Sustainable Development Indicator (SDI) Group
SDI Inventory, Organized by Issue
Working Draft, Version 3, October 8, 1996
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Health Care Equity

Definition: Fair and impartial access to physical and physiological health care regardless of economic or social status

Candidate SDI:

Equitable Health Care Coverage (245 UN CSD)
Definition: % of population covered by primary health care as a function of income level
SDI Framework Element: Health Services (2.1.6.6)
Element Characteristic: Number of People

Immunized People (246 UN CSD)
Definition: % of eligible population that have been fully immunized against key communicable diseases
SDI Framework Element: Physical Health Maintenance (1.3.2.1.4)
Element Characteristic: Mass of Waste

Infant Mortality Economic Group (37 PCSD)
Definition: infant mortality rates by economic group
SDI Framework Element: Length of Life (2.3.1.2)
Element Characteristic: Number of Deaths

Receipt of Health Care (452 SDI Group)
Definition: % of population with adequate access to health care as a function of income level
SDI Framework Element: Health Services (2.1.6.6)
Element Characteristic: Number of People

Health Care Infrastructure

Definition: Systematic provision of a society for the optimal well-being of its members

Candidate SDI:

Health Care Spending (32 PCSD)
Definition: amount of resources dedicated for health care, maternal care, child development, and education
SDI Framework Element: Expenditures (3.1.5)
Element Characteristic: Amount of Money Spent

Health Care Spending (130 SDI Group)
Definition: health care expenditures
SDI Framework Element: Expenditures (3.1.5)
Element Characteristic: Amount of Money Spent

Health Care Spending (244 UN CSD)
Definition: % Gross Domestic Product spent on health
SDI Framework Element: Expenditures (3.1.5)
Element Characteristic: Amount of Money Spent

Health Service Spending (248 UN CSD)
Definition: % of national health expenditure devoted to local health services
SDI Framework Element: Physical Health Maintenance (1.3.2.1.4)
Element Characteristic: Amount of Money Spent

Malnutrition

Definition: Poor nourishment resulting from an insufficient or poorly balanced diet

Candidate SDI:

People Without Food (241 UN CSD)
Definition: % of people without access to adequate food supply
SDI Framework Element: Delivery of Nutrition, Shelter and Clothing (1.3.2.1.2)
Element Characteristic: Number of People

Population Health

Definition: The physical or physiological health of individual members of society

Candidate SDI:

Infant Mortality Rate (242 UN CSD)
Definition: infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births). Life expectancy at birth (years)
SDI Framework Element: Length of Life (2.3.1.2)
Element Characteristic: Number of Deaths

Life Expectancy (164 CEQ)
Definition: life expectancy at birth for the U.S. population
SDI Framework Element: Length of Life (2.3.1.2)
Element Characteristic: Time

Maternal Mortality Rate (243 UN CSD)
Definition: Maternal mortality rate (per 1,000 live births)
SDI Framework Element: Length of Life (2.3.1.2)
Element Characteristic: Number of Deaths

Population Health

Definition: The physical or physiological health of individual members of society

Candidate SDI:

Population Health (451 SDI Group)
Definition: A placeholder indicator to measure the status of health in the population
SDI Framework Element: Enjoyment of Good Health (2.3.1)
Element Characteristic: Time