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Ann Med Res. 2008; 15(4): 261-266


Evaluation of Woman Health Indicators for Turkey and OECD Union Members

Sakine Rehimli*, Gökhan Ocakoğlu**, Deniz Sığırlı**, M. Çağatay Büyükuysal**

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Abstract


Objective: It has been aimed to examine the positions of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member countries and display possible similarities or dissimilarities between them, taking into account their female health indicators.

Material and Methods: From the World Health Report the female health indicators have been obtained for 30 countries and multidimensional scaling analysis performed by using related variables.

Results: Stress value was found 0,02 for three dimensional configuration. As a result of multidimensional scaling analysis, it has been seen that, countries have been formed groups in three dimensional space, according to related variables.

Conclusion: In the first dimension, especially for the social situation, Turkey showed similarity with Mexico compared to other countries. In the second dimension, especially for the prolificacy education, Turkey was similar with U.S.A., Portugal, Great Britain and France compared to other countries. In the

third dimension, especially for the pregnancy outcomes, Turkey was similar with Korea, Italy, France, Japan and Czech Republic compared to other countries.

Key Words: Multidimensional Scaling, Health Indicators, Euclidian Space






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