|
Indicator
|
Latest available data
|
Year
|
Source
|
Remarks
|
|
Population and Vital Statistics
|
|
Total population
(in thousands)
|
658
|
1998
|
1
|
|
|
Population
density (persons per sq km)
|
16a
|
1998
|
2
|
|
|
Sex ratio (males
per 100 females)
|
102.0
|
1999
|
3
|
|
|
Population under
15 years (%)
|
42.1
|
1999
|
3
|
|
|
Population 60
years and above (%)
|
7.2
|
1999
|
3
|
|
|
Crude birth rate
(per 1000 population)
|
34.09
|
2000
|
4
|
Sample survey
|
|
Crude death rate
(per 1000 population)
|
8.64
|
2000
|
4
|
|
|
Annual
population growth rate (%)
|
2.55
|
2000
|
4
|
|
|
Total fertility
rate (per woman)
|
4.7
|
2000
|
4
|
|
|
Urban population
(%)
|
14.5
|
1997
|
4
|
|
|
Socioeconomic Situation
|
|
Gross national
product per capita (US$)
|
551
|
2000
|
1
|
|
|
Adult literacy rate (%): Total
Male
Female
|
54
52
28
|
1999
1999
1999
|
1
1
1
|
|
|
Prevalence of
low birth weight (weight <2500 grams at birth) (%)
|
15.1
|
1999
|
5
|
Hospital data
|
|
Prevalence of
underweight (weight-for-age) in children <5 years of age (%)
|
18.7
|
1999
|
5
|
Anthropometric survey
|
|
Prevalence of
stunting (height-for-age) in children <5 years of age (%)
|
40.0
|
1999
|
5
|
|
|
Environment
|
|
Population with safe drinking
Total
water available in the home or Urban
with reasonable access (%)
Rural
|
77.8
97.5
73.2
|
2000
2000
2000
|
4
4
4
|
Sample survey
|
|
Population with adequate excreta
Total
disposal facilities available (%)
Urban
Rural
|
88.0
…
…
|
2000
|
4
|
|
|
Health Resources
|
|
Facilities
|
|
Number of
hospital beds
|
1023
|
1999
|
5
|
|
|
Population per
hospital bed
|
622
|
1999
|
5
|
|
|
Hospital beds
per 10,000 population
|
16
|
1999
|
5
|
|
|
Basic health
units (BHUs)
|
149
|
1999
|
5
|
Not all functional
|
|
Outreach clinics
(ORC)
|
426
|
1999
|
5
|
|
|
Human resources
|
|
Number of
physicians
|
103
|
1999
|
5
|
|
|
Population per
physician
|
6,384
|
1999
|
3
|
|
|
Physicians per
10,000 population
|
1.6
|
1999
|
5
|
|
|
Number of
nurses/midwives
|
467
|
1999
|
5
|
|
|
Nurses per
10,000 population
|
7
|
1999
|
5
|
|
|
Budgetary resources
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
Expenditure on Health (THE) as % of Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
|
3.8 %
|
1998
|
7
|
|
|
Public
Expenditure on Health (PHE) as % of Total Expenditure on Health (THE)
|
90.3 %
|
1998
|
7
|
|
|
Private
Expenditure on Health (PvtHE) as % of Total
Expenditure on Health (THE)
|
9.7 %
|
1998
|
7
|
|
|
Public
Expenditure on Health (PHE) as % of General Government Expenditure (GGE)
|
12.2 %
|
1998
|
7
|
|
|
Social Security
Expenditure on Health (SSHE) as % of Public Expenditure on Health (PHE)
|
0.0
|
1998
|
7
|
|
|
Tax funded
Health Expenditure (TaxFHE) as % of Public
Expenditure on Health (PHE)
|
72.5
|
1998
|
7
|
|
|
External
Resources for Health (Ext Res HE) as % of
Public Expenditure on Health (PHE)
|
27.5 %
|
1998
|
7
|
|
|
Private
Insurance for Health Risks (Pvt ins HE) as % of
Private Expenditure on Health (PvtHE)
|
0.0
|
1998
|
7
|
|
|
Out-of-Pocket
Spending on Health (OOPS) as % of Private Expenditure on Health (PvtHE)
|
100 %
|
1998
|
7
|
|
|
Per capita Total
Expenditure on Health (THE) at official Exchange rate (X-Rate per US$)
|
23
|
1998
|
7
|
|
|
Per capita
Public Expenditure on Health (PHE) at official Exchange rate (X-Rate per
US$)
|
21
|
1998
|
7
|
|
|
Per capita Total
Expenditure on Health (THE) in international dollars (int’l $)
|
71
|
1998
|
7
|
|
|
Per capita
Public Expenditure on Health (PHE) in international dollars (int’l $)
|
64
|
1998
|
7
|
|
|
Health Services
|
|
Pregnant women
attended by trained personnel during pregnancy (%)
|
72
|
2000
|
4
|
ANC attendance during 3rd trimester
|
|
Deliveries
attended by trained personnel (%)
|
23.66
|
2000
|
4
|
|
|
Women of
childbearing age using family planning (%)
|
30.7
|
2000
|
4
|
|
|
Eligible
population (i.e. infants reaching their first birthday) that has been
fully immunized according to national immunization policies
|
85
|
…
|
6
|
|
|
Infants reaching
their first birthday that have been fully immunized against diphtheria,
tetanus, and whooping cough (%)
|
88
|
1999
|
5
|
|
|
Infants reaching
their first birthday that have been fully immunized against poliomyelitis
(%)
|
89
|
1999
|
5
|
|
|
Infants reaching
their first birthday that have been fully immunized against measles (%)
|
79
|
1999
|
5
|
|
|
Infants reaching
their first birthday that have been fully immunized against tuberculosis
(%)
|
93
|
1999
|
5
|
|
|
Women that have
been immunized with tetanus toxoid (TT) during
pregnancy (%)
|
73
|
1999
|
5
|
|
|
Health Status
|
|
Life expectancy at birth (years):
Total
Male
Female
|
60.7b
…
…
|
2000
|
1
|
|
|
Infant mortality rate
(per 1000 live births)
|
60.5
|
2000
|
4
|
|
|
Under-five mortality rate
(per 1000 live births)
|
84.0
|
2000
|
4
|
|
|
Maternal
mortality ratio
(per 100,000 live births)
|
258c
|
2000
|
4
|
|
|
|
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