Dataset of the Day: Health Care in Cuba

June 3rd, 2008by Emily Sciarillo

Cuba has been in the spotlight lately as Raúl Castro officially takes over as President ending the 49 year rule of his brother Fidel Castro. What will be the legacy of Fidel Castro and the socialist revolution that he led since 1959? One of the most acclaimed successes for the Cuban government has been its progress in health and health care, particularly in the rural areas in the eastern part of the island. Whether or not health care in Cuba is what the government claims it to be is strongly debated. See for yourself the state of health and health care in Cuba using Finder!.

The Cuban government provides in depth statistics on the health of its population by province and finder has these data available for the years 1996 to 2006 with more than 80 health and health care related attributes. Whether you are interested in the change in infant mortality over the last decade, which provinces have more doctors per resident, or what is the leading cause of death in each province, this dataset will help illustrate what the situation is on the island.

Here is an example of what these data can be used for. This map shows the number of family doctors per habitant in 2006. Provinces in red have less doctors and the green ones have more.

Map of Doctors

See data for:
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Popularity: 18% [?]

2 Responses to “Dataset of the Day: Health Care in Cuba”

  1. Greg Sadetsky Says:

    The stage.geocommons.com don’t seem to be working…?

    Cheers

  2. Greg Sadetsky Says:

    Sorry, I meant the stage.geocommons.com URLs don’t seem to be working

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