Faroe Islands Health Statistics
Faroe Islands FO: Fertility Rate: Total: Births per Woman
FO: Fertility Rate: Total: Births per Woman data was reported at 2.600 Ratio in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 2.400 Ratio for 2015. FO: Fertility Rate: Total: Births per Woman data is updated yearly, averaging 2.600 Ratio from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2016, with 47 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3.400 Ratio in 1970 and a record low of 2.200 Ratio in 1984. FO: Fertility Rate: Total: Births per Woman data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Faroe Islands – Table FO.World Bank.WDI: Health Statistics. Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.; ; (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision. (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (5) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database, and (6) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme.; Weighted average; Relevance to gender indicator: it can indicate the status of women within households and a woman’s decision about the number and spacing of children.
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 2.60 2016 | yearly | 1970 - 2016 |
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Faroe Islands FO: Life Expectancy at Birth: Female
FO: Life Expectancy at Birth: Female data was reported at 84.700 Year in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 84.500 Year for 2015. FO: Life Expectancy at Birth: Female data is updated yearly, averaging 81.200 Year from Dec 1973 (Median) to 2016, with 33 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 84.700 Year in 2016 and a record low of 76.700 Year in 1973. FO: Life Expectancy at Birth: Female data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Faroe Islands – Table FO.World Bank.WDI: Health Statistics. Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.; ; (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision. (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (5) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database, and (6) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme.; Weighted average;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 84.70 2016 | yearly | 1973 - 2016 |
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Faroe Islands FO: Life Expectancy at Birth: Male
FO: Life Expectancy at Birth: Male data was reported at 79.900 Year in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 79.600 Year for 2015. FO: Life Expectancy at Birth: Male data is updated yearly, averaging 75.900 Year from Dec 1973 (Median) to 2016, with 33 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 79.900 Year in 2016 and a record low of 71.900 Year in 1986. FO: Life Expectancy at Birth: Male data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Faroe Islands – Table FO.World Bank.WDI: Health Statistics. Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.; ; (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision. (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (5) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database, and (6) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme.; Weighted average;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 79.90 2016 | yearly | 1973 - 2016 |
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Faroe Islands FO: Life Expectancy at Birth: Total
FO: Life Expectancy at Birth: Total data was reported at 82.241 Year in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 81.990 Year for 2015. FO: Life Expectancy at Birth: Total data is updated yearly, averaging 78.485 Year from Dec 1973 (Median) to 2016, with 33 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 82.241 Year in 2016 and a record low of 74.498 Year in 1973. FO: Life Expectancy at Birth: Total data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Faroe Islands – Table FO.World Bank.WDI: Health Statistics. Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.; ; (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision, or derived from male and female life expectancy at birth from sources such as: (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (5) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database, and (6) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme.; Weighted average;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 82.24 2016 | yearly | 1973 - 2016 |
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Faroe Islands FO: People Practicing Open Defecation: % of Population
FO: People Practicing Open Defecation: % of Population data was reported at 0.000 % in 2015. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 % for 2014. FO: People Practicing Open Defecation: % of Population data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 % from Dec 2007 (Median) to 2015, with 9 observations. FO: People Practicing Open Defecation: % of Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Faroe Islands – Table FO.World Bank.WDI: Health Statistics. People practicing open defecation refers to the percentage of the population defecating in the open, such as in fields, forest, bushes, open bodies of water, on beaches, in other open spaces or disposed of with solid waste.; ; WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply and Sanitation (http://www.wssinfo.org/).; Weighted average;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 0.00 2015 | yearly | 2007 - 2015 |
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Faroe Islands FO: People Using Basic Drinking Water Services: % of Population
FO: People Using Basic Drinking Water Services: % of Population data was reported at 100.000 % in 2015. This stayed constant from the previous number of 100.000 % for 2014. FO: People Using Basic Drinking Water Services: % of Population data is updated yearly, averaging 100.000 % from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2015, with 16 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 100.000 % in 2015 and a record low of 100.000 % in 2015. FO: People Using Basic Drinking Water Services: % of Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Faroe Islands – Table FO.World Bank.WDI: Health Statistics. The percentage of people using at least basic water services. This indicator encompasses both people using basic water services as well as those using safely managed water services. Basic drinking water services is defined as drinking water from an improved source, provided collection time is not more than 30 minutes for a round trip. Improved water sources include piped water, boreholes or tubewells, protected dug wells, protected springs, and packaged or delivered water.; ; WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org).; Weighted average;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 100.00 2015 | yearly | 2000 - 2015 |
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Faroe Islands FO: People Using Basic Sanitation Services: % of Population
FO: People Using Basic Sanitation Services: % of Population data was reported at 90.883 % in 2015. This stayed constant from the previous number of 90.883 % for 2014. FO: People Using Basic Sanitation Services: % of Population data is updated yearly, averaging 90.883 % from Dec 2007 (Median) to 2015, with 9 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 90.883 % in 2015 and a record low of 90.883 % in 2015. FO: People Using Basic Sanitation Services: % of Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Faroe Islands – Table FO.World Bank.WDI: Health Statistics. The percentage of people using at least basic sanitation services, that is, improved sanitation facilities that are not shared with other households. This indicator encompasses both people using basic sanitation services as well as those using safely managed sanitation services. Improved sanitation facilities include flush/pour flush to piped sewer systems, septic tanks or pit latrines; ventilated improved pit latrines, compositing toilets or pit latrines with slabs.; ; WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org).; Weighted average;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 90.88 2015 | yearly | 2007 - 2015 |