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9. Basic health Indicators including the U.N.
Millennium Development Goals
Annex-1
Country reported Data for Basic
Health Indicators including health related MDG Indicators
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Indicator
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Latest available data
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Year
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Source
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Remarks
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POPULATION AND VITAL STATISTICS
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Total population (in million)
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19.67
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2005
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10
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Population density (persons per sq km)
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314
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2005
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10
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Sex ratio (males per 100 female births)
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101.6
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2004
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11
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Population under 15 years (%)
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25
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2004
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11
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Population 60 years and above (%)
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11
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2004
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12
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Crude birth rate (per 1000 population)
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18.5
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2004
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11
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Crude death rate (per 1000 population)
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5.8
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2004
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11
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Annual population growth rate (%)
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1.2
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2004
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11
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Total fertility rate (per woman)
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1.9
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2000
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11
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Urban population (%)
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15
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2001
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13
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SOCIOECONOMIC SITUATION
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Gross domestic product per capita (US $)
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947
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2003
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8
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Adult
Literacy Rate
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|
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Total
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95.6
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2001
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9
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Male
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95.1
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2001
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9
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Female
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96.0
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2001
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9
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Prevalence of low birth weight (weight <2500 grams at birth) (%) per
100 live births in Govt. Hospitals
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17.2
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2003
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13
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Prevalence of underweight (weight-for-age) in children <5 years
of age (%)
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29.4
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2000
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5
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Prevalence of stunting (height-for-age) in children <5years of
age (%)
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13.5
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2000
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5
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HEALTH SYSTEM
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INPUTS
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Facilities
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Number
of hospital beds
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59,144
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2002
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5
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Hospital
beds per 1,000 population
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3.1
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2002
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5
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Number
of hospitals
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576
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2002
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5
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Number
of central dispensaries
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411
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2002
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5
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Human resources
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Physicians
per 100,000 population
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6
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2006
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13
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Nurses
per 100,000 population:
Professional nurses
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14
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2006
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13
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Public Health Midwives per 100,000 population
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1.6
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2004
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13
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Budgetary resources
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Total
Expenditure on Health (THE) as % of Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
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3.5
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2003
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13
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Public
Expenditure on Health (PHE) as % of Total Expenditure on Health (THE)
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48.7
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2002
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4
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Private
Expenditure on Health (PvtHE) as % of Total
Expenditure on Health (THE)
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51.3
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2002
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4
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Public
Expenditure on Health (PHE) as % of General Government Expenditure (GGE)
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6.0
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2002
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4
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Social
Security Expenditure on Health (SSHE) as % of Public Expenditure on
Health (PHE)
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0.0
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2002
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4
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Tax
funded Health Expenditure (TaxFHE) as % of
Public Expenditure on Health (PHE)
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96.0
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1998
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4
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External
Resources for Health (Ext Res HE) as % of Public Expenditure on Health
(PHE)
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4.0
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1998
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4
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Per
capita Total Expenditure on Health (THE) at official Exchange rate
(X-Rate per US $)
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32
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2002
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4
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Per
capita Public Expenditure on Health (PHE) at official Exchange rate
(X-Rate per US $)
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16
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2002
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4
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Per
capita Total Expenditure on Health (THE) in international dollars (int’l
$)
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131
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2002
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4
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Per
capita Public Expenditure on Health (PHE) in international dollars (int’l
$)
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64
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2002
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4
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FUNCTIONS
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Pregnant
women attended by trained personnel during pregnancy (%)
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97
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2000
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13
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Deliveries attended by trained
personnel (%)
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97.0
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2001
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13
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Infants
attended by trained personnel (%)
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98.0
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1996
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Contraceptive
prevalence (%)
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70
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2000
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13
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Infants reaching their first birthday that have
been fully immunized against diphtheria, tetanus, and whooping
cough (%)
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99
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2005
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14
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Infants
reaching their first birthday that have been fully immunized against
poliomyelitis (%)
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99
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2005
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14
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Infants
reaching their first birthday that have been fully immunized against
measles (%)
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99
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2005
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14
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Infants
reaching their first birthday that have been fully immunized against
tuberculosis (%)
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99
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2005
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14
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Women
that have been immunized
with tetanus toxoid (TT) during pregnancy (%)
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96.4
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2003
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3
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Private
Insurance for Health Risks (Pvt ins HE) as % of
Private Expenditure on Health (PvtHE)
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No data
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Environment
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Population with safe drinking water available in the home or with
reasonable access (%)
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82
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2001
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9
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Population with adequate excreta disposal facilities available (%)
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80
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2001
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9
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OUTCOMES
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Life expectancy at birth (years):
Total
Male
Female
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73.0
70.7
75.4
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1996-01
1996-01
1996-01
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1
1
1
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Infant
mortality rate
(per 1000 live births)
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11.2
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2003
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1
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Provisional
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Under-five
mortality rate
(per 1000 live births)
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16
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2000
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13
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Maternal
mortality ratio
(per 100,000 live births)
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47
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2001
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9
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Out-of-Pocket
Spending on Health (OOPS) as % of Private Expenditure on Health (PvtHE)
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89
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2003
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13
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GENDER EQUITY
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Life expectancy at birth ratio (females as a % of males)
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107
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1996-2001
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5
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Seats held in parliament (% of women)
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4.9
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2004
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9
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Female
share in employment (non- agriculture sector) (%)
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31
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1992-2001
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9
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Ratio
of earned income (females as a % of males)
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0.57
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1991-2001
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6
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Adult
literacy ratio (females as a % of males)
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101
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2001
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9
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Primary
school enrolment ratio (females as a % of males)
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99.1
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2002-03
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7
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Secondary
school enrolment ratio (females as a % of males)
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105.9
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2002-03
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7
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Indicator
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Latest available data
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Year
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Source
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Remarks
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G1.T2.I4 - Prevalence of underweight children (under-five years of
age) (%)
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29.4
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2001
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5
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51.3
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2002
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9
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G4.T5.I13 - Under-five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)
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16
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2000
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13
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G4.T5.I14 - Infant mortality rate (per 1000 live births)
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11.2
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2003
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1
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G4.T5.I15 - Proportion (%) of 1 year-old children immunized for
measles
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99
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2005
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14
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G5.T6.I16 - Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births)
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47
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2001
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9
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G5.T6.I17 - Proportion (%) of births attended by skilled health
personnel
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97
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2001
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9
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G6.T7.I18
- HIV prevalence among young people
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35 cases
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2004
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9
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G6.T7.I19 - Condom use in
high risk population
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No data
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--
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G6.T7.I20 - Ratio children orphaned / non-orphaned in schools
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No data
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---
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G6.T8.I21a - Malaria death rate per 100,000 in children (0-4 years
of age)
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No data
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--
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G6.T8.I21b-Malaria death rate per 100,000 (all ages)
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No data
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---
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G6.T8.I21c - Malaria prevalence rate per 100,000
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No data
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---
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G6.T8.I22a - Proportion (%) of population under age 5 in malaria
risk areas using insecticide-treated bed nets
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No data
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---
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G6.T8.I22b - Proportion (%) of population under age 5 with fever
being treated with anti-malarial drugs
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No data
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---
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G6.T8.I23a - Tuberculosis death rate per 100,000
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1.8
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2001
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9
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G6.T8.I23b - Tuberculosis prevalence rate per 100,000
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|
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G6.T8.I24a - Proportion (%) of Smear-Positive Pulmonary
Tuberculosis cases detected and put under directly observed treatment
short course (DOTS)
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No data
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G6.T8.I24b - Proportion (%) of Smear-Positive Pulmonary
Tuberculosis cases detected cured under directly observed treatment short
course (DOTS)
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75
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2001
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9
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G7.T9.I29 - Proportion (%) of population using biomass fuels)
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80.2
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2001
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9
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G7.T10.I30a - Proportion (%) of population with sustainable access
to an improved water source, rural
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72
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2002
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9
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G7.T10.I30b - Proportion (%) of population with sustainable access
to an improved water source, urban
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99
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2002
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9
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G7.T11.I31 - Proportion (%) of urban population with access to
improved sanitation
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>80
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2001
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9
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G8.T17.I46 - Proportion (%) of population with access to
affordable essential drugs on a sustainable basis
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No data
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Sources:
1. Statistical
Pocket Book-2004, Department of Census
& Statistics,
Sri Lanka
2. Sri Lanka,
Demographic and Health Survey, 2000
3. WHO
, CORE INDICATORS 2005
4. WHO
Geneva, The World Health Report 2005:
Make every mother and child count
5. Sri
Lanka Department of Health Service, Ministry of Health, Annual Health Bulletin, 2002
6. UNDP,
Human Development Report, 2004
7. UNESCO. http://www.unesco.org,
July/September 2004 Assessment
8. Economic
and Social Statistics of Sri Lanka 2004, Central Bank of Sri Lanka
9. Millennium
Development Goals Country Report 2005: Sri Lanka
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Department of Census and Statistics
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on Population, Employment and Socio-Economic Situation 1981-2004
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