Health in Germany

It had a very low infant mortality rate (4.3 per 1,000 live births), and it was eighth place in the number of practicing physicians, at 3.3 per 1,000 people A new measure of expected human capital calculated for 195 countries from 1990 to 2016 and defined for each birth cohort as the expected years lived from age 20 to 64 years and adjusted for educational attainment, learning or education quality, and functional health status was published by The Lancet in September 2018.

In the first half of 2005, German health authorities registered 1,164 new infections; about 60 percent of the cases involved homosexual men.

[6][7] However, the United Kingdom, Greece and certain countries in Eastern Europe have a higher rate of "truly obese" people.

The Robert Koch Institute in Berlin (RKI) compiles data of immunization status upon the entry of children at school, and measures vaccine coverage of Germany at a national level.

[17] The independent advisory group meets biannually to address issues pertaining to preventable infectious diseases.

[16] Vaccinations recommendations that are issued must be in accordance with the Protection Against Infection Act (Infektionsschutzgesetz), which regulates the prevention of infectious diseases in humans.

[20] Germany's central government does not finance childhood immunizations, so 90% of vaccines are administered in a private physician's office and paid for through insurance.

The other 10% of vaccines are provided by the states in public health clinics, schools, or day care centers by local immunization programs.