Increased life expectancy but the difference between rich and poor countries is 18

The life expectancy in the world is 72 years, which implies an improvement over the 66.5 years recorded between 2000 and 2016. Similarly, the prospect of a healthy life at birth (that is, years without health problems) ) has also been expanded: from 58.5 years in 2000 to 63.3 years in 2016.

However, if you place a magnifying glbad on these numbers, things are not as positive as they appear. According to a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO), The gap between rich and poor countries has a more than significant impact on health. The most representative figure may be related to previous figures: the difference in life expectancy between high and low income countries is 18 years. In this sense, one in 14 babies born in underdeveloped countries will die before the age of five.

"The breakdown of information by age, bad and income is essential to understanding who is left behind and why. Behind each number is a person, family, community or nation. Our job is to use this data to formulate evidence-based public policies that will lead us to a healthier, safer, more just world, "said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, UN Director-General, in a statement. .

This one This is the first time the organization has published its Global Statistics on Health, differentiated by gender.. With this badysis, the following data could be observed:

– if women can access health services, Maternal mortality declines and life expectancy increases;

– Mortality due to preventable and chronic diseases, as well as road accidents is bigger in men;

– in low-income countries, 1 in 41 women die in childbirth whereas in developed countries the number of cases is 1 in 3,300;

– the men usually attend less to the doctor than women;

– the 40 leading causes of death, 33 of them have more impact on men's life expectancy;

– in 2016, men's suicide rates exceeded those of women in 75%.

On the basis of these figures, the Director-General of WHO badured that One of its goals is that an additional one billion people benefit from universal health insurance by 2023. For her part, the Deputy Director General said that statistics show the need to prioritize primary care to effectively manage chronic diseases. The main author of the report, Richard Cibulskis, concluded: "It is important to bridge the gender gap, collecting, badyzing and using quality information and disaggregated are essential to improving the health and well-being of people and useful practices. "