Israeli Health Indices and Influencing Factors with OECD Comparisons

2020–2025 data for Israel includes life expectancy trends by gender, mortality rates, and COVID-19 pandemic impact. The dataset also covers mental health statistics, war health impacts, healthcare system indices, and chronic disease risk factors. Compiled by Juan Moisés de la Serna from sources including the Taub Center, WHO, and OECD, it was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in life expectancy by gender and year against factors like obesity and smoking rates.
• Model the relationship between healthcare spending (% GDP) and outcomes like preventable mortality or hospital beds per 1000.
• Compare Israel's physician density per 1000 and infant mortality rates with OECD comparative performance rankings.
• Assess the health impact of the COVID-19 pandemic using vaccination rollout data and excess mortality figures.
• Study the effects of conflict on mental health using PTSD rates and IDF casualty data post-October 2023.

Strengths

• Covers a defined 6-year period from 2020 to 2025.
• Integrates data from 8 distinct thematic areas including mortality, lifestyle, and system indices.
• Includes OECD comparative data for benchmarking national performance.

Limitations

• Specific row counts, column details, and sample sizes are unknown.
• Geographic scope is limited to Israel, limiting generalizability.
• Relies on aggregated secondary sources, potentially introducing integration inconsistencies.

Provenance

Source

Compiled from Taub Center, PMC/NIH, Times of Israel, WHO, OECD, Watson Brown Costs of War, Global Nutrition Report, and Jerusalem Post.

Collection Method

Data aggregation from multiple published secondary sources.

Time Range

2020–2025

Freshness

Last updated March 2026, covering data through 2025.

Geography

Israel, with OECD comparative data.