TABLE 1.

Population and Health Characteristics of the ECA Countries Included in the Quality of Care Study, 2013^a

	Albania	Armenia	Georgia	Kazakhstan	Kirov Province, Russia^b	Tajikistan
Population	3,173,000	2,977,000	4,341,000	16,441,000	1,315,003	8,208,000
World Bank income group	Upper middle	Lower middle	Lower middle	Upper middle	High (Russia)	Low
% of population living in urban areas	53%	63%	53%	53%	74% (Russia)	27%
Life expectancy at birth	73 male 76 female	67 male 75 female	71 male 78 female	63 male 73 female	64 male 76 female	68 male 70 female
Total expenditure on health as % of GDP (2012)	6.0%	4.5%	9.2%	4.2%	6.3% (Russia)	5.8%
No. of physicians per 1,000 population	1.2	3.8	4.8	4.1	4.7	2.1
Neonatal mortality (deaths per 1,000 live births)	7	8	8	8	5	21
Maternal mortality (deaths per 100,000 live births) (2013)	21	29	41	26	24 (Russia)	44
Adult risk factors
Tobacco smoking (2011)	26%	22%	27%	24%	40% (Russia)	N/A
High blood pressure (2008)	37%	42%	43%	35%	38% (Russia)	31%
Obesity (2008)	21%	24%	22%	24%	27% (Russia)	9%
% of total deaths due to NCDs, all ages, both sexes (2013)	89%	92%	93%	84%	86% (Russia)	62%
% of total deaths due to cardiovascular disease, all ages, both sexes (2013)	59%	54%	69%	54%	60% (Russia)	38%

Abbreviations: ECA, Eastern Europe and Central Asia; GDP, Gross Domestic Product; NCDs, noncommunicable diseases; UNICEF, United Nations Children's Fund; WHO, World Health Organization.
Sources: Albania, WHO (http://www.who.int/countries/alb/en/); Armenia, WHO (http://www.who.int/countries/arm/en/); Georgia, WHO (http://www.who.int/countries/geo/en/); Kazakhstan, WHO (http://www.who.int/countries/kaz/en/); Russia, Knoema World Data Atlas (http://knoema.com/atlas/Russian-Federation/Kirov-Region/Population); Tajikistan, WHO (http://www.who.int/countries/tjk/en/); and neonatal mortality for all countries, UNICEF (http://data.unicef.org).
↵^a 2013 data unless otherwise specified.
↵^b Data for Kirov Province only, unless otherwise specified.