Summary

The World Health Organization (WHO)'s Statistical Interactive Database (WHOSIS) is now called the Global Health Observatory (GHO). There are 53 series that come from the WHO Statistical Information System (WHOSIS). Most have not been updated since 2007, some are even older. 20 of these series are being read into the preprocessor. The WHO Statistical Information System (WHOSIS) was an interactive database bringing together core health statistics, but has now been absorbed into the Global Health Observatory (GHO). The GHO provides over 1000 health indicators for the 194 WHO member states. The IFs system uses various measures from the GHO including diabetes relative risk, mortality and burden of disease, obesity, tobacco smoking prevalence, and life expectancy.

Tables In IFs


Variable	Definition	Name In Source	UsedInPreprocessor	UsedInPreprocessorFileName
HealthObesityChildren%	Children under 5 overweight for age	Children aged <5 years overweight (%)	0
MalnNewBorns%	Newborns with low birth weight	Infant nutrition - low-birth-weight newborns (%)	0
HealthMortRateCancer	Age-standardized mortality rate for cancer	Cancer, deaths per 100 000	0
HealthMortRateCardVasc	Age-standardized mortality rate for cardiovascular disease	Cardiovascular diseases, deaths per 100 000	0
HealthMortRateInjuries	Age-standardized mortality rate for injuries	Injuries: Age-standardized mortality rate by three major cause groups	0
HealthMortRateNonComDis	Age-standardized mortality rate for non-communicable diseases	All NCDs, deaths per 100 000	0
HealthMortChilHIV%	Deaths among children under 5 due to HIV/AIDS		0
HealthMortChilInjuries%	Deaths among children under 5 due to injuries	Injuries: Distribution of causes of death among children aged <5 (%)	0
HealthMortChilMalaria%	Deaths among children under 5 due to malaria	Malaria: Distribution of causes of death among children aged <5 (%)	0
HealthMortChilMeasles%	Deaths among children under 5 due to measles	Measles: Distribution of causes of death among children aged <5 (%)	0
HealthMortNeoNatCongen%	Neonatal deaths due to congenital causes	Congenital anomalies: Distribution of causes of death among children aged <5 (%)	0
HealthMortNeoNatDiarrh%	Neonatal deaths due to diarrhoea	Diarrhoeal diseases: Distribution of causes of death among children aged <5 (%)	0
HealthMortChilDiarrh%	Deaths among children under 5 due to diarrhoeal diseases	Diarrhoeal diseases: Distribution of causes of death among children aged <5 (%)	0
HealthMortNeoNatPreTerm%	Neonatal deaths due to other preterm	Prematurity: Distribution of causes of death among children aged <5 (%)	0
HealthMortNeoNatRate	Neonatal mortality rate per 1000 live births	Number of neonatal deaths per 1000	1	POPULATION
LifeExpectancy60to64FWHO	The average number of years that a female aged 60-64 can be expected to live.		0
LifeExpectancy60to64MWHO	The average number of years that a male aged 60-64 can be expected to live.		0
LifeExpectancy60to64TWHO	The average number of years that a person aged 60-64 can be expected to live.		0
LifeExpectancy65to69FMWHO	The average number of years that a male aged 65-69 can be expected to live.		0
LifeExpectancy65to69FTWHO	The average number of years that a person aged 65-69 can be expected to live.		0
LifeExpectancy65to69FWHO	The average number of years that a female aged 65-69 can be expected to live.		0
HealthMortChilCongen%	Deaths among children under 5 due to congenital anomalies	Congenital anomalies: Distribution of causes of death among children aged <5 (%)	0
HealthMortChilLowResInf%	Deaths among children under 5 due to lower respiratory infections.	Acute lower respiratory infections: Distribution of causes of death among children aged <5 (%)	0
HealthMortChilPreTerm%	Deaths of children under 5 due to preterm causes.	Prematurity: Distribution of causes of death among children aged <5 (%)	0
HealthMortNeoNatHIV%	Neonatal deaths due to HIV/AIDS	HIV/AIDS: Distribution of causes of death among children aged < 5 years (%)	0
HealthMortNeoNatInjuries%	Neonatal deaths due to injuries	Injuries: Distribution of causes of death among children aged <5 (%)	0
HealthMortNeoNatLowResInf%	Neonatal deaths due to lower respiratory infections.	Acute lower respiratory infections: Distribution of causes of death among children aged <5 (%)	0
HealthMortNeoNatMalaria%	Neonatal deaths from malaria	Malaria: Distribution of causes of death among children aged <5 (%)	0

Data Pulling Instructions

Step 1: Navigate to the GHO Data Home Page

Step 2: Click the Indicators tab, which can be found on the top bar. As an example, we will be pulling data for SeriesHealthyLifeExpFemales and SeriesHealthyLifeExpMales (Healthy Life Expectancy at Birth)