World health statistics 2007.

Geneva : World Health Organization, [2007], ©2007.

86 pages : illustrations, maps ; 30 cm

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction -- Ten statistical highlights in global public health -- Monitoring progress: appropriate use of health statistics -- People living with HIV: better data, better estimates -- Future health: projected deaths for selected causes to 2030 -- Child undernutrition: where are we now? -- Levels and causes of death: filling data gaps -- Tobacco use and poverty: high prevalence among the world's poorest -- Mental illness: depression worsens the health of people with chronic illness -- Inequalities in health: understanding their determinants -- Tuberculosis control: towards goals and targets -- Health expenditure: meeting needs? --World health statistics -- Health status: mortality -- Health status: morbidity -- Health service coverage -- Risk factors -- Health systems -- Inequities in health -- Demographic and socioeconomic statistics.

Originally part of the BIODOC collection. Copy 1. Supplier/Donor: Directorate-General for Research and Innovation of the European Commission.