Greenland Women Health Information

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Greenland Women Health Information
 

– Reported, February 18, 2012

 

Women in Greenland live long than men. Special attention should be given to poor Health in Greenland. Hepatitis A, hepatitis B, TB, Rabies are the common diseases. Epilepsy is a common disease among the children of Greenland. Many of the indigenous Greenlanders also suffer from lung Cancer.

Treatment in the small settlements and village are not as good as in the cities. People often use traditional medical treatment. The local people have to be under the treatment of general physicians until they are referred to some specialists. They have to come to Nuuk or the University hospital in Copenhagen, Denmark. Queen Ingrid’s Hospital is the national hospital of Greenland.

Corresponding to the municipality the Health are divided into districts, each having a hospital, dental clinic and all the settlements have health stations. The Health districts have resident doctors, nurses, assistants to maintain good Health of Greenland. All these things are well arranged under the guidance of the Chief medical Officer of Health. Prevention of disease, examination, treatment, nursing of patients, training of medical personnel comes under the responsibility of the health service.

Age spread in Population in Greenland

0-14 years: 22.3% (male 6,514/female 6,330)
15-64 years: 70.2% (male 21,599/female 18,861)
65 years and over: 7.6% (male 2,269/female 2,097)

Median age of female in Greenland is 32.1 years ,Birth rate is 14.58 births/1,000 population,Death rate is
8.22 deaths/1,000 population

Sex ratio in Greenland is
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.14 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 1.1 male(s)/female
total population: 1.11 male(s)/female

Infant mortality rate in Greenland is
Total: 9.83 deaths/1,000 live births
Male: 11.23 deaths/1,000 live births
Female: 8.37 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth in Greenland for female is 74.04 years.Total fertility rate is 2.11 children born per woman in Greenland.

Greenland is part of the Kingdom of Denmark and it is the world’s largest island. An ice cap covers 85% of its territory. The population is about 57,000 inhabitants, with 14,000 living in the capital Nuuk, and 10,000 in villages and other small settlements. There are pronounced regional variations in lifestyle and living conditions.
The Greenland Home Rule Government assumed responsibility for health care on 1 January 1992.
Greenland’s territory is divided into 16 health care districts. Queen Ingrid’s Hospital in Nuuk is the national hospital and has 156 beds and numerous specialist physicians associated with it. Each health district has a health care centre with one or more physicians, nurses and other health care personnel appropriate for the number of people living in the district. Each district health centre is responsible for primary health care in towns, villages and other small settlements, and the health centres treat all common illnesses. The health centres handle uncomplicated births, minor surgery, common treatment in internal medicine and community mental health services. The centres have a number of inpatient beds proportional to the number of people in the health district. People with more complicated illnesses are referredto Queen Ingrid’s Hospital in Nuuk or to specialised treatment in Denmark.

 

 

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