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Health system

Health system is accessible by the whole population. Expenditures for health are only %3 of the national budget.

%16 in France

%17 in Germany

Health expenditures per capita is 108 dollars in Turkey

USA .....3769 dollars

902 hospitals 721 operated by government

115 operated by workers insurance scheme

205 private hospitals

165.000 beds in hospitals

1 hospital bed for 396 persons.

This ratio is 4 times bigger in Western European countries. 1 hospital bed for 100 people 77.550 doctors in Turkey

1 doctor for 820 people

1 doctor for 303 people in Greece

1 dentist for 3900 people

Cause of death Among adults

%38 of the deaths are due to coronary problem

11.5% ......cancer

11.5%.......traffic accidents

3.8% ........respiratory infections

3.8% ........infectious diseases

Infant mortality

The percentage of the babies dying before the age of 1 is high in Turkey 3.8%

1980's........%14/15 idi

10% of the children dye because of diarrya and

%20 due to problems in the respiratory problems.

Same ratio is 1.1% in EU counties

24% of the births take place at home while %60 in the health institutions.

Marriage age