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Health is an important component of our quality of life. The World Health Organization defines health as "a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." Health statistics include historic and current data on the state of health in Israel: national expenditure on health, life expectancy, mortality and morbidity, self-evaluations of health, health behaviour, physical resources in the health-care system, labour force, and infrastructure. These data enable tracking the state of health of the population and the factors that influence it, as well as aiding in planning health services and policymaking. The data are obtained from various sources: the Population Authority, the Ministry of Health, and surveys.
