Last updatedcalendar_monthJun 24, 2020Number of physicians per 1000 people_17 countries

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・Germany has a very high number of doctors per 1,000 people (4.5 per 1,000 people) and U.S. has 3.6, while Japan, Korea, Singapore and China have around 2.5 per 1,000 people.
・On the other hand, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines and India have less than 1 doctor per 1,000 people, suggesting that it is not easy to get to see a doctor.
・The number of doctors is on the rise in Japan, China, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, U.S., United Kingdom, UAE and Saudi Arabia.

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In the WHO’s healthy life expectancy rankings, Singapore ranked first out of 198 countries (73.6 years), followed by Japan in second place (73.4 years).
Is healthy life expectancy the only health indicator? This article examines the characteristics of health awareness across Asian countries.

Do countries with high health awareness actually have longer healthy lifespans? Which countries have high health awareness?
・Health awareness in Asian countries
・Diet and exercise

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The World Bank. World Development Indicators. “Physicians (per 1,000 people)”
Retrieved August 6, 2024, from https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.MED.PHYS.ZS
United Nations "World Population Prospects 2024"
Retrieved August 6, 2024, from https://population.un.org/wpp/Download/Standard/Population/

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・Unites Kingdom has a very high number of doctors per 1,000 people (5.8 per 1,000 people) and Germany has 4.2, while Japan, Korea, Singapore, the U.S., UAE and Saudi Arabia have around 2.5 per 1,000 people.
・On the other hand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines and India have less than 1 doctor per 1,000 people, suggesting that it is not easy to get to see a doctor.
・The number of doctors is on the rise in Japan, China, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, India, United Kingdom, UAE and Saudi Arabia

Reference

The World Bank. World Development Indicators. “Physicians（per 1,000 people）”
Retrieved November 17, 2022, from http://bit.ly/2kosbgi.
United Nations "World Population Prospects 2022"
Retrieved December 8, 2022, from https://population.un.org/wpp/Download/Standard/Population/

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Germany has a very high number of doctors per 1,000 people (4.2 per 1,000 people), while Japan, Korea, Singapore, the U.S., the U.K. and Saudi Arabia have around 2.5 per 1,000 people. On the other hand, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, and India have less than 1 doctor per 1,000 people, suggesting that it is not easy to get to see a doctor. The number of doctors is on the rise in Japan, China, Singapore, India, Germany and Saudi Arabia.