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Last updated August 2010 

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

1,009,500

Total population in thousands

76,823 2009

% Urban population out of total population

43 2009

Crude birth rate

28.9 2009

Crude death rate

6.2 2009

% Population growth rate

2.1 2008

% Population below 15 years

31.7 2008

% Population 65 years and over

3.7 2008

% Dependency ratio

54.8 2008

Total fertility rate (R) per woman

3.0 2008

Y Reference year for the data provided
...  Not available for 2004-2009 or not reported
a 2008
b 2007
c 2006
d 2005
e 2004
f Calculated from available data on age distribution

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Socioeconomic indicators

 

Y

Adult literacy rate 15+ years, total (%)

71 2006

Adult literacy rate 15+ years, males (%)

78 2006

Adult literacy rate 15+ years, females (%)

63 2006

Gross primary school enrolment ratio - total (%)

94 2006

Gross primary school enrolment ratio - male (%)

95 2006

Gross primary school enrolment ratio - female (%)

93 2006

Gross secondary school enrolment ratio  - total (%)

92 2006

Gross secondary school enrolment ratio - males (%)

93 2006

Gross secondary school enrolment ratio - females (%)

91 2006

Y Reference year for data provided

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Socioeconomic indicators (concluded)

 

Y

Population with sustainable access to improved water source (%)

94 2006

Population with access to improved sanitation (%)

94 2006

Unemployment in percent

9 2008

Smoking prevalence among adults (aged 15+), total (%)

19 2006

Smoking prevalence among adults (aged 15 +), males (%)

39.0 2006

Smoking prevalence among adults (aged 15+), females (%)

2006

Y Reference year for data provided
g Aged 18+

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Health Expenditure indicators

 

Y

GDP per capita US$ exchange rate

1,949 2008

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

124 2008

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

48 2008

Total expenditure on health of % of GDP

6.4 2008

General government expenditure on health as % of total health expenditure

38.3 2008

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

58.7 2008

General government expenditure on health as % of total government expenditure

4.7 2008

Ministry of health budget as % of government budget

7.1 2008

Y Reference year for data provided
 

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

 

Y

Physicians

28.3 2009

Dentists

4.2 2009

Pharmacists

16.7 2009

Nursing and midwifery

35.2 2009

Hospital beds

17.3 2009

Infrastructure - primary health care units and centres

0.7 2009

Y Reference year for data provided
 

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Coverage with primary health care services indicators

 

Y

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

88 2009

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

90 2009

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

82 2009

Contraceptive prevalence  (%)  

50 2006

Antenatal care coverage (%)

52 2009

Maternal care - births attended by skilled health personnel

84h 2009

Y Reference year for data provided
h without Kurdistan

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Coverage with primary health care services indicators
(concluded)

One year-old immunized in 2008 with

BCG (%)

100

DPT3 (%)

86

OPV3 (%)

86

Measles vaccine (%)

95

HBV3 (%)

86

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

77

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
j Given only to non-nationals
k Not included in the national immunization programme

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Health status indicators

 

Y

Total life expectancy at birth (years)

72.3 2008

Male life expectancy at birth (years)

69.9 2008

Female life expectancy at birth (years)

74.4 2008

Newborns with low birth weight (%)

6.0 2009

Children underweight (%)

7.5 2008

Perinatal mortality rate per 1000 total births

3.5 2009

Neonatal mortality rate

7.2 2008

Infant mortality rate (per 1000 live births)

17.0 2008

Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)

21.8 2008

Maternal mortality ratio (per 10000 live births)

55 2008

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)

Number of reported cases

Incidence rate per 1000 population

94m 0

Measles

Number of reported cases

Incidence rate per 1 000 000 population

181 2.36

Poliomyelitis
(number of reported cases)

0

All forms of tuberculosis

Number of reported cases

Notification rate per 100 000 population

10,037 12

Meningococcal meningitis
(number of reported cases)

56

AIDS

Estimated number of PLHIV

Reported number of people receiving ART

9,200 412

m Imported cases; rate not calculated
 

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