Canada - World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe

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Health systems in transition Canada
Table 1.7
Worldwide governance indicator results for Canada and selected countries
(percentile rank of all countries), 2010
Categories Canada Australia France Sweden
United
Kingdom
United
States
Voice and accountability 93.8 95.3 89.1 99.1 91.9 87.2
Political stability 81.1 74.5 70.8 88.2 58.0 56.6
Government effectiveness 96.7 96.2 89.5 98.6 92.3 90.0
Regulatory quality 96.2 95.2 87.1 96.7 97.1 90.4
Rule of law 96.2 95.3 90.5 99.5 94.8 91.5
Control of corruption 96.7 96.2 89.0 99.0 90.0 85.6
Percentile rank total 560.7 552.6 515.9 581.0 524.2 501.3
Overall percentile rank average 93.4 92.1 86.0 96.8 87.4 83.6
Source: World Bank (2011).
1.4 Health status
As Table 1.8 indicates, life expectancy has improved and mortality rates have
declined since 1980. In particular, the mortality rate for adult males declined
by almost 43% between 1980 and 2005, a major improvement over 25 years.
Table 1.8
Mortality and health indicators, 1980–2009 (selected years)
1980 1990 1995 2000 2005 2009
Life expectancy at birth, total (years) 75.1 77.4 78.0 79.2 80.3 80.7
Life expectancy at birth, male (years) 71.6 74.3 75.1 76.7 78.0 78.4
Life expectancy at birth, female (years) 78.7 80.7 81.0 81.9 82.7 83.0
Total mortality rate, adult, male (per 1 000) 164.0 127.3 118.5 101.0 94.4 91.8 a
Total mortality rate, adult, female (per 1 000) 86.3 69.7 66.9 61.1 57.1 55.4 a
Source: World Bank (2011).
Note: a 2007 data.