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Public health and Covid-19 in Samoa

Healthcare in Samoa

Healthcare in Samoa is slightly 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 Samoa is 70.3 years for men and 75.5 years for women. For comparison: worldwide life expectancy is about 1.5 years lower (men: 68.9 / women: 73.9 years).

A total of 202.43 USD per inhabitant is spent annually on health measures at state expense. This corresponds to approximately 5.3 percent of the gross domestic product. Internationally, this amount averages 1,177.15 USD (~ 10.9% of the respective GDP).


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Spread of COVID-19 in Samoa

Since the beginning of the pandemic until June 6th, 2023, a total of 16,763 infected people and 31 deaths have been reported in Samoa.

The total of 16,763 infected people currently represents 8.4 percent of the total population.

Current vaccination status

According to official WHO data, a total of 453,130 vaccine doses have been administered as of February 24th, 2023. More recent data are not yet available to WHO. There are 191,403 people who have received at least one vaccination (96.5 percent). The booster vaccination was received by 82,268 people (41.5 percent).

177,954 of these are considered fully vaccinated in Samoa (= 89.7 percent).
This makes Samoa one of the best-supplied countries in the world. The vaccination rate is higher in 12 countries.

Weight and size

MaleFemale
Body height173 cm163 cm
BMI30.534.1
Weight91.8 kg90.5 kg

Diseases

SamoaØ worldwide
Diabetes *9.20%8.81%
Tuberculosis0.07‰1.34‰

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


Child vaccinations

SamoaØ worldwide
Measles62.0%81.7%
Hepatitis B0.09%0.08%
DTP *8.50%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.

In Samoa, 25.3 percent of all over 15-year-olds are still smokers.


Medical supplies

Public health and Covid-19 in SamoaMedical care provided by doctors and hospitals in Samoa is below average compared to the world population. The country provides 1.0 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 75 physicians in Samoa, there are about 0.34 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 31 percent of all people who suffer from cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases or chylomicron retention disease (CRD) currently die.

Drinking water supply

Explanation of the graph:
Red line: access to water supply via wells or delivered drinking water
Green bars: Permanent access to running and tested drinking water connection


Only around 46 percent of the population has access to an immediately available running water supply. At least via springs and wells within a maximum distance of 30 minutes or supplied water, 92 peprcent of the population is supplied with largely clean drinking water. 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).

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