Countries
Singapore
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Singapore is a small country with a total land area of 712 square kilometres. The total population is about 5.1 million, with a resident population of 3.8 million in 2010. The population is relatively young, with only 9.0% of the resident population aged 65 and over, although that proportion is projected to increase to 19% by 2030.
In 2010, life expectancy at birth for males was 79.3 years and 84.1 years for females. The crude birth rate for 2010 was 9.3 per 1000 resident population and the crude death rate was 4.4 per 1000. The total fertility rate per resident female is 1.2. The infant mortality rate is very low, at 2.0 per 1000 live births.
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In May 1953, Singapore was assigned to the Western Pacific Region at the Sixth World Health Assembly ''without prejudice to any questions regarding sovereignty'' as an Area. Although Singapore was technically a member of WHO while at the same time belonging to the Federation of Malaysia, it withdrew from the Federation on 9 August 1965 to become an independent sovereign state and on 25 February 1966, Singapore joined WHO in its own right.
The WHO Representative Office in Singapore was established in May 1956 and covered Singapore, the Federation of Malaya, the Borneo territories and certain islands in the South Pacific. It covered Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia and Singapore since the WHO Representative Office in the South Pacific was established in 1959 in Sydney, Australia. In 1964, Singapore Office was transferred in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and is now covered by the WHO Representative Office in Malaysia.
WHO Country Office
Office address:
World Health Organization 1st Floor, Wisma UN, Block C, Komplek Pejabat Damansara, Jalan Dungun, Damansara Heights 50490 Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia
Postal address:
P.O. Box 12550 50782 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Telephone number:
(603) 20939908; (603) 20921184
Fax number:
(603) 20937446
Office hours:
08.00 - 12.00 13.00 - 16.30 (Monday to Friday)
Email:
who.maa@wpro.who.int
Website:
http://www.wpro.who.int
Ministry of Health
Address:
College of Medicine Building, 16 College Road, Singapore 169854
Telephone number:
(65) 6325 9220Fax number:
(65) 6224 1677
Email:
moh_info@moh.gov.sg
Website:
http://www.moh.gov.sgSources
- Western Pacific Country Health Information Profiles 2011 revision
- Statistics Singapore- Key Annual Indicators, Department of Statistics
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Population 2000-2015 by 1 and 5 year age groups, February 2010
Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) - Statistics and Demography (SDP) Programme
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Health information and intelligence platform
Access data by country and year from the WHO Western Pacific Region and the Global Health Observatory data repositories
Statistics
| Estimated Population ('000s) ( 2010 ) | 3771.7 |
|---|---|
| Percentage of Population 5-14 years old ( 2010 ) | 17.35 |
| Life expectancy at birth (years) ( 2010 ) | 81.8 |
| Under-five mortality rate (per 1000 livebirths) ( 2008 ) | 3.4 |
| Total health expenditure as % of GDP ( 2009 ) | 3.9 |
| General gov't expenditure on health as % of total general gov't expenditure ( 2009 ) | 9.8 |
| Human development index ( 2010 ) | 0.85 |
| Per capita GDP (US$) at current market prices ( 2009 ) | 36537 |
| Population below national poverty line | not available |
| Adult literacy rate (%) ( 2010 ) | 95.9 |
| Maternal mortality ratio (per 100 000 livebirths) ( 2009 ) | not available |
| Proportion of population with sustainable access to improved water source ( 2008 ) | 100 |
| Proportion of population with access to improved sanitation ( 2008 ) | 100 |