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Last updated September 2009 

Demographic| Socioeconomic | Socioeconomic (concluded) | Health expenditure | Human and physical resources | Coverage with primary health care services | Coverage with primary health care services (concluded) | Health status |Selected morbidity

Demographic indicators

 

Y

Area in square kilometers

652,225

Total population in thousands

25,011 2008

% Urban population out of total population

23 2008

Crude birth rate per 1000 population

na

Crude death rate per 1000 population

na

% Population growth rate

2.0 2008

% Population below 15 years

na

% Population 65 years and over

na

% Dependency ratio

na

Total fertility rate (R) per woman

6.3 2005

Y Reference year for the data provided
NA  Not available for 2003-2008 or not reported
a 2007
b 2006
c 2005
d 2004
e 2003

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Socioeconomic indicators

 

Y

Adult literacy rate 15+ years, total (%)

31 2005

Adult literacy rate 15+ years, males (%)

43 2005

Adult literacy rate 15+ years, females (%)

20 2005

Gross primary school enrolment ratio - total (%)

65 2008

Gross primary school enrolment ratio - male (%)

75 2008

Gross primary school enrolment ratio - female (%)

66 2008

Gross secondary school enrolment ratio  - total (%)

34 2008

Gross secondary school enrolment ratio - males (%)

44 2008

Gross secondary school enrolment ratio - females (%)

22 2008

Y Reference year for data provided

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Socioeconomic indicators (concluded)

 

Y

Population with sustainable access to improved water source (%)

66 2006

Population with access to improved sanitation (%)

75 2006

Unemployment in percent

32 2003

Smoking prevalence among adults, total (%)

na

Smoking prevalence among adults, males (%)

na

Smoking prevalence among adults, females (%)

na

Y Reference year for data provided

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Health Expenditure indicators

 

Y

GDP per capita US$ exchange rate

352 2007

Total expenditure on health (per capita) US$ exchange rate

29 2007

Government expenditure on health (per capita) US$ exchange rate

10 2007

Total expenditure on health of % of GDP

8.1 2007

General government expenditure on health as % of total health expenditure

33.2 2007

Out-of-pocket expenditure as % of total health expenditure

60.2 2007

General government expenditure on health as % of total government expenditure

5.5 2007

Ministry of health budget as % of government budget

5.3 2007

Y Reference year for data provided
Source: World health statistics 2009 except where otherwise noted.
All estimates for 2006 except where otherwise noted.
f Country data

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Human and physical resources indicators Rate (R)
per 10 000 population

 

Y

Physicians

2.0 2008

Dentists

0.3 2008

Pharmacists

0.3 2008

Nursing and midwifery

5.0 2008

Hospital beds

4.2 2008

Primary health care units and centres

0.6 2008

Y Reference year for data provided
g World health statistics 2009
h Calculated by WHO from available data

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Coverage with primary health care services indicators

 

Y

Population with access to local health services, total (%)

na 2006

Population with access to local health services, urban (%)

na 2006

Population with access to local health services, rural (%)

66.0 2006

Contraceptive prevalence  (%)  

16 2006

Antenatal care coverage (%)

32 2006

Births attended by skilled health personnel

19 2006

Y Reference year for data provided
i without Kurdistan

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Coverage with primary health care services indicators
(concluded)

One year-old immunized in 2008 with

BCG (%)

85

DPT3 (%)

85

OPV3 (%)

85

Measles vaccine (%)

75

HBV3 (%)

85

Pregnant women immunized with two or more doses of tetanus toxoid (%)

65

BCG Bacille Calmette-Guerin
OPV3 Three doses of oral poliovaccine, not including supplemental immunization doses
DPT3 Three doses of combined diphtheria–pertussis–tetanus vaccine
HBV3 Three doses of hepatitis 3 vaccine

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Health status indicators

 

Y

Total life expectancy at birth (years)

46.0 2003

Male life expectancy at birth (years)

47.0 2003

Female life expectancy at birth (years)

45.0 2003

Newborns with low birth weight (%)

na

Children underweight (%)

39.0 2004

Perinatal mortality rate per 1000 total births

97 2004

Neonatal mortality rate

60.0 2006

Infant mortality rate (per 1000 live births)

129.0 2006

Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)

191.0 2006

Maternal mortality ratio (per 10000 live births)

na 2006

Y Reference year for data provided

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Selected morbidity indicators

Annual number (N) of reported cases 2008

Malaria
(number of reported cases)

467,123

Measles

Number of reported cases

Incidence rate
1188 4.55

All forms of tuberculosis

Number of reported cases

Incidence rate
28,301 104

Meningococcal meningitis
(number of reported cases)

na

AIDS

Estimated number of PLHIV

Reported number of people receiving ART

Treatment coverage
< 1 000 0 0

j Imported cases
k 8 autochthonous cases
l Confirmed cases
m Including only 6 sites in south Sudan

 

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