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LOW BIRTH WEIGHT* CHILDREN (%), 2016
*UNDER 2.5KG	

Greece	9.4
Japan	9.4
Portugal	8.7
Hungary	8.5
Turkey	8.3
United States	8.2
Spain	7.8
France	7.6
Czech Republic	7.5
Slovak Republic	7.5
Italy	7.4
Luxembourg	6.9
United Kingdom	6.9
Belgium	6.8
OECD average	7.9
Germany	6.6
Switzerland	6.6
Australia	6.5
Austria	6.4
Canada	6.3
Netherlands	6.0
Mexico	5.9
New Zealand	5.9
Korea	5.9
Poland	5.8
Ireland	5.6
Denmark	5.0
Norway	4.7
Sweden	4.5
Iceland	4.4
Finland	4.1

Note: Data for Germany to 2014, and for Austria, Belgium, France, and Italy to 2015.
	
Source: OECD Health Statistics (CO1.3: Low birth weight)	



ONE-YEAR-OLDS IMMUNISED* (%), 2016
*DIPHTHERIA, TETANUS AND PERTUSSIS VACCINE

Greece	99.0
Hungary	99.0
Japan	99.0
Luxembourg	99.0
Belgium	98.0
Korea	98.0
Poland	98.0
Portugal	98.0
Sweden	98.0
Turkey	98.0
France	97.0
Mexico	97.0
Spain	97.0
Czech Republic	96.0
Norway	96.0
Switzerland	96.0
OECD average	97.7
Australia	95.0
Germany	95.0
Ireland	95.0
Netherlands	95.0
United States	95.0
Denmark	94.0
Slovak Republic	94.0
United Kingdom	94.0
Italy	93.0
Finland	92.0
New Zealand	92.0
Canada	91.0
Iceland	91.0
Austria	87.0
	
Source: OECD Health Statistics (CO1.4: Childhood vaccination)	



CHILD* MORTALITY RATE (PER 100,000), 2016
*LESS THAN ONE YEAR OLD

Mexico	12.1
Turkey	10.0
United States	5.9
New Zealand	5.7
Slovak Republic	5.4
Canada	4.7
Greece	4.2
Poland	4.0
Hungary	3.9
OECD average	6.2
Luxembourg	3.8
United Kingdom	3.8
France	3.7
Switzerland	3.6
Netherlands	3.5
Germany	3.4
Belgium	3.2
Portugal	3.2
Australia	3.1
Austria	3.1
Denmark	3.1
Ireland	3.0
Czech Republic	2.8
Italy	2.8
Korea	2.8
Spain	2.7
Sweden	2.5
Norway	2.2
Japan	2.0
Finland	1.9
Iceland	0.7
	
Source: OECD Health Statistics (Infant mortality rates)	



YOUTH* SUICIDE RATE (PER 100,000), 2015 
*15–19 YEARS	

New Zealand	24.1
Iceland	18.1
Latvia	16.7
Estonia	16.5
Canada	10.3
Poland	9.5
Luxembourg	9.2
Austria	9.0
Finland	9.0
United States	8.9
Australia	8.8
Chile	8.1
Korea	7.9
Ireland	7.6
OECD average	7.4
Japan	7.3
Mexico	7.1
Switzerland	7.0
Belgium	6.8
Sweden	6.4
Slovenia	5.3
Denmark 	4.8
Germany 	4.8
Czech Republic	4.6
Hungary	4.3
Netherlands	4.1
Slovak Republic	4.0
France	3.7
Norway	3.4
United Kingdom	3.3
Turkey	3.1
Portugal	2.6
Spain	2.6
Italy	2.0
Greece	1.7
Israel	1.7

Note: Data for Greece, Portugal, Israel, Luxembourg, Slovak Republic, Estonia, Germany, Denmark, Austria, Norway, Mexico, Japan, United States, Australia, Belgium, Chile, Poland, Finland, and Latvia refer to 2014; data for Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, France, Switzerland, Korea, and Ireland, refer to 2013; data for Italy, Canada and New Zealand refer to 2012.
	
Source: OECD Health Statistics (CO4.4: Teenage suicides 15-19 years old)	



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