Service Description: Physicians per 1,000 Population by Country every decade from 1970-2010. This layer is time-series enabled.
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Max Record Count: 1500
Supported query Formats: JSON
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Description: Physicians per 1,000 People by country, repeated for each of the following years: 1970, 1980, 1990, 2000, 2010 to enable time-series display using the YEAR attribute. Physicians include generalist and specialist medical practitioners.
Data Sources:
World Health Organization Global Health Expenditure database, World Health Organization's Global Health Workforce Statistics, OECD, supplemented by country data, retrieved from
The World Bank DataBank. Country shapes from Natural Earth 50M scale data.
The WHO estimates that at least 2.5 physicians, nurses, and midwives per 1,000 people are needed to provide adequate coverage with primary care interventions associated with achieving the Millennium Development Goals (WHO, World Health Report 2006).
Copyright Text: World Health Organization's Global Health Workforce Statistics, OECD, supplemented by country data; Natural Earth
Spatial Reference: 102100 (3857)
Initial Extent:
XMin: -28382599.9599289
YMin: -7439407.0044698
XMax: 33847524.5003201
YMax: 19918564.3781396
Spatial Reference: 102100 (3857)
Full Extent:
XMin: -20037507.0671618
YMin: -30240971.9583862
XMax: 20037507.0671618
YMax: 18394384.3162556
Spatial Reference: 102100 (3857)
Units: esriMeters
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