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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
|
309,500 |
|
Total population
in thousands
|
2,743a |
2008 |
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% Urban population
out of total population |
71e |
2008 |
|
Crude birth rate
per 1000 population |
25.0 |
2007 |
|
Crude death rate
per 1000 population |
3.1 |
2007 |
|
% Population
growth rate
|
2.2 |
2007 |
|
% Population below
15 years
|
36.2 |
2007 |
|
% Population 65
years and over
|
2.2 |
2007 |
|
% Dependency ratio
|
62.0 |
2007 |
|
Total fertility
rate (R) per woman
|
3.1 |
2007 |
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 (%) |
81 |
2003 |
|
Adult literacy
rate 15+ years,
males (%) |
87 |
2003 |
|
Adult literacy
rate 15+ years,
females (%) |
74 |
2003 |
|
Gross primary
school enrolment ratio - total
(%) |
99 |
2007 |
|
Gross primary
school enrolment ratio - male
(%) |
99 |
2007 |
|
Gross primary
school enrolment ratio - female
(%) |
99 |
2007 |
|
Gross secondary
school enrolment ratio - total
(%) |
90 |
2007 |
|
Gross secondary school enrolment
ratio - males
(%) |
92 |
2007 |
|
Gross secondary
school enrolment ratio - females
(%) |
87 |
2007 |
Y
Reference year for data provided
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Socioeconomic indicators
(concluded)
|
|
Y |
|
Population with sustainable
access to improved water source (%) |
75 |
2003 |
|
Population with access to
improved sanitation (%) |
89 |
2003 |
|
Unemployment in
percent |
na |
|
|
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 |
15,229 |
2007 |
|
Total expenditure on health (per capita) US$ exchange
rate |
373 |
2007 |
|
Government expenditure on health (per capita) US$ exchange
rate |
308 |
2007 |
|
Total expenditure on health of % of GDP |
2.4 |
2007 |
|
General government expenditure on health as % of total
health expenditure |
82.5 |
2007 |
|
Out-of-pocket expenditure as % of total health
expenditure |
10.2 |
2007 |
|
General government expenditure on
health as % of total government expenditure |
5.2 |
2007 |
|
Ministry of health budget as % of government budget |
4.6 |
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 |
18.2 |
2007 |
|
Dentists |
1.9 |
2007 |
|
Pharmacists |
3.4 |
2007 |
|
Nursing and
midwifery |
38.7 |
2007 |
|
Hospital beds |
20.2 |
2007 |
|
Primary health
care units and centres |
0.9 |
2007 |
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 (%)
|
98 |
2008 |
|
Population with
access to local health services, urban (%)
|
100 |
2008 |
|
Population with
access to local health services, rural (%)
|
95 |
2008 |
|
Contraceptive prevalence
(%) |
na |
|
|
Antenatal care
coverage (%) |
99 |
2007 |
|
Births attended by skilled health
personnel |
99 |
2007 |
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 (%)
|
100 |
|
DPT3 (%)
|
99 |
|
OPV3 (%) |
100 |
|
Measles vaccine (%) |
100 |
|
HBV3 (%) |
99 |
|
Pregnant women immunized with two or
more doses of tetanus toxoid (%) |
80 |
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) |
72.0 |
2007 |
|
Male life
expectancy at birth (years) |
70.4 |
2007 |
|
Female life
expectancy at birth (years) |
73.6 |
2007 |
|
Newborns with low
birth weight (%) |
9.2 |
2008 |
|
Children underweight (%) |
na |
|
|
Perinatal mortality rate per 1000 total
births |
15 |
2007 |
|
Neonatal mortality rate |
7.5 |
2007 |
|
Infant mortality
rate (per 1000 live births) |
10.1 |
2007 |
|
Under five
mortality rate (per 1000 live births) |
13.0 |
2007 |
|
Maternal mortality
ratio (per 10000 live births) |
23 |
2007 |
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)
|
965k |
|
Measles
|
Number of reported
cases |
Incidence rate |
| 21 |
0.82 |
|
All forms of
tuberculosis
|
Number of reported cases |
Incidence rate |
| 350 |
13 |
|
Meningococcal meningitis
(number of reported cases)
|
3 |
|
AIDS
|
Estimated number of PLHIV |
Reported number of people receiving ART |
Treatment coverage |
| 3 854 |
412 |
na |
j
Imported cases
k 8 autochthonous cases
l Confirmed cases
m Including only 6 sites in south Sudan
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