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ANNEX-1

Country reported Data for Basic Health Indicators including health related MDG Indicators

 

Indicator

Latest available data

Year

Source

Remarks

POPULATION AND VITAL STATISTICS

Total population (in million)

140

2005

11

 

Population density (persons per sq km)

948

2005

11

Sex ratio (males per 100 females)

106

2003

12

Population under 15 years (%)

38

2004

3

 

Population 60 years and above (%)

7

2004

3

 

Crude birth rate (per 1000 population)

20.9

2003

3

 

Crude death rate (per 1000 population)

5.9

2003

3

 

Natural (population) growth rate (%)

1.54

2001

2

Exponential Growth Rate

Total fertility rate (per woman)

3.0

2004

3

 

Urban population (%)

31

2003

12

 

SOCIOECONOMIC SITUATION

Gross national product per capita (US $)

444

2003-04

4

 

Adult literacy rate (%)                      Total

                                                          Male

                                                        Female 

49.6

55.5

43.4

 

2002

 

2

 

Prevalence of low birth weight (weight <2500 grams at birth) (%)

40

2005

13

 

Prevalence of underweight (weight-for-age) in children <5 years of age (%)

47.7

1994-99

7

<-2SD from NCHS median

HEALTH SYSTEM

INPUTS

Facilities

 

 

 

 

Number of hospital beds

51,648

2005

11

 

Population per hospital bed

2571

2005

11

 

Hospital beds per 10,000 population

3.43

2005

11

 

Number of health centres

1385

2004

5

 

Human resources

 

 

 

 

 Number of physicians

42,881

2005

11

 

Population per physician

3169

2005

11

 

Physicians per 10,000 population

3

2005

11

Population per nurses

6442

2005

11

 

Budgetary resources

Total Expenditure on Health (THE) as % of Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

3.4

 

2003

8

 

Public Expenditure on Health (PHE) as % of Total Expenditure on Health (THE)

31

2003

8

 

Private Expenditure on Health (PvtHE) as % of Total Expenditure on Health (THE)

69

2003

8

 

FUNCTIONS

Pregnant women attended by trained personnel during pregnancy (%)

27.2

2004

3

 

Deliveries attended by trained personnel (%)

13.4

2004

3

 

Women of childbearing age using family planning (%)

58.1

2004

3

 

One year olds immunized against measles (%)

77

2005

14

 

Women that have been immunized
with tetanus toxoid (TT) during pregnancy (%)

29

2003

6

 

Environment

Population with access to improved water source (%)

97.3

2004

3

 

Population with access to improved sanitation(%)

59

2004

3

 

OUTCOMES

Life expectancy at birth (years):  Total

                                                     Male
                                                     Female

64.9

64.5

65.4

2002

 

2

 

 

Infant mortality rate
(per 1000 live births)

53

2003

3

 

Under-five mortality rate
(per 1000 live births)

88

2003

3

 

Maternal mortality ratio
(per 100,000 live births)

380

2002

2

 

Out-of-Pocket Spending on Health (OOPS) as % of Private Expenditure on Health (PvtHE)

85.9

2003

13

 

 

GENDER EQUITY

Life expectancy at birth ratio (females as a % of males)

101

2002

2

 

Seats held in parliament (% of women)

2.0

2004

9

 

Professional and technical workers (% women)

25

1992-2001

9

 

Ratio of earned income (females as a % of males)

0.56

1991-2001

9

 

Adult literacy ratio (females as a % of males)

78.1

2002

2

Computed

Primary school enrolment ratio (females as a % of males)

104

2002-03

10

Computed

Secondary school enrolment ratio (females as a % of males)

111

2002-03

10

Computed

 

MDG HEALTH RELATED INDICATORS

 

G1.T2.I4 - Prevalence of underweight children (under-five years of age)(%)

 

 

47.7

 

2004

 

13

 

G1.T2.I5 - Proportion (%) of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption

 

30

2005

15

 

G4.T5.I13 - Under-five mortality rate (probability of dying between birth and age 5)

 

88

2003

3

 

G4.T5.I14 - Infant mortality rate

 

53

2003

12

 

G4.T5.I15 - Proportion (%) of 1 year-old children immunized for measles

 

77

2004

6

 

G5.T6.I16 - Maternal mortality ratio

 

380

2002

2

 

G5.T6.I17 - Proportion (%) of births attended by skilled health personnel

 

13.4

2004

3

 

G6.T7.I18 - HIV prevalence in 15-49 years (per 100,000 population)                                                                               

100

2004

13

 

G6.T8.I21b-Malaria death rate per 100,000 (all ages)

 

0.5

2003

5

 

G6.T8.I21c - Malaria incidence per 100,000

 

44

2004

11

 

G6.T8.I23a - Tuberculosis death (% of total deaths)

 

7

2002

16

 

G6.T8.I23b - Tuberculosis prevalence rate per 100,000

 

435

2004

17

 

G6.T8.I24a - Proportion (%) of Smear-Positive Pulmonary Tuberculosis cases detected and put under directly observed treatment short course (DOTS)

 

41

2003

5

 

G6.T8.I24b - Proportion (%) of Smear-Positive Pulmonary Tuberculosis cases detected cured under directly observed treatment short course (DOTS)

 

84

2003

5

 

G7.T10.I30a - Proportion (%) of population with sustainable access to an improved water source, rural

 

 

97

 

2004

 

3, 13

 

G7.T10.I30b - Proportion (%) of population with sustainable access to an improved water source, urban

 

99

2004

3, 13

 

G7.T11.I31 - Proportion (%) of urban population with access to improved sanitation

 

71

2004

3, 13

 

 

 

Source:

1.      Report on Vital Registration System 1999-2001 (June 2003)

2.      Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, Sample and Vital Registration System, 2002.

3.      Ministry of Health, Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2004 NIPORT&MA, September 2004

4.      National Accounts Statistics (July 2004)

5.      Country Health System Profile 2003, MIS, DGHS, Mohakhali Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2005

6.      EPI Report, 2004

7.      Ministry of Health, Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 1999-2000, Dhaka, May 2001.

8.      The World Health Organization, World Health Report 2006.

9.      UNDP, the Human Development Report 2004.

10.   UNESCO. http://www.unesco.org, September 2004 Assessment.

11.   Health Information Unit (MIS), Directorate General of Health Services, Mohakhali, Dhaka -1212

12.   Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, Sample Registration System, 2003 (SVRS2003)

13.   Millennium Development Goals, Bangladesh Progress Report 2005, Government of Bangladesh, Dhaka

14.   EPI –Evaluation 2005, Bangladesh

15.   Sustainable Development Networking Project, Bangladesh

16.   WHO Mortality Fact Sheet 2006

17.   WHO Global Tuberculosis Report 2006

 

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