GlobalHealthFacts.org expands to include 40 new indicators

The Kaiser Family Foundation has recently expanded GlobalHealthFacts.org to include 40 new data indicators that can be easily displayed in tables, charts, and color-coded maps and downloaded for custom analyses. It's a great resource for the global health community - which relies on information for, well, just about everything - and I strongly encourage you to check out the new and improved site. Even better, Kaiser welcomes suggestions for future additions as well; personally, I would love to see the eventual inclusion of DTP3 coverage rates, which are widely used as a proxy for health system strength (as discussed in our recent report, Measuring Commitment to Health).

See below for the full, updated list of indicators currently available through GlobalHealthFacts.org, by category:

• People living with HIV/AIDS
• Adults living with HIV/AIDS
• Adult HIV/AIDS Prevalence Rate
• Men living with HIV/AIDS
• Women living with HIV/AIDS
• Children living with HIV/AIDS
• AIDS Deaths
• AIDS Orphans
• ARV Need
• ARV Treatment
• ARV Coverage Rate

• New TB Cases
• New TB Smear Positive Cases
• New TB Case Rate
• TB Smear Positive Case Rate
• People living with TB
• TB Prevalence Rate
• TB Deaths
• TB Death Rate
• DOTS Coverage
• DOTS Detection Rate
• DOTS Treatment Success

• Malaria Cases
• Malaria Case Rate
• Malaria Deaths

• Avian Flu Cases
• Avian Flu Deaths
• SARS Cases
• SARS Deaths
• Yellow Fever Cases, 2004
• Yellow Fever Cases, 2000-2004
• Yellow Fever Deaths
• Male Prevalence of Smoking
• Female Prevalence of Smoking

• PEPFAR Countries
• PEPFAR Funding for Focus Countries
• PEPFAR ARV Treatment
• Global Fund Grants for HIV/AIDS
• Global Fund Grants for TB
• Global Fund Grants for Malaria
• Global Fund Donor Contributions
• Global Fund Disbursements
• Global Fund ARV Treatment
• MCA Eligible
• Health Expenditure Per Capita
• Total Expenditure on Health
• Government Health Expenditure as Percent of Total Government
• Government Health Expenditure as Percent of Total Health
• Private Expenditure on Health
• External Resources for Health
• Social Security Expenditure on Health
• Out-of-Pocket Expenditure on Health

• Physicians
• Nurses
• Community Health Workers
• Midwives
• Births Attended by Skilled Health Personnel
• Hospital Beds

• Population
• Women
• Median Age
• Population Under Age 15
• Dependency Ratio (Young)
• Dependency Ratio (Old)
• Household Size
• Urban Population
• Land Area
• Population Density
• Birth Rate
• Total Fertility Rate
• Adolescent Fertility Rate
• Contraceptive Prevalence Rate
• Death Rate
• Infant Mortality Rate
• Male Infant Mortality Rate
• Female Infant Mortality Rate
• Under-Five Mortality Rate
• Maternal Mortality Ratio
• Life Expectancy - Female
• Life Expectancy - Male
• Population Growth Rate
• Percent Without Water
• Access to Sanitation
• Population Undernourished
• Low Birthweight Babies
• Child Malnutrition
• GDP Per Capita
• Population Below $1 a Day
• Country Income Classification
• External Country Debt
• HIPC Eligible

Update, 1/12/2007: The wonderful folks over at Kaiser have just added DTP3 coverage rates to their already impressive list.