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yemen

Population (2017, M): 28.25

Income per Capita, (2018, USD): 432.40

Percentage of GDP on Healthcare, (2015): 5.98



Yemen has an underdeveloped healthcare system with no family medicine programs (Arya et al., 2005).

DALY: 35,531 per 100,000 individuals (Due to all Causes).

Life Expectancy:

  • Females 2017: 66.6 years

  • Males 2017: 63.7 years

Mortality rate 2017:

  • 2017 Males: 240 per 1,000 male adults.

  • 2017 Females: 193 per 1,000 female adults.

Infant Immunization-HepB3: % of 1-year-old children received: 65%

College of Family Physicians (Y or N):

  • No





 
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healthcare system

Type of Health System: Yemen has a mixed health care system with approximately 20% private expenditure, and 40% of hospitals are private (Elgazzar, 2011)



References

Arya, N., Gibson, C., Ponka, D., Haq, C., Hansel, S., Dahlman, B., and Rouleau, K. 2005. “Family Medicine Around The World: Overview by Region.” Canadian Family Physician 63: 7–7.

Elgazzar, H.A. 2011. “Raising Returns: The Distribution of Health Financing and Outcomes in Yemen.” Health, Nutrition and Population Discussion. Retrieved from https://siteresources.worldbank.org/HEALTHNUTRITIONANDPOPULATION/Resources/281627-1095698140167/RaisingReturnsTheDistributionofHealthFinancingandOutcomesinYemen.pdf