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Socio-Economic Indicators
Demographics
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Total population (‘000)
10,293
10,368 10,445
10,509 10,563
Birth rate (mileage rate)
11.0
11.0
n.d.
10.4
10.4
Life expectancy at birth (years)
73.5
73.7 &
n.d.
77.8
78.2
Education
Pre school education (‘000)
241
248
237
243
243
Primary and secondary educ (‘000) 1,590
1,560
1,418
1,409
1,063
Higher education (‘000)
a
397
401
389
n.a. 367
Public expenditure on education
(% of GDP)
b
5.5
5.7
5.4
5.9
4.1
Culture
Nº of visitors to museums (‘000)
8,556
9,163
8,922
8,980
9,723
Nº of art exhibitions
4,708
5,527
5,880
6,130
6,449
Nº of publications
d
1,742
2,107
1,929
1,929
2,052
Local author expend
on cultural events (million Eur)
672,3 766,2
776,9
648,2
913,8
Health
Nº of doctors
33,233 33,751 34,440 35,213 36,138
Nº of health establishments
d
2,977
3,289
n.a.
n.a. 3,412
Nº of hospitals
217
213
204
209
204
Nº of hospital beds (‘000)
38.5
37.7
38.2
38.2
37.3
Public expenditure on health
(% of GDP)
b
4.8
6.3 4.8
5.6
4.9
ICT Society
Nº of customers with
Internet access (‘000)
467
667
905
1,243
1,482
Penetration rate – Internet access (%)
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
11.8 14.0
Penetration rate – landline main service
(lines per 100
inhabitants)
42.4 41.8
40.9
40.3
40.1
Penetration rate – mobile service (%)
(subscribers per 100 inhabitants)
77.0
83.0
96.0
98.0
108.0
Nº of Cable TV subscribers (‘000)
1,119
1,262
1,334
1,341
1,399
Penetration rate – Cable TV network
(subscribers as % of population)
11.0
12.0
13.0
13.0
13.0
Importance of communications sector
(revenue as % of
GDP)
5.8
5.6
5.7 5.7
5.6
Sources:
Notes: (a)
2001/2002 source
Technology and Higher Education
(b) Calculations based on data from the Dept of Finance;
(c) Daily, weekly, monthly, annually (d) Health centres,
pharmacies and medical posts; n.a. – not available |
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Main Indicators (National Institute of Statistics of
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