Editing Iceland (section)

===Health===
{{main|Healthcare in Iceland}}
[[File:Life expectancy in Iceland.svg|thumb|right|Life expectancy in Iceland, 1838 to 2021]]
Iceland has a [[universal health care]] system that is administered by its Ministry of Welfare ({{Langx|is|Velferðarráðuneytið}})<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100324121304/http://eng.heilbrigdisraduneyti.is/Information/nr/677 Information about the Icelandic Health Care System]. Ministry of Health, Iceland</ref> and paid for mostly by taxes (85%) and to a lesser extent by service fees (15%). Unlike most countries, there are no private hospitals, and private insurance is practically nonexistent.<ref name = j1/>

A considerable portion of the government budget is assigned to health care,<ref name = j1>{{Cite journal|pmid = 16490899|journal = Arch Surg|title = Surgery in Iceland|year = 2006|volume = 141|issue = 2|doi = 10.1001/archsurg.141.2.199|last1 = Gunnlaugsson|first1 = Gunnar H.|last2 = Oddsdottir|first2 = M|last3 = Magnusson|first3 = J|pages = 199–203|doi-access = }}</ref> and Iceland ranks 11th in health care expenditures as a percentage of GDP<ref>[http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_tot_exp_on_hea_as_of_gdp-health-total-expenditure-gdp Retrieved 27-4-2012] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120504215044/http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_tot_exp_on_hea_as_of_gdp-health-total-expenditure-gdp |date=4 May 2012 }}. Nationmaster.com. Retrieved 28 April 2012.</ref> and 14th in spending per capita.<ref name="autogenerated2" /> Overall, the country's health care system is one of the best performing in the world, ranked 15th by the [[World Health Organization]].<ref>World Health Organization: [https://web.archive.org/web/20040915212359/http://www.who.int/whr/2000/en/ Health Report 2010]</ref> According to an OECD report, Iceland devotes far more resources to healthcare than most industrialised nations. {{As of|2009}}, Iceland had 3.7 doctors per 1,000 people (compared with an average of 3.1 in OECD countries) and 15.3 nurses per 1,000 people (compared with an OECD average of 8.4).<ref name="autogenerated2">{{cite web|
url=http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/43/21/40905007.pdf|archive-date=September 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110904230310/http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/43/21/40905007.pdf|title=OECD Health Data 2011|work=oecd.org}}</ref>

Icelanders are among the world's healthiest people, with 77% reporting they are in good health, more than the OECD average of 68%.<ref name = "Iceland – OECD Better Life Index"/> Although it is a growing problem, [[obesity]] is not as prevalent as in other [[developed countries]].<ref name = "autogenerated2"/> Iceland has many campaigns for health and wellbeing, including the famous television show ''[[LazyTown|Lazytown]]'', starring and created by former gymnastics champion [[Magnús Scheving|Magnus Scheving]]. [[Infant mortality]] is one of the lowest in the world,<ref>[http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/Excel-Data/mortality.htm World Population Prospects, the 2010 Revision] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603014657/http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/Excel-Data/mortality.htm |date=3 June 2013}}. Esa.un.org (28 June 2011). Retrieved 28 April 2012.</ref> and the proportion of the population that smokes is lower than the OECD average.<ref name="autogenerated2"/> Almost all women choose to terminate pregnancies of children with [[Down syndrome]] in Iceland.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-37500189 |title=A world without Down's syndrome? |first=Alison |last=Gee |date=29 September 2016 |access-date=19 January 2017 |work=BBC News |archive-date=2 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170102120434/http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-37500189 |url-status=live }}</ref> The average [[life expectancy]] is 81.8 (compared to an OECD average of 79.5), the fourth-highest in the world.<ref>[https://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/wpp2006/WPP2006_Highlights_rev.pdf World Population Prospects The 2006 Revision] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171031153622/http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/wpp2006/WPP2006_Highlights_rev.pdf |date=31 October 2017 }}. United Nation (2007)</ref>

Iceland has a very low level of pollution, thanks to an overwhelming reliance on cleaner geothermal energy, a low population density, and a high level of environmental consciousness among [[citizens]].<ref>[[#Wilcox|Wilcox and Latif]], p. 19</ref> According to an OECD assessment, the amount of toxic materials in the atmosphere is far lower than in any other industrialised country measured.<ref>[http://oecdbetterlifeindex.org/countries/iceland/ Environment Indicators] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130508153547/http://www.oecdbetterlifeindex.org/countries/iceland/ |date=8 May 2013 }}. Oecdbetterlifeindex.org. Retrieved 28 April 2012.</ref>

In 2023, the [[suicide]] rate in Iceland was 12.4 cases per 100,000. At the last five years, from 2019-2023 there were an average of 41 suicides per year or 11.3 per 100,000 inhabitants.<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 October 2024 |title=Suicide and suicide prevention - annual report 2024 |url=https://island.is/en/o/directorate-of-health/news/suicide-and-suicide-prevention-annual-report-2024 |access-date=27 March 2025 |website=island.is}}</ref> In 2022 the country's consumption of antidepressants was the highest in Europe.<ref name=":3" />