State Data Profiles

This profile provides a concise and policy-relevant overview of health and the health system in Lithuania as part of the broader series of the State of Health in the EU country profiles. It provides a short synthesis of: the health status in the country; the determinants of health, focussing on behavioural risk factors; the organisation of the health system; and the effectiveness, accessibility and resilience of the health system. This profile is the joint work of the OECD and the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, in co-operation with the European Commission.

On 20 November 2009, the global community celebrates the 20th anniversary of the adoption by the United Nations General Assembly of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the unique document that sets international standards for the care, treatment and protection of all individuals below age 18. To celebrate this landmark, the United Nations Children's Fund is dedicating a special edition of its flagship report The State of the World's Children to examining the Convention's evolution, progress achieved on child rights, challenges remaining, and actions to be taken to ensure that its promise becomes a reality for all children.

KIDS COUNT is a national and state-by-state effort to track the status of children in the U.S. These benchmarks of child well-being will enrich local, state, and national discussions concerning ways to secure better futures for all children. This book uses the best available data to measure the educational, social, economic, and physical well-being of children. Chapters: KIDS COUNT online; Essay; Summary and Findings; National Profiles; U.S. Profile; National Indicator Maps: State Rates: State Profiles; and Profiles in alphabetical order for 50 states and the District of Columbia. Extensive charts and tables.