WHO Sends Medications And Medical Supplies To Earthquake Stricken Area Of Kyrgyzstan

WHO is sending drugs and medical supplies to Kyrgyzstan's mountainous Alaisky district, bordering China, where a 6.6 magnitude earthquake has killed up to 70 people and wounded 100. Remoteness and difficult communications are slowing the country's response but UN agencies are supporting Kyrgyz authorities to gain a better understanding of the damage to the area.



-- World Health Organization link to Kyrgyzstan.

-- Ministry of Health of Kyrgyzstan



Some Health Facts - Kyrgyzstan

(Source - World Health Organization)



- Mid-year population - 5,115,750

- % of population aged 0-14 years - 31.20

- % of population aged 65+ years - 5.55

- Live births per 1000 population - 21.47

- Crude death rate per 1000 population - 7.23

- Life expectancy at birth, in years - 67.72

- Life expectancy at birth, in years, male - 63.82

- Life expectancy at birth, in years, female - 71.85

- Estimated life expectancy, (World Health Report) - 63

- Estimated infant mortality per 1000 live births (World Health Report) - 52

- Infant deaths per 1000 live births - 29.66

- SDR, diseases of circulatory system, all ages per 100,000 - 713.84

- SDR, malignant neoplasms, all ages per 100000 - 113.88

- SDR, external cause injury and poison, all ages per 100,000 - 92.07

- SDR all causes, all ages, per 100,000 - 1295.02

- Tuberculosis incidence per 100,000 - 123.89

- Hospital beds per 100,000 - 511.58

- Physicians per 100,000 - 252.55

- In-patient care admissions per 100 - 12.93


Total health expenditure as % of gross domestic product (GDP), WHO estimates - 5.40



WHO Country Office, Kyrgyzstan

WHO Information Centre on Health for Central Asian Republics

Chui str. 160

720040 Bishkek

Kyrgyzstan

Tel: +996 312 612680

Fax: +996 312 612681

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