Health in Azerbaijan

Statistical overview of health status in Azerbaijan

The Human Rights Measurement Initiative[1] finds that Azerbaijan is fulfilling 67.3% of what it should be fulfilling for the right to health based on its level of income.[2] When looking at the right to health with respect to children, Azerbaijan achieves 93.5% of what is expected based on its current income.[3] In regards to the right to health amongst the adult population, the country achieves only 91.1% of what is expected based on the nation's level of income. [4] Azerbaijan falls into the "very bad" category when evaluating the right to reproductive health because the nation is fulfilling only 17.2% of what the nation is expected to achieve based on the resources (income) it has available.[5]


Life Expectancy
Life expectancy at birth in Azerbaijan

Average life expectancy for Azerbaijanis is 72.7 gives Azerbaijan a World Life Expectancy ranking of 96 according to WHO data. The life expectancy at birth in Azerbaijan is 69.6 for males, and 75.8 for females (2016 est).[6]

Fertility and Mortality Rates

The total fertility rate is 1.9 children per woman (2013).[7]Neonatal mortality rate is 18.2 per 1000 live births (2015), and maternal mortality ratio is 25 per 100,000 live births (2015).[7][8]

See also

References
  1. "Human Rights Measurement Initiative – The first global initiative to track the human rights performance of countries". humanrightsmeasurement.org. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
  2. "Azerbaijan - HRMI Rights Tracker". rightstracker.org. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
  3. "Azerbaijan - HRMI Rights Tracker". rightstracker.org. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
  4. "Azerbaijan - HRMI Rights Tracker". rightstracker.org. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
  5. "Azerbaijan - HRMI Rights Tracker". rightstracker.org. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
  6. "GHO | By category | Life expectancy - Data by country". apps.who.int. Retrieved 2017-08-31.
  7. "GHO | By country | Azerbaijan - statistics summary (2002 - present)". apps.who.int. Retrieved 2017-08-31.
  8. "Health, Social Protection, Sport | The State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan". The State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Retrieved 2017-08-31.
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