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9. Basic health Indicators including the U.N. Millennium
Development Goals
Annex-4
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 thousands)
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1,015
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2004
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9
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| Population density (persons per sq km)
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69
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2004
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1
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Sex ratio (males per 100 females)
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97
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2004
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9
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Population under 15 years (%)
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45
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2004
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9
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Population 60 years and above (%)
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5
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2004
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9
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Crude birth rate (per 1000 population)
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42.3
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2006
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8
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Crude death rate (per 1000 population)
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10.6
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2006
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8
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Natural (population) growth rate (%)
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3.18
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2006
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8
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Total fertility rate (per woman)
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6.7
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2006
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8
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Urban population (%)
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15
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2002
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1
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SOCIOECONOMIC SITUATION
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Gross national product per
capita (US$)
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478
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2002
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1
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Adult literacy rate (%)
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58.6
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2002
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3
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Prevalence of low birth
weight (weight <2500 grams at birth) (%)
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10
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1998-2003
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4
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| Prevalence of underweight
(weight-for-age) in children <5 years of age (%)
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45
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2002
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1
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HEALTH SYSTEM
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INPUTS
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Facilities
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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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Number of health centres
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4
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2002
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1
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Human resources
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|
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Physicians per 10,000 population
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2.5
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2005
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9
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Nurses per 10,000 population:
Professional nurses
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7
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2002
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1
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Computed value
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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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9.6
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2003
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10
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Public Expenditure on Health
(PHE) as % of Total Expenditure on Health (THE)
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76
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2003
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10
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Private Expenditure on Health
(PvtHE) as % of Total Expenditure on Health (THE)
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24
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2003
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10
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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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FUNCTIONS
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Pregnant women attended by
trained personnel during pregnancy (%)
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36.1
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2006
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8
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Deliveries
attended by trained personnel (%)
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27.2
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2006
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8
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Contraceptive Prevalence (%)
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9.7
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2006
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9
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Coverage
of diphtheria, tetanus, and whooping cough among children <1
year (%)
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63.2
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2006
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8
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Coverage of poliomyelitis
among children < 1 year (%)
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62
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2006
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8
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Coverage of measles among
children < 1 year (%)
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60.5
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2006
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8
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Coverage of tuberculosis
among children < 1 year (%)
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73.6
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2006
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8
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Women that have been
immunized
with tetanus toxoid (TT) during pregnancy (%)
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52.5
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2006
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8
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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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56
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2001
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5
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Population with adequate
excreta (sanitation) disposal facilities available (%)
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19
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2001
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5
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OUTCOMES
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Life expectancy at birth (years):
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59.5
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2006
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8
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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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Infant mortality rate
(per 1000 live births)
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88
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2006
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8
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Under-five mortality rate
(per 1000 live births)
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130
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2004
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8
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Maternal mortality ratio
(per 100,000 live births)
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660
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2000
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8
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Out-of-Pocket Spending on
Health (OOPS) as % of Private Expenditure on Health (PvtHE)
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26
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2003
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10
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GENDER EQUITY
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Life expectancy at birth
ratio (females as a % of males)
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104
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2003
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11
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computed
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Seats held in parliament (%
of women)
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26.1
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2004
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3
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Female share in employment
(non-agricultural sector) %
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35
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2001
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5
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Primary school enrolment
ratio (females as a % of males)
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91
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2001
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5
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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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MDG HEALTH RELATED INDICATORS
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G1.T2.I4 - Prevalence of underweight
children (under-five years of age)
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45
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2001
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5
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G1.T2.I5 - Proportion (%) of population
below minimum level of dietary energy consumption
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N.A.
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G4.T5.I13 - Under-five mortality rate
(probability of dying between birth and age 5)
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130
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2004
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8
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G4.T5.I14 - Infant mortality rate
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88
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2006
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8
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G4.T5.I15 - Proportion (%) of 1 year-old
children immunized for measles
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60.5
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2006
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8
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G5.T6.I16 - Maternal mortality ratio
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660
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2000
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8
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G5.T6.I17 - Proportion (%) of births
attended by skilled health personnel
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27.2
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2006
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8
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G6.T7.I18 - HIV prevalence
among young people
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10-350
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8
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G6.T7.I19 - Condom use in
high risk population
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N.A.
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G6.T7.I20 - Ratio OF children orphaned /
non-orphaned in schools
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N.A.
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G6.T8.I21a - Malaria death rate per 100,000
in children (0-4 years of age)
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N.A.
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G6.T8.I21b-Malaria death rate per 100,000
(all ages)
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N.A.
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G6.T8.I21c - Malaria prevalence rate per
100,000
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9
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2001
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5
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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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N.A.
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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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N.A.
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G6.T8.I23a - Tuberculosis death rate per
100,000
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N.A.
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G6.T8.I23b - Tuberculosis prevalence rate
per 100,000
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N.A.
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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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N.A.
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G6.T8.I24b - Proportion (%) of
Smear-Positive Pulmonary Tuberculosis cases detected and cured under directly observed treatment
short course (DOTS)
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80
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2001
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5
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G7.T9.I29 - Proportion (%) of population
using biomass fuels)
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N.A.
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G7.T10.I30a - Proportion (%) of population
with sustainable access to an improved water source, rural
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51
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2001
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5
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G7.T10.I30b - Proportion (%) of population
with sustainable access to an improved water source, urban
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72
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2001
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5
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G7.T11.I31 - Proportion (%) of urban
population with access to improved sanitation
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44
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2001
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5
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G8.T17.I46 - Proportion (%) of population
with access to affordable essential drugs on a sustainable basis
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Sources:
1. Timor-Leste
Ministry of Health, Health Profile, Dili, 26 August
2002
2. The World Health Organization, The
World Health Report 2005
3. UNDP, The Human Development Report
2004
4. UNICEF, The State of the World
Children, 2005
5. Timor-Leste,
Millennium Development Goals Report (Final Draft), August 2003
6. The World Health Organisation,
CORE Indicators 2005
7. Census Timor-Leste 2004, http://dne.mopf.gov.tp
8. Timor Lest 2006 Health Statistics
Report
9. 11 questions of 11 SEAR countries
2007. WHO- Regional Office for South-East Asia, India
10. World Health Report 2006. WHO, Geneva
11. Human Development Report 2006,
UNDP
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