (no statistics available)

Country

cases of viral hepatitis 60.00 - 2137.00 1130.00 1139.40 663.19

Reported cases of viral hepatitis: total

Administrative level text column (no statistics available)

Administrative level

Province Name text column (no statistics available)

Province Name

Child Acute Respiratory Infection death rate -1.00 - 1.30 0.70 0.58 0.54

Acute Respiratory Infection death rate in children less than 5 years old per 1 000 live births

Population of 10-19 years (thousands) 12.00 - 264.00 96.00 102.00 58.34

Population of 10-19 years (thousands)

Nursing staff per 10 000 habitants 58.50 - 99.90 74.00 74.19 10.14

Nursing staff per 10 000 habitants

State Name text column (no statistics available)

State Name

Maternal mortality rate 21.60 - 127.00 43.10 52.59 26.38

Maternal mortality rate per 100 000 live births

Communicable Disease death rate: 5-14 per 100 000 habitants -1.00 - 5.10 1.40 1.37 1.80

Communicable Disease death rate: 5-14 per 100 000 habitants

Cases of chickenpox 135.00 - 5738.00 1309.00 1456.20 1272.12

Reported cases of chickenpox: total