1. OECD healthat a glance Disclaimer:Thefollowingpresentationis not published by the OECD and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Organisation or of the governments of its member countries

2. Life expectancyatbirth in the OECDissteadilyincreasing. The values for the individual countries are converging. The countries with the lowest life expectancyhave experienced a sharpincrease. But life expectancyisalsoprogressing in the countries with the highest values. Life expectancy is increasing

3. Premature mortality rates have been halved Potentialyears of life lostis the number of yearsthatwould have been lived up to 70 by people who die beforethatage. The number has been halved for OECD since 1970, thanks to decline in infant mortality, and in deathsfromheartdisease.

4. Infant mortality rates have decreased by more than 80% since 1970

5. Mortality rates for strokes and heart diseases have sharply declined

6. Health spendings have increased

8. In no lessthan13 OECD countries out of 30, more than 50% of the population isoverweightor obese.

10. The OECD Health Care QualityIndicators (HCQI) To assess the performance of health care systems and to improvetheirefficiency, countries needinternationnally comparable indicators. The HCQI measureprocessesand outcomes of health. OECD Healthat a Glancefeatures 23 of theseindicators. Find out more atwww.oecd.org/health/hcqi