BRUNEI
Darussalam is the 21st healthiest place to live in the world, according to new
statistics released by the United Nations (UN) this week.
The
Sultanate scored 78 out of 100, in an evaluation of the UN’s Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs), sharing the same spot with Italy and Portugal.
Brunei is
also the third best in the Asia-Pacific region, after Singapore and Australia.
The
Sultanate scored its highest marks in the area of political stability, ability
to tackle malaria, provision of clean water and sanitation, as well as air
pollution.
Its low
ranking was mainly due to deaths caused by measles, mumps and rubella (MMR),
hepatitis B, tuberculosis, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and road injuries.
Iceland
is considered the healthiest country in the world, scoring 85 out of 100 in an
evaluation of the UN’s SDGs, followed by Singapore and Sweden with the same
scores.
The new
figures, published in The Lancet, were based on an evaluation of the UN’s
health-related SDGs. Meanwhile, data from the Global Burden of Diseases,
Injuries, and Risk Factors project between 1990 and 2015 have been utilised to
rank nations.
Researchers
created the socio-demographic index as a measure of development, in order to
differentiate between the progress being made on the SDG Index and those in the
stages of improvement.
A
country’s performance is based on several factors including diseases, suicide
rates, road injuries, smoking, water quality and war.
Azlan
Othman
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