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Guatemala Basic Health Indicators 2008

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General Info
Provider 
Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance (Guatemala)
Tabulations only
Geography 
Guatemala (GTM)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
01/2008 - 12/2008
Series or system 
Guatemala Basic Health Indicators
Data type
Report:
  • Subnationally representative
Summary 

Basic Health Indicators reports on and enumerates the country's health resources and services, such as the number of health care personnel in the country, the number of outpatient health facilities, the number of hospital beds, the number of medical consultations. Causes of morbidity and mortality for a limited range of diseases are also provided.

Mortality rates are classified using ICD-10 and reported per 100,000 inhabitants. Morbidity is defined and reported as the number of inhabitants who contract a disease per 10,000 people exposed to the disease.

Keywords 
Antenatal care, Beds, Breast cancer, COPD, Cancers, Cardiovascular and circulatory diseases, Chagas disease, Chronic respiratory diseases, Congenital heart anomalies, Dengue, Diabetes, Diarrhea, HIV and AIDS, Infant mortality, Infectious diseases, Intentional injuries, Ischemic heart disease, Live births, Malaria, Maternal mortality, Measles, Mortality, Nurses, Outpatient facilities, Physicians, Polio, Population, Population characteristics, Poverty, Prostate cancer, Rabies, Respiratory infections, Rotavirus, Skilled birth attendants, Stomach cancer, Stroke, Suicide, Syphilis, Tetanus, Trachea, bronchus, and lung cancers, Tuberculosis, Unintentional injuries, Whooping cough
GHDx Entry last modified on: Jan 7, 2022