In most UNECE member countries, the suicide rate has fallen since the millennium, with larger decreases occurring in countries that had higher rates. This is illustrated by the chart below, which depicts suicide rates from 2000 to 2008, for selected countries. Kazakhstan, with a high suicide rate, has seen a large decrease in its rate. However Italy, which has a lower suicide rate, has seen only a small decrease.
(Source: unece.org)
Among the countries of the UNECE region, between 2007 and 2011 Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation saw the highest increases in real wages. Finland and Spain also saw increases, though to a much lesser extent.
(Source: unece.org)
The Member States of the European Union (EU) produce more than 2 billion tonnes of waste, including hazardous materials, every year. And this figure is rising steadily. The situation is even more alarming in the countries of Eastern Europe, Caucasus, and Central Asia. The waste generated there accounts for nearly 4 billion tonnes (2009).
The unemployment figures for countries in the UNECE region vary significantly from country to country. The following are just some examples of the huge differences in the trends.
In the past two decades, countries in the UNECE region witnessed a remarkable decline in infant mortality from around 30% in Uzbekistan to nearly 80% in Turkey. Thus, the countries made a huge step towards the fourth Millennium Development Goal of reducing child mortality.
(Source: unece.org)
The Member States of the European Union (EU) produce more than 2 billion tonnes of waste, including hazardous materials, every year. And this figure is rising steadily. The situation is even more alarming in the countries of Eastern Europe, Caucasus, and Central Asia. The waste generated there accounts for nearly 4 billion tonnes (2009).
Marriages are the earliest in countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia where the bride’s average age at first marriage ranges between 22 and 25 years. At the same time, women in most countries of Central Europe and the Baltics marry after the age of 26.
(Source: unece.org)
Adolescent girls in Western countries are well known to have a greater tendency to be underweight than their male counterparts, as reflected by eating disorders in the most severe cases. Being underweight can increase the risk of certain illnesses, or can be directly detrimental to health depending on the degree to which a person is underweight.
UNECE marks the 2012 World Population Day under the motto of Universal Access to Reproductive Health Services.
Worldwide, reproductive health problems remain the leading cause of ill health and death for women of childbearing age. Nearly 800 women die every day in the process of giving life. About 1.8 billion young people are entering their reproductive years, often without the knowledge, skills and services they need to protect themselves. The UNECE region is faced with large disparities regarding reproductive health: for instance, in CIS countries, on average 23 maternal deaths occur per 100,000 live births, in the EU it is only six (2010).
