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

This section shows information about this dataset's attributes
Attributes Range Median Mean Std. Dev.
Cerebrovascular death rate
36.80  to  90.80
70.30 66.95 15.44
Cerebrovascular death rate per 100 000 habitants
Infant Communicable Disease death rate
0.50  to  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  to  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  to  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  to  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  to  262978.00
54128.00 64503.73 58978.64
Medical consultations for acute diarrheal disease: total
Number of family doctors
231.00  to  6617.00
1604.00 1994.93 1476.36
Number of family doctors
Female population (in thousands)
39.00  to  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  to  26.00
9.00 9.40 5.57
Population less than 1 year (thousands)
Child Intestinal infectious disease death rate
-1.00  to  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  to  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  to  100.00
98.10 97.61 3.19
Percent of the population attended by a family doctor
Graduates of dentistry
-1.00  to  74.00
10.00 18.53 21.26
Graduates of dentistry
Rate of typhoid
-1.00  to  11.90
0.40 1.04 3.21
Reported cases of typhoid: rate per 100 000 habitants
Graduates of licensed nursing
-1.00  to  531.00
124.00 157.13 129.96
Graduates of licensed nursing
Crude birth rate
12.30  to  15.60
13.70 13.75 0.94
Crude birth rate (per 1000 habitants)
Licensed nurses
168.00  to  3872.00
894.00 1171.20 851.99
Licensed nurses
Rate of meningococcal meningitis
-1.00  to  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  to  1149224.00
296606.00 327406.40 259161.78
Medical consultations for acute respiratory disease: total
Cases of typhoid
-1.00  to  78.00
4.00 9.00 19.73
Reported cases of typhoid: total
Average annual rate of population growth
-3.10  to  10.50
6.50 5.80 2.99
Average annual rate of population growth (per 1 000 habitants)
Faculty of Medical Science
-1.00  to  11.00
1.00 1.47 2.75
Faculty of Medical Science
Communicable Disease death rate: 15-44 per 100 000 habitants
2.40  to  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  to  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  to  122.00
81.90 84.26 21.46
Medical consultations for acute diarrheal disease: rate per 1 000 habitants
Number of deaths
369.00  to  19215.00
4568.00 5170.53 4221.22
Number of deaths
Graduates of medicine
-1.00  to  540.00
116.00 151.27 126.76
Graduates of medicine
General fertility rate
44.20  to  56.70
49.40 49.86 3.41
General fertility rate (per 1 000 women between 15-49 years)
Cases of tuberculosis
6.00  to  320.00
73.00 82.33 70.43
Reported cases of tuberculosis: total
Malignant tumors death rate
113.80  to  174.70
126.50 135.03 19.10
Malignant tumors death rate per 100 000 habitants
Accident death rate
28.60  to  53.60
47.00 45.27 7.56
Accident death rate per 100 000 habitants
Cases of syphilis
101.00  to  2483.00
723.00 893.33 664.35
Reported cases of syphilis: total
Admissions per 100 habitants
5.50  to  15.00
12.40 11.95 2.34
Admissions per 100 habitants
Crude mortality rate
4.70  to  8.70
6.60 6.62 1.20
Crude mortality rate (per 1 000 habitants)
Rate of chickenpox
131.00  to  285.90
184.60 189.21 51.51
Reported cases of chickenpox: rate per 100 000 habitants
Polytechnic institutes of health
1.00  to  15.00
3.00 3.80 3.49
Polytechnic institutes of health
Prevalence of leprosy: rate
0.80  to  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  to  10.00
3.00 2.80 2.78
Reported cases of meningococcal meningitis: total
Dentist consultations per habitant
1.70  to  2.60
1.90 2.04 0.28
Dentist consultations per habitant
Number of hospitals
2.00  to  45.00
19.00 18.87 10.68
Number of hospitals
Habitants per dentist
780.00  to  1402.00
1148.00 1165.40 180.35
Habitants per dentist
The global fertility rate
1.41  to  1.76
1.55 1.58 0.11
The global fertility rate (children per woman)
Population of 5-14 years (thousands)
13.00  to  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  to  2.80
0.90 1.07 0.89
Communicable Disease death rate: 1-4 per 10 000 habitants
Post neonatal mortality rate
1.00  to  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  to  2198.00
694.00 741.47 475.35
Population: total (thousands)
Child mortality rate
6.10  to  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  to  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  to  338.00
87.00 95.93 74.28
Population of 60 years and more (thousands)
Heart disease death rate
129.90  to  244.10
179.40 185.37 40.46
Heart disease death rate per 100 000 habitants
Workers of the National Health System
2695.00  to  95847.00
18909.00 23058.53 21481.82
Workers of the National Health System
Flu and pneumonia death rate
16.50  to  75.50
43.10 41.89 16.22
Flu and pneumonia death rate per 100 000 habitants
Habitants per bed
81.00  to  280.00
168.00 167.40 41.59
Habitants per bed
General mortality rate
4.70  to  8.70
6.60 6.62 1.20
General mortality rate per 1 000 habitants
Cases of gonorrhea
275.00  to  7462.00
1247.00 1976.53 1855.22
Reported cases of gonorrhea: total
Number of births
1147.00  to  27969.00
9629.00 10072.00 6068.53
Number of births
Number of dentist clinics
1.00  to  37.00
10.00 11.07 8.77
Number of dentist clinics
Medical consultations per habitant
5.00  to  9.30
6.30 6.63 1.33
Medical consultations per habitant
Number of polyclinics
3.00  to  85.00
25.00 29.33 19.19
Number of polyclinics
Male population (in thousands)
40.00  to  1045.00
349.00 371.40 225.86
Population: male (thousands)
Communicable Disease death rate: 45-64 per 100 000 habitants
7.10  to  50.30
31.70 30.52 11.13
Communicable Disease death rate: 45-64 per 100 000 habitants
Infant mortality rate
5.20  to  8.60
7.30 6.89 1.05
Infant mortality rate per 1 000 live births
Late neonatal mortality rate
0.80  to  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  to  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  to  139.00
27.00 39.33 37.43
Prevalence of leprosy: total
Population of 1-4 years (thousands)
5.00  to  110.00
38.00 40.53 23.72
Population of 1-4 years (thousands)
Population of 45-64 years (thousands)
14.00  to  472.00
142.00 144.07 102.74
Population of 45-64 years (thousands)
Population of 65 years and more (thousands)
4.00  to  248.00
62.00 69.87 54.57
Population of 65 years and more (thousands)
Communicable Disease death rate
25.50  to  82.00
50.90 51.09 16.69
Communicable Disease death rate: Total per 100 000 habitants
Tuberculosis death rate
-1.00  to  1.00
0.30 0.33 0.46
Tuberculosis death rate per 100 000 habitants
Population of 15-44 years (thousands)
42.00  to  1035.00
329.00 363.07 224.70
Population of 15-44 years (thousands)
Habitants per doctor
111.00  to  251.00
199.00 200.67 37.48
Habitants per doctor
Child immunization rate
97.30  to  100.00
99.80 99.47 0.70
Percent of children less than 2 years old with all immunizations
Rate of syphilis
58.10  to  213.60
115.70 120.95 45.71
Reported cases of syphilis: rate per 100 000 habitants
Rate of gonorrhea
109.60  to  440.30
244.80 257.22 106.83
Reported cases of gonorrhea: rate per 100 000 habitants
Diabetes mellitus death rate
8.00  to  23.10
14.10 14.55 5.09
Diabetes mellitus death rate per 100 000 habitants
Rate of tuberculosis
6.40  to  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  to  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  to  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  to  264.00
96.00 102.00 58.34
Population of 10-19 years (thousands)
Nursing staff per 10 000 habitants
58.50  to  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  to  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  to  5.10
1.40 1.37 1.80
Communicable Disease death rate: 5-14 per 100 000 habitants
Cases of chickenpox
135.00  to  5738.00
1309.00 1456.20 1272.12
Reported cases of chickenpox: total