Health indicators are useful tools for monitoring the health of the population and commu-. nicating with multiple audiences about opportunities to improve health. These indicators. are designed to reflect the broad contributors to healthâsocial and physical environments, behaviors, and health conditions. Most importantly, they invite action by an increasingly. broad range of individuals and organizations who share some responsibility for health, even.
Each prize winner gets a medal, a diploma and a sum of money. In 1901, the winners of the first Nobel Prizes were given 150,782 SEK. This is same as 7,731,004 SEK in December 2007. In 2008, the winners were awarded a prize of 10,000,000 SEK. The awards are presented in Stockholm, Sweden, in a ceremony on December 10.
The academy announces the name of the chosen laureate in early October. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895; the others are the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Peace Prize, and Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.