Healthcare in New Caledonia
The effectiveness of the health care system in New Caledonia is well above average in a global 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 New Caledonia is 75.4 years for men and 83.1 years for women. For comparison: worldwide life expectancy is about 7.8 years lower (men: 68.9 / women: 73.9 years).
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Since the beginning of the pandemic until June 7th, 2023, a total of 80,058 infected people and 314 deaths have been reported in New Caledonia.
The total of 80,058 infected people currently represents 28.04 percent of the total population.
Current vaccination status
According to official WHO data, a total of 480,497 vaccine doses have been administered as of April 3rd, 2023. More recent data are not yet available to WHO. There are 192,371 people who have received at least one vaccination (67.4 percent). The booster vaccination was received by 103,325 people (36.2 percent).
184,801 of these are considered fully vaccinated in New Caledonia (= 64.7 percent).This means that New Caledonia is only in the middle of the field in terms of vaccination coverage. The vaccination rate is higher in 105 countries.
Diseases
| New Caledonia | Ø worldwide |
|---|
| Diabetes * | 21.80% | 8.81% |
| Tuberculosis | 0.10‰ | 1.34‰ |
* The number of people suffering from diabetes refers only to inhabitants aged between 20 and 79 years.
Medical supplies
With about 537 physicians in New Caledonia, there are about 1.98 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.
Drinking water supply
About 97 percent of the population has access to an immediately available, running drinking water supply. At least via springs and wells within a maximum distance of 30 minutes or supplied water, 99 peprcent of the population is supplied with largely clean drinking water. The population is thus better served than average. In a global comparison, only about 74 percent of the population has direct access to tested and always available drinking water. Within the European Union, this share is 98 percent. Only in a few countries does the proportion fall below 10 percent.
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).
Average age by country
Average life expectancy by country
Quality of life 2023 in country comparison