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COMPARATIVE HISTORICAL HEALTH
STATISTICS: BEFORE AND AFTER THE REVOLUTION
by the Cuba Transition Project,
University of Miami
Hospitals and Clinics
|
Year
|
Total Hospitals and Clinics
|
with less than 50 beds
|
|
with 100-199 beds
|
with 200-399
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with 400 + beds
|
|
1958
|
337
|
214
|
65
|
32
|
15
|
11
|
|
2002
|
|
99
|
38
|
52
|
45
|
31
|
| Source: Government of Cuba, Anuario Estadistico de Cuba, 2002 |
Under-Five Mortality
|
Under-Five Mortality Rate (per 1,000 live
births): 1960, 1990, 2000
|
Average Annual Reduction in Under-Five Mortality
|
|
Country
|
1960
|
1990
|
2000
|
1960-1990
|
1990-2000
|
|
Cuba
|
54
|
13
|
9
|
4.7
|
3.7
|
|
Spain
|
57
|
9
|
5
|
6.2
|
5.9
|
|
Costa Rica
|
112
|
16
|
12
|
6.5
|
2.9
|
|
Brazil
|
177
|
60
|
38
|
3.6
|
4.6
|
|
Croatia
|
98
|
13
|
9
|
6.7
|
3.7
|
|
Malaysia
|
105
|
21
|
9
|
5.4
|
8.5
|
| Source: UNICEF, State of the World's Children, 2002 |
Infant Mortality
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Infant Mortality Deaths (per 1,000 live births): 1957, 2000
|
|
Country
|
1957
|
2000
|
|
Cuba
|
32
|
7
|
|
France
|
34
|
4
|
|
Belgium
|
36
|
6
|
|
Israel
|
39
|
6
|
|
Japan
|
40
|
4
|
|
Austria
|
44
|
5
|
|
Italy
|
50
|
6
|
|
Spain
|
53
|
5
|
| Source: US Department of State, Zenith and Eclipse, 1998 |
Top Latin American Countries in Infant
Mortality Reduction, 1900-1960
|
Country
|
Infant deaths (per 1,000 live births): 1900-1904
|
Infant deaths (per 1,000 live births): 1960
|
Infant mortality percent decline: 1900-1960
|
|
Cuba
|
136
|
39
|
71 %
|
|
Venezuela
|
169
|
56
|
67 %
|
|
Argentina
|
146
|
60
|
59 %
|
|
Costa Rica
|
208
|
87
|
58 %
|
|
Colombia
|
186
|
79
|
58 %
|
|
Mexico
|
220
|
94
|
57 %
|
|
Panama
|
130
|
58
|
55 %
|
|
Chile
|
261
|
118
|
55 %
|
| Source: McGuire & Frankel, Mortality Decline in Cuba,
1900-1959, 2003 |
Top Latin American Countries in Infant
Mortality Reduction, 1960-1995
|
Country
|
Infant mortality: 1960
|
Infant mortality: 1995
|
Infant mortality percent decline: 1960-1995
|
|
Chile
|
118
|
11
|
91 %
|
|
Costa Rica
|
87
|
12
|
86 %
|
|
El Salvador
|
129
|
25
|
81 %
|
|
Honduras
|
137
|
29
|
79 %
|
|
Cuba
|
39
|
9
|
77 %
|
| Source: McGuire & Frankel, Mortality Decline in
Cuba, 1900-1959, 2003 |
Public Health Expenditure
|
Public Health Expenditure
|
1958
|
2001
|
|
Per Capita in Cuban pesos
|
3.72
|
159.99
|
|
Per Capita (in US dollars)*
|
$3.64
|
$7.62
|
| Source: Government of Cuba, Anuario Estadistico de Cuba, 2002 |
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* Note: The Cuban peso (CUP) stood at 1.02 to US$1.00
in 1958 (cf. Estudio sobre Cuba, 1963). During most of 2001,
the Cuban peso traded at CUP 21 to US$1. The Cuban central bank
offically devalued the peso in Oct. 2001 to the current exchange rate
of CUP 26 to US$1.
|
Physicians in Cuba, 1958 and 2004
|
Year
|
Total Number of Physicians
|
|
1957
|
6,500
|
| Sources: Estudio sobre Cuba, Univ. of Miami, 1963; Granma,
3/24/04 |
Physicians per 10,000 Inhabitants, 1957
and 2002
| Sources: McGuire & Frankel; UNDP Human Development
Report, 2003 |
____________________________________________
Sources
Anuario Estadistico de Cuba 2002 (Havana:
Oficina Nacional de Estadisticas, 2002).
Estudio sobre Cuba (University of
Miami: Grupo de Investigaciones Economicas, 1963)
Granma, "La inteligencia
cultivada vale mucho mas que el oro," 24 March 2004.
International Institute for Strategic Studies,
The Military Balance, 2002-2003.
McGuire, J. and Frankel, L., "Mortality
Decline in Cuba, 1900-1959: Patterns, Comparisons, and Causes," (paper
presented at the meeting of the Latin American Studies Association, Dallas,
Texas, March 27-29, 2003).
UNDP Human Development Report, 2003.
UNICEF State of the World's Children,
2002.
U.S. Department of State, Bureau of
Inter-American Affairs, " Zenith and Eclipse: A Comparative Look at
Socio-Economic Conditions in Pre-Castro and Present-Day Cuba," 1998.
The CTP can be contacted at P.O. Box
248174, Coral Gables, Florida 33124-3010, Tel: 305-284-CUBA (2822), Fax:
305-284-4875, and by email at ctp.iccas@miami.edu.
The CTP Website is accessible at http://ctp.iccas.miami.edu.
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