Health Indicators

The Health Indicators provide concise information of the health situation and trends, including responses at national and global levels. They reflect indicators of relevance for country, regional and global reporting across the full spectrum of global health priorities. This section includes an excerpt of a country-tailored list for monitoring health status in Lebanon. This list will be a “dynamic entity”, updated periodically as more indicators are added, technologies develop and new priorities emerge. The following summary tables represent the best available country estimates of some indicators:

Health Determinants and Risks

Demographic and Socioeconomic Determinants

	Unit	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Population Size	1000 citizens	3,962	4,036	4,104	4,168	4,231	4,292	4,356	4,421
Number of Registered Births		91,795	97,887	90,167	86,950	88,704	85,453	88,996	90,647
Number of Registered Deaths		21,441	23,257	22,792	23,414	25,117	25,275	24,617	25,847
Number of Hospital Births		-	77,341	79,605	89,379	105,348	110,416	114,627	124,597
Number of Births (Lebanese adolescent women aged 15-19 years)		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2,771
Total Fertility Rate (Lebanese women aged 15-49 years)		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8

Risk Factors

	Unit	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
*Low Birth Weight ( less than 2500g)*	1000 citizens	-	5,957	6,817	8,503	9,723	10,758	11,813
Cesarean Delivery Rate	%	46.1	47.6	46.5	45.6	46.7	47	47

Health Status

Life Expectancy and Mortality

	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Life expectancy at birth - Males	80.27	-	-	-	-	-
Life expectancy at birth - Females	82.11	-	-	-	-	-
Life expectancy at birth - Total	81.24	-	-	-	-	-
Neonatal mortality rate per 1000 live births	4.8	4.5	4.3	4.9	4.8	5.4
Maternal mortality ratio per 100 000 live births	18	18	9	13.6	21	16.9

Morbidity

Percent prevalence of chronic conditions among users of chronic drugs program, 2016*

Chronic conditions	Prevalence
Cardiovascular diseases, atherosclerosis, coagulation problems and hypertension	47%
Diabetes	15%
Ulcers	10%
High cholesterol level	10%
Other diseases (Rheumatism, uric acid, glaucoma, osteoporosis...)	8%
Diseases of the nervous system	3%
Epilepsy	3%
Thyroid Problems	2%
Asthma	2%

*For previous years check the Statistical Bulletins' page

Number of newly reported HIV cases, 2017**

Number of incident cases in 2017 is 205
The estimated incidence rate is 4.25 per 100,000*
N (%)
Stages of the Disease
HIV	123(60%)
AIDS	56(27.3%)
Not specified	26(12.7%)
Gender
Males	193(94.1%)
Females	12(5.9%)
Age Group
0-14	0 (0)
15-29	76(37.1%)
30-49	96(46.8%)
>50	21(10.2%)
Unspecified	12(5.9%)
Mode of Transmission
Sexual	205(100%)
Transfusion	0 (0)
IDU	0 (0)
Perinatal	0 (0)
Not specified	0(0%)
Sexual Behavior
Homosexual	111(54.1%)
Bisexual	1(0.5%)
Heterosexual	73(35.6%)
Not specified	20(9.8%)
Travel History
Yes	19(17.6%)
No	89(82.4%)
ART
New in 2017	Cumulative
186	1304
*Using an estimated population for 2017 of 4,420,713 as denominator.
Source: National AIDS Program (NAP), MOPH

**For previous years check the Statistical Bulletins' page

Number of Measles cases

	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Measles	9	1,760	235	39	44	126

Number of Tuberculosis cases*

Tuberculosis cases	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Total number of cases	630	689	682	666	657	632
Number of Lebanese cases	330	341	337	312	305	271
Number of Non-Lebanese cases	300	348	345	354	352	361

*MOPH National Tuberculosis Program

Maternal and Neonatal Health

Health System Response

Health Expenditure

	Unit	2015	2016	2017
Budget of the MOPH	Billion LBP	515.9	642.7	708.5
Per capita total expenditure on health (THE)	$US	863	-	-
Out-of-pocket expenditure as % of THE	Percent	32.7	-	-

Health Workforce

	Unit	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Physicians	per 10,000 population	36.5	31.9	30.7	32.0	31.0	31.3
Nursing and Midwifery	per 10,000 population	29.1	33.1	33	33.4	34.2	36.4
Dentists	per 10,000 population	12.7	12.6	12.9	12.9	15.1	15.2
Pharmacists	per 10,000 population	18.6	16.8	17.5	17.7	18.2	18.9

Medicines and Medical devices

Density per million population of high tech equipment

High tech unit	N*
Open heart surgery departments	27
Cardiac catheterization laboratories	59
Kidney transplant centers	8
Bone marrow transplant units	6
Specialized burns centers	3
CT scan machines	110
MRI machines	41
PET scan	7
Dialysis machines	841

*High tech equipment in the public and private sector
*Number as provided by the Department of Projects and Programs in 2014 pertaining to the latest available figures (2012)