Editing Germany (section)

=== Health ===
{{Main|Healthcare in Germany}}
[[File:Heiligen-Geist-Hospital (Lübeck).jpg|thumb|The [[Hospital of the Holy Spirit]] in [[Lübeck]], established in 1286, is a precursor to modern [[hospital]]s.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.luebeck-tourism.de/discover/sights/hospital-of-the-holy-spirit.html |title=Hospital of the Holy Spirit Lübeck |publisher=Lübeck + Travemünde |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141215044833/http://www.luebeck-tourism.de/discover/sights/hospital-of-the-holy-spirit.html |archivedate=15 December 2014 |accessdate=12 December 2014}}</ref>]]

Germany's system of hospitals, called {{lang|de|Krankenhäuser}}, dates from medieval times, and the country has the world's oldest [[universal health care]] system, dating from [[Otto von Bismarck#Social legislation|Bismarck's social legislation]] of the 1880s.<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/80776/E68952.pdf |title=Health Care Systems in Transition: Germany |publisher=European Observatory on Health Care Systems |year=2000 |page=8|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513054407/http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/80776/E68952.pdf |archivedate=13 May 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> Since the 1880s, reforms and provisions have ensured a balanced [[health care system]]. The population is covered by a health insurance plan provided by statute, with criteria allowing some groups to opt for a private health insurance contract. According to the [[World Health Organization]] (WHO), Germany's health care system was 77% government-funded and 23% privately funded in 2013.<ref name="health">{{Cite web |url=http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.country.country-DEU?lang=en |title=Germany statistics summary (2002–present) |publisher=World Health Organization |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160606194340/http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.country.country-DEU?lang=en |archivedate=6 June 2016 |accessdate=4 June 2016}}</ref> In 2014, Germany spent 11.3% of its GDP on health care.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.XPD.TOTL.ZS |title=Health expenditure, total (% of GDP) |date=1 January 2016 |publisher=World Bank |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170130122558/http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.XPD.TOTL.ZS |archivedate=30 January 2017}}</ref>

Germany ranked 21st in the world in 2019 in life expectancy with [[List of countries by life expectancy|78.7 years for men and 84.8 years for women]] according to the WHO, and it had a very low [[infant mortality rate]] of 4 deaths per 1,000 [[Live birth (human)|live births]]. {{As of|2019|alt=In 2019}}, the principal cause of death was cardiovascular disease, at 37%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/419459/Country-Health-Profile-2019-Germany.pdf?ua=1|publisher=WHO|title=Germany Country Health Profile 2019|accessdate=9 March 2020|archivedate=20 June 2021|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210620152704/https://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/419459/Country-Health-Profile-2019-Germany.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Obesity in Germany]] has been increasingly cited as a major health issue: a 2014 study showed that 52 percent of the adult German population was overweight or obese.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Overweight_and_obesity_-_BMI_statistics|title=Overweight and obesity – BMI statistics|website=Eurostat|accessdate=14 March 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200325112121/https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Overweight_and_obesity_-_BMI_statistics|archivedate=25 March 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>