Social and Health Care Systems around the World

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1 Finland The life expectancy in Finland is high; men´s life expectancy is 78 years and women´s 84 years. The life expectancy of both sexes at birth is 81 years, while the global average is 70 years. The probability of dying under five is 3 per 1000 live births. In Finland the biggest causes of death among children under five are congenital anomalies (36%) and other diseases (28%). The probability of dying between 15 and 60 years is 116 among men and 51 among female (per 1000 population). There is a noticeable difference between men and women. (WHO 2013a, 2013b) 2.2 United Kingdom The life expectancy at birth in UK is 79 years among men and 82 among women. The difference between Finland and UK is minimal. The propability of dying under five is 5 per 1000 live births. The biggest causes of death among children under five are prematurity (35%) and congenital anomalies (27%). The probability of dying between 15 and 60 years in 91 among men and 57 among women (per 1000 population). As in Finland, there is a noticeable difference between men and women, although not as great as in Finland. (WHO 2013c, 2013d) 2.3 Ethiopia The life expectancy at birth in Ethiopia is 59 years among men and 62 among women. As expected, there´s a notable contrast between Finland, United Kingdom and Ethiopia. The probapility of dying under five is worrying 68 per 1000 live births. The biggest causes of death among children under five are pseunomia (21%) and other diseases (18%). The probability of dying between 15 and 60 years is 306 among men and 265 among women (per 1000 population). The number is alarmingly big. Ethiopia has extremely poor health status in relation to other low-income coutries, even within Sub-Saharan Africa. The biggest healthproble... ... middle of paper ... ...re hard to eliminate. Such habits and traditions are for example female genital mutilations. This kind of tradition is especially hard to eliminate since it is a traditional practice and part of culture that has been going on for thousands of years. Even most of the women believe that without the procedure young women will ostracized for life and that chances of finding a good husband and secured future will be ruined. Although the female genital mutilation and cutting is against the law, in Ethiopia the tradition still appears to be stronger than the law. Various interventions have been tried but the reduction in prevalence is still slow. This raises questions and speculation about their efficacy the need to channel the limited resources where they can make the most difference in following the targets of promoting women´s health. (Unicef 2006, Johansen et al. 2013)

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