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Public health and Covid-19 in Micronesia

Healthcare in the Federated States of Micronesia

Healthcare in the Federated States of Micronesia is slightly below average in a worldwide comparison.

Probably the most important indicator that can be used to summarize the efficiency of all measures is general life expectancy. In other words, the theoretical age that a newborn child could potentially reach today. At the moment, this age in Micronesia is 67.1 years for men and 74.5 years for women. For comparison: worldwide life expectancy is about 1.5 years lower (men: 69.8 / women: 74.9 years).

A total of 415.20 USD per inhabitant is spent annually on health measures at state expense. This corresponds to approximately 11.4 percent of the gross domestic product. Internationally, this amount averages 1,115.01 USD (~ 9.8% of the respective GDP).


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Spread of COVID-19 in the Federated States of Micronesia

Since the beginning of the pandemic until March 27th, 2023, a total of 24,195 infected people and 63 deaths have been reported in Micronesia.

The total of 24,195 infected people currently represents 21.04 percent of the total population.

Current vaccination status

According to official WHO data, a total of 170,346 vaccine doses have been administered as of August 20th, 2022. More recent data are not yet available to WHO. There are 70,204 people who have received at least one vaccination (61.0 percent). The booster vaccination was received by 30,537 people (26.6 percent).

66,174 of these are considered fully vaccinated in Micronesia (= 57.5 percent).
This means that Micronesia is only in the middle of the field in terms of vaccination coverage. The vaccination rate is higher in 126 countries.

Weight and size

MaleFemale
Body height169 cm159 cm
BMI28.331.4
Weight81.1 kg79.6 kg

Diseases

MicronesiaØ worldwide
Diabetes *11.90%8.81%
Tuberculosis0.80‰1.34‰

* The number of people suffering from diabetes refers only to inhabitants aged between 20 and 79 years.


Child vaccinations

MicronesiaØ worldwide
Measles64.0%81.7%
Hepatitis B0.08%0.08%
DTP *7.20%8.14%

* DTP is a combined basic vaccination against diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough) and tetanus, which should be given to children up to the age of 23 months.

Medical supplies

Public health and Covid-19 in MicronesiaThe medical care provided by doctors and hospitals in the Federated States of Micronesia is above average, but is not as good as the average within the EU. The country provides 3.2 hospital beds per 1,000 inhabitants. The global mean here is 2.9 beds. Within the EU, 4.6 beds are available for every 1,000 residents.

With about 20 physicians in Micronesia, there are about 0.18 doctors per 1000 inhabitants. Here again the comparison: worldwide this standard is 1.50 physicians per 1,000 inhabitants and in the EU is 3.57.

Through medical care, the mortality rate of major known diseases can be reduced as far as possible. For example, only about 46 percent of all people who suffer from cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases or chylomicron retention disease (CRD) currently die.

Sources

The above data correspond to the information from the World Health Organization, Global Health Workforce Statistics, UNICEF, State of the World's Children, Childinfo, Global Health Observatory Data Repository and OECD. The case numbers for the spread of the COVID-19 come from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).

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