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State of the World's Children 1998
Carol Bellamy, Executive Director, United Nations Children's Fund

CHAPTER II

Statistical tables

1  Basic indicators
2  Nutrition
3  Health
4  Education
5  Demographic indicators 
6  Economic indicators 
7  Women 
8  The rate of progress  
   Measuring human development
   Regional summaries country list

Statistics, vital indicators of the care, nurture and
resources that children receive in their communities and
countries, help chart progress towards the goals set at the
1990 World Summit for Children. The eight tables in this
report have been expanded to give the broadest possible
coverage of important basic indicators for nutrition, health,
education, demographics, economic indicators and the
situation of women, plus rates of progress and regional
summaries. They also include complete data, as available, on
less populous countries, covering 193 countries in all,
listed alphabetically. Countries are shown on page 93 in
descending order of their estimated 1996 under-five mortality
rates, which is also the first basic indicator in table 1.

Panels

1  Vitamin A supplements save pregnant women's lives
2  What is malnutrition?
3  Stunting linked to impaired intellectual development
4  Recognizing the right to nutrition
5  Growth and sanitation: What can we learn from chickens?
6  Breastmilk and transmission of HIV
7  High-energy biscuits for mothers boost infant survival by  
   50 per cent
8  UNICEF and the World Food Programme
9  Triple A takes hold in Oman
10 Celebrating gains in children's health in Brazil
11 Rewriting Elias's story in Mbeya
12 Women in Niger take the lead against malnutrition
13 BFHI: Breastfeeding breakthroughs
14 Tackling malnutrition in Bangladesh
15 Kiwanis mobilize to end iodine deficiency's deadly toll
16 Indonesia makes strides against vitamin A deficiency
17 Making food enrichment programmes sustainable
18 Zinc and vitamin A: Taking the sting out of malaria
19 Protecting nutrition in crises
20 Progress against worms for pennies
21 Child nutrition a priority for the new South Africa

Spotlights

Ten steps to successful breastfeeding
Vitamin A
Zinc
Iron
Iodine
Folate

Text figures

Fig.1  Malnutrition and child mortality
Fig.2  Trends in child malnutrition, by region
Fig.3  From good nutrition to greater productivity and beyond
Fig.4  Poverty and malnutrition in Latin America and the      
       Caribbean
Fig.5  Causes of child malnutrition
Fig.6  Inadequate dietary intake/disease cycle
Fig.7  Intergenerational cycle of growth failure
Fig.8  Better nutrition through triple A
Fig.9  Iodine deficiency disorders and salt iodization
Fig.10 Progress in vitamin A supplementation programmes
Fig.11 Measles deaths and vitamin A supplementation
Fig.12 Zinc supplementation and child growth (Ecuador, 1986)
Fig.13 Maternal height and Caesarean delivery (Guatemala,     
       1984-1986)

References

Glossary

Press Kit
 Summary: Malnutrition: Causes, consequences and solutions
 Fact Sheet: Summing up malnutrition's shame
 Fact Sheet: Malnutrition: Causes
 Fact Sheet: Micronutrients
 Feature: Child malnutrition and women's rights
 Feature: In Burundi camps, the spetre of malnutrition looms
 Feature: Malnutrition in industrialized countries



The state of the world's children 1998 - Chapter II

Statistical tables

Economic and social statistics on the nations of the world,
with particular reference to children's well-being.

General note on the data 
Explanation of symbols   
Under-five mortality rankings 
Regional summaries country list    
Glossary  

Tables
1  Basic indicators
2  Nutrition
3  Health
4  Education
5  Demographic indicators 
6  Economic indicators 
7  Women 
8  The rate of progress  
   Regional Summaries Country List


                            * * * *
General note on the data

Four major changes have been made to the statistical tables
in The State of the World's Children 1998 report.

First, the less populous countries, which were previously
presented in a separate table, have been merged into the main
tables. Each of the eight tables now lists 193 countries.

Second, only independent, sovereign countries are listed;
these include all countries that are members of the United
Nations and all countries that have ratified the Convention
on the Rights of the Child.

Third, countries are now listed alphabetically in each table
rather than in descending order of their under-five mortality
rate (U5MR). However, because this rate is a crucial
indicator, countries ranked in order of their U5MR are listed
on the page opposite this note. Every table also includes a
column providing the U5MR rank of each country. The index to
countries, which appeared before table 1 in previous reports,
has been eliminated.

Fourth, the regional summary for each table now appears with
its relevant table.

The data presented in these tables are  accompanied by
definitions, sources and explanations of symbols. The tables
are derived from many sources and thus will inevitably
contain a wide range of data quality. Official government
data received by the responsible United Nations agency have
been used whenever possible. In the many cases where there
are no reliable official figures, estimates made by the
responsible United Nations agency have been used. Where such
internationally standardized estimates do not exist, the
tables draw on other sources, particularly data received from
the appropriate UNICEF field office. Where possible, only
comprehensive or representative national data have been used.

Data quality is likely to be adversely  affected for
countries that have recently  suffered from man-made or
natural disasters. This is particularly so where basic
country  infrastructure has been fragmented or major
population movements have occurred.

Data for life expectancy, total fertility rate, crude birth
and death rates, etc. are part of the regular work on
estimates and projections undertaken by the United Nations
Population Division. These and other internationally produced
estimates are revised  periodically, which explains why some
of the data will differ from those found in earlier UNICEF
publications.

In addition, the statistical tables in the present report
contain new data from recent Multiple Indicator Cluster
Surveys. These  surveys were carried out in 1995 and 1996 by
more than 60 countries worldwide as a means of assessing the
progress made for children in the context of the goals of the
World Summit for Children.

Two new indicators have also been introduced. 'Per cent of
routine EPI vaccines  financed by government', the first of
these new indicators, appears in table 3. This indicator
reflects a country's capacity to immunize children as an
integral part of its health care system. It replaces the
previous indicator entitled 'per cent of population with 
access to health services', which although of interest to
many has been eliminated because of the poor quality of the
data.

'Per cent of population below $1 per day', the second new
indicator, can be found in table 6. This indicator is now
used by the World Bank and is a more explicit monetary
measure of international poverty than the indicator it
replaces. Previous reports defined absolute poverty as the
income level below which a minimum nutritionally adequate
diet, plus essential non-food requirements, was not
affordable.


Explanation of symbols

Since the aim of this statistics chapter is to provide a
broad picture of the situation of children and women
worldwide, detailed data qualifications and footnotes are
seen as more appropriate for inclusion elsewhere. Only three
symbols are used to classify the table data.

-    Indicates data are not available.

x    Indicates data that refer to years or periods other than
those specified in the column heading, differ from the
standard definition, or refer to only part of a country.

y    Indicates that survey data were used for estimating net
primary school enrolment (in table 4 only).

                           * * * *


Under-five mortality rankings

The following list ranks countries in descending order of
their estimated 1996 under-five mortality rate (U5MR).
Countries are listed alphabetically in the Basic indicator
tables.



Country                U5MR     U5MR
                       rank     rank


Niger                    320       1
Angola                   292       2
Sierra Leone             284       3
Afghanistan              257       4
Liberia                  235       5
Guinea-Bissau            223       6
Mali                     220       7
Malawi                   217       8
Mozambique               214       9
Somalia                  211      10
Guinea                   210      11
Congo, Dem. Rep.         207      12
Zambia                   202      13
Nigeria                  191      14
Mauritania               183      15
Ethiopia                 177      16
Burundi                  176      17
Equatorial Guinea        173      18
Cambodia                 170      19
Rwanda                   170      19
Central African Rep.     164      21
Madagascar               164      21
Burkina Faso             158      23
Djibouti                 157      24
C“te d'Ivoire            150      25
Myanmar                  150      25
Chad                     149      27
Gabon                    145      28
Tanzania                 144      29
Uganda                   141      30
Benin                    140      31
Lesotho                  139      32
Pakistan                 136      33
Haiti                    134      34
Lao People's Dem. Rep    128      35
Bhutan                   127      36
Senegal                  127      36
Togo                     125      38
Comoros                  122      39
Iraq                     122      39
Eritrea                  120      41
Nepal                    116      42
Sudan                    116      42
Bangladesh               112      44
Papua New Guinea         112      44
India                    111      46
Ghana                    110      47
Congo                    108      48
Gambia                   107      49
Yemen                    105      50
Bolivia                  102      51
Cameroon                 102      51
Swaziland                 97      53
Marshall Islands          92      54
Kenya                     90      55
Guyana                    83      56
Sao Tome and Principe     80      57
Egypt                     78      58
Turkmenistan              78      58
Namibia                   77      60 
Kiribati                  76      61
Maldives                  76      61
Tajikistan                76      61
Morocco                   74      64
Cape Verde                73      65
Zimbabwe                  73      65
Indonesia                 71      67
Mongolia                  71      67
South Africa              66      69
Libya                     61      70
Uzbekistan                60      71
Peru                      58      72
Nicaragua                 57      73
Dominican Rep.            56      74
Guatemala                 56      74
Tuvalu                    56      74
Samoa                     53      77
Vanuatu                   53      77
Brazil                    52      79
Botswana                  50      80
Kyrgyzstan                50      80
China                     47      82
Turkey                    47      82
Kazakstan                 45      84
Azerbaijan                44      85
Belize                    44      85
Viet Nam                  44      85
Albania                   40      88
Ecuador                   40      88
El Salvador               40      88
Lebanon                   40      88
Algeria                   39      92
Philippines               38      93
Saint Kitts and Nevis     38      93
Thailand                  38      93
Iran                      37      96
Honduras                  35      97
Palau                     35      97
Tunisia                   35      97
Paraguay                  34     100
Syria                     34     100
Mexico                    32     102
Moldova, Rep. of          32     102
Colombia                  31     104
Grenada                   31     104
Nauru                     31     104
Suriname                  31     104
Armenia                   30     108
Cook Islands              30     108
Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 30     108
Saudi Arabia              30     108
TFYR Macedonia            30     108
Georgia                   29     113
Solomon Islands           29     113
Venezuela                 28     115
Micronesia,Fed.States of  27     116
Argentina                 25     117
Jordan                    25     117
Romania                   25     117
Russian Federation        25     117
Fiji                      24     121
Ukraine                   24     121
Bahamas                   23     123
Mauritius                 23     123
Saint Vincent/Grenadines  23     123
Tonga                     23     123
Antigua and Barbuda       22     127
Bahrain                   22     127
Saint Lucia               22     127
Uruguay                   22     127
Yugoslavia, Fed. Rep.     22     127
Qatar                     21     132
Dominica                  20     133
Latvia                    20     133
Panama                    20     133
Bulgaria                  19     136
Seychelles                19     136
Sri Lanka                 19     136
Belarus                   18     139
Lithuania                 18     139
Oman                      18     139
United Arab Emirates      18     139
Bosnia and Herzegovina    17     143
Trinidad and Tobago       17     143
Estonia                   16     145
Costa Rica                15     146
Kuwait                    14     147
Poland                    14     147
Chile                     13     149
Malaysia                  13     149
San Marino                13     149
Barbados                  12     152
Hungary                   12     152
Brunei Darussalam         11     154
Croatia                   11     154
Jamaica                   11     154
Malta                     11     154
Slovakia                  11     154
Cuba                      10     159
Cyprus                    10     159
Greece                     9     161
Israel                     9     161
United States              8     163
Belgium                    7     164
Canada                     7     164
Czech Rep.                 7     164
Ireland                    7     164
Italy                      7     164
Korea, Rep. of             7     164
Liechtenstein              7     164
Luxembourg                 7     164
New Zealand                7     164
Portugal                   7     164
United Kingdom             7     164
Andorra                    6     175
Australia                  6     175
Austria                    6     175
Denmark                    6     175
France                     6     175
Germany                    6     175
Japan                      6     175
Monaco                     6     175
Netherlands                6     175
Norway                     6     175
Slovenia                   6     175
Iceland                    5     186
Spain                      5     186
Switzerland                5     186
Finland                    4     189
Singapore                  4     189
Sweden                     4     189
Holy See                no data     
Niue                    no data     

                           
                            * * * *


        Table 1: Basic  indicators
                                                                                                                                               % share
                                                 Infant                             Annual                                         Primary     of household
                                   Under-5     mortality                Annual      no. of                  Life         Total     school      income
                                  mortality       rate         Total    no. of      under-5     GNP         expectancy   adult     enrolment   1990-96
                                    rate       (under 1)    population  births      deaths      per capita  at birth     literacy  ratio
                                                           (thousands) (thousands) (thousands)  (US$)       (years)      rate      (gross)     lowest  highest
                            U5MR  1960  1996   1960  1996        1996        1996        1996       1995          1996     1995     1990-95      40%   20%
                            rank
        Afghanistan            4   360   257    215   165       20883        1127         290        250x           45       32          48       -    -
        Albania               88   151    40    112    34        3401          75           3        670            71       -           98       -    -
        Algeria               92   255    39    152    34       28784         857          33       1600            68       62         105       18x  46x
        Andorra              175    -      6     -      5          71           1           0         c             -        -           -        -    -
        Angola                 2   345   292    208   170       11185         546         159        410            47       42x         88       -    -
        Antigua and Barbuda  127    -     22     -     18          66           1           0       6980x           75       95x        100x      -    -
        Argentina            117    72    25     60    22       35219         709          18       8030            73       96         111       -    -
        Armenia              108    48    30     38    25        3638          50           2        730            71      100          90       -    -
        Australia            175    24     6     20     6       18057         262           2      18720            78       -          107       16x  42x
        Austria              175    43     6     37     5        8106          86           0      26890            77       -          103       -    -
        Azerbaijan            85    75    44     55    34        7594         154           7        480            71      100         117       -    -
        Bahamas              123    68    23     51    19         284           5           0      11940            73       98          97       -    -
        Bahrain              127   203    22    130    18         570          12           0       7840            73       85         111       -    -
        Bangladesh            44   247   112    151    83      120073        3186         357        240            57       38          79       23   38
        Barbados             152    90    12     74    11         261           3           0       6560            76       97          90       -    -
        Belarus              139    47    18     37    14       10348         106           2       2070            70       99          97       26   33
        Belgium              164    35     7     31     6       10159         115           1      24710            77       -           99       22x  36x
        Belize                85   104    44     74    36         219           7           0       2630            74       80x        111       -    -
        Benin                 31   310   140    184    84        5563         238          33        370            54       37          72       -    -
        Bhutan                36   300   127    175    90        1812          76          10        420            52       42          25x      -    -
        Bolivia               51   252   102    152    71        7593         258          26        800            61       83          95       15   48
        Bosnia and Herzegovi 143   155    17    105    15        3628          43           1         a             73       -           -        -    -
        Botswana              80   170    50    117    40        1484          52           3       3020            52       70         115       11x  59x
        Brazil                79   177    52    115    44      161087        3211         167       3640            67       83         114        7x  68x
        Brunei Darussalam    154    87    11     63     9         300           6           0      25160            75       88         109       -    -
        Bulgaria             136    70    19     49    16        8468          86           2       1330            71       98          86       21   39
        Burkina Faso          23   318   158    183    82       10780         501          79        230            46       19          39       -    -
        Burundi               17   255   176    151   106        6221         272          48        160            46       35          69       -    -
        Cambodia              19   217   170    146   108       10273         360          61        270            53       65x        118       -    -
        Cameroon              51   264   102    156    63       13560         539          55        650            56       63          89       -    -
        Canada               164    33     7     28     6       29680         367           2      19380            79       97x        103       18x  40x
        Cape Verde            65   164    73    110    54         396          12           1        960            66       72         131       -    -
        Central African Rep.  21   343   164    195   103        3344         127          21        340            49       60          71x      -    -
        Chad                  27   325   149    195    92        6515         275          41        180            47       48          55       -    -
        Chile                149   138    13    107    11       14421         294           4       4160            75       95          99       10   61
        China                 82   209    47    140    38     1232083       20712         973        620            69       82         118       15   48
        Colombia             104   130    31     82    26       36444         878          27       1910            71       91         121       11   56
        Comoros               39   248   122    165    83         632          26           3        470            57       57          75       -    -
        Congo                 48   220   108    143    81        2668         115          12        680            51       75          -        -    -
        Congo, Dem. Rep.      12   302   207    175   128       46812        2135         442        120            53       77          68       -    -
        Cook Islands         108    -     30     -     26          19           0           0       1550x           -        99x         98       -    -
        Costa Rica           146   112    15     80    13        3500          86           1       2610            77       95         106       13x  51x
        Côte d'Ivoire         25   300   150    195    90       14015         523          78        660            51       40          68       18x  44x
        Croatia              154    98    11     70    10        4501          48           1       3250            72       98          86       -    -
        Cuba                 159    54    10     39    10       11018         149           2       1170x           76       96         104       -    -
        Cyprus               159    36    10     30     9         756          12           0      10260x           77       94x        100       -    -
        Czech Rep.           164    25     7     22     6       10251         111           1       3870            73       -          100       24   37
        Denmark              175    25     6     22     6        5237          68           0      29890            75       -           99       17x  39x
        Djibouti              24   289   157    186   112         617          24           4        780x           50       46          38       -    -
        Dominica             133    -     20     -     17          71           2           0       2990            73       -           -        -    -
        Dominican Rep.        74   149    56    102    45        7961         198          11       1460            71       82         103       12x  56x
        Ecuador               88   180    40    115    31       11699         309          12       1390            70       90         123       14   53
        Egypt                 58   282    78    189    57       63271        1690         132        790            65       51          98       21   41
        El Salvador           88   210    40    130    34        5796         166           7       1610            69       72          79       -    -
        Equatorial Guinea     18   316   173    188   111         410          17           3        380            49       79         149x      -    -
        Eritrea               41   250   120    170    78        3280         135          16        100x           50       -           49       -    -
        Estonia              145    52    16     40    13        1471          13           0       2860            69       98         101       17   46
        Ethiopia              16   280   177    175   113       58243        2856         506        100            49       36          27       21x  41x
        Fiji                 121    97    24     71    20         797          18           0       2440            72       92         128       -    -
        Finland              189    28     4     22     4        5126          62           0      20580            76       -          100       18x  38x
        France               175    34     6     29     5       58333         692           4      24990            79       -          105       17x  42x
        Gabon                 28   287   145    171    87        1106          41           6       3490            55       63          -        -    -
        Gambia                49   375   107    213    78        1141          46           5        320            46       39          67       -    -
        Georgia              113    70    29     52    23        5442          77           2        440            73       99          82       -    -
        Germany              175    40     6     34     5       81922         774           4      27510            76       -           97       19x  40x
        Ghana                 47   213   110    126    70       17832         692          76        390            57       65          76       20   42
        Greece               161    64     9     53     8       10490         104           1       8210            78       97          95       -    -
        Grenada              104    -     31     -     25          92           2           0       2980            -        96x         88x      -    -
        Guatemala             74   204    56    140    43       10928         405          23       1340            66       56          84        8x  63x
        Guinea                11   380   210    215   130        7518         359          75        550            46       36          46       11   50
        Guinea-Bissau          6   336   223    200   132        1091          44          10        250            44       55          60x       9   59
        Guyana                56   126    83    100    60         838          19           2        590            64       98         112x      -    -
        Haiti                 34   260   134    170    94        7259         250          34        250            54       45          56       -    -
        Holy See              -     -     -      -     -            1          -           -          -             -        -           -        -    -
        Honduras              97   204    35    137    29        5816         201           7        600            69       73         112       11   57
        Hungary              152    57    12     51    11       10049         104           1       4120            69       99          97       24   37
        Iceland              186    22     5     17     5         271           4           0      24950            79       -           98       -    -
        India                 46   236   111    144    73      944580       24381        2706        340            62       52         102       21   43
        Indonesia             67   216    71    127    47      200453        4732         336        980            64       84         115       21   41
        Iran                  96   233    37    145    33       69975        2446          91       1033x           69       69         101       -    -
        Iraq                  39   171   122    117    94       20607         770          94       1036x           61       58          91       -    -
        Ireland              164    36     7     31     6        3554          46           0      14710            76       -          104       -    -
        Israel               161    39     9     32     8        5664         115           1      15920            77       95x         95       18x  40x
        Italy                164    50     7     44     6       57226         528           4      19020            78       98          98       19x  41x
        Jamaica              154    76    11     58    10        2491          56           1       1510            74       85         109       16   48
        Japan                175    40     6     31     4      125351        1281           8      39640            80       -          102       22x  38x
        Jordan               117   139    25     97    21        5581         211           5       1510            69       87          94       16   50
        Kazakstan             84    74    45     55    38       16820         312          14       1330            68      100          87       20   40
        Kenya                 55   202    90    120    61       27799        1027          92        280            54       78          91       10   62
        Kiribati              61    -     76     -     56          80           2           0        920            58       93x         91       -    -
        Korea, Dem. People's 108   120    30     85    23       22466         493          15        970x           72       -          104x      -    -
        Korea, Rep. of       164   127     7     90     6       45314         688           5       9700            72       98          95       20x  42x
        Kuwait               147   128    14     89    13        1687          40           1      17390            76       79          69       -    -
        Kyrgyzstan            80   115    50     80    39        4469         117           6        700            68       97         111       10   57
        Lao People's Dem. Re  35   235   128    155   102        5035         227          29        350            53       57         107       23   40
        Latvia               133    44    20     35    16        2504          25           1       2270            68      100          83       23   37
        Lebanon               88    85    40     65    33        3084          76           3       2660            69       92         112       -    -
        Lesotho               32   203   139    137    96        2078          74          10        770            58       71          99        9x  60x
        Liberia                5   288   235    190   157        2245         121          28        490x           48       38          35x      -    -
        Libya                 70   269    61    160    50        5593         227          14       5540x           65       76         110       -    -
        Liechtenstein        164    -      7     -      6          31           0           0         c             -       100x         -        -    -
        Lithuania            139    70    18     52    14        3728          41           1       1900            70       99          96       20   42
        Luxembourg           164    41     7     33     7         412           5           0      41210            76       -           91       -    -
        Madagascar            21   364   164    219   100       15353         643         105        230            58       46          73       16   50
        Malawi                 8   365   217    206   137        9845         487         106        170            41       56         120       -    -
        Malaysia             149   105    13     73    11       20581         539           7       3890            72       84          93       13x  54x
        Maldives              61   258    76    158    54         263          11           1        990            64       93         134       -    -
        Mali                   7   500   220    285   134       11134         539         119        250            47       31          32       -    -
        Malta                154    42    11     37    10         369           5           0       7910x           77       91         108       -    -
        Marshall Islands      54    -     92     -     63          57           2           0       1680x           -        91x         95       -    -
        Mauritania            15   330   183    175   124        2333          90          16        460            53       38          74       14x  47x
        Mauritius            123    84    23     62    20        1129          22           1       3380            71       83         106       -    -
        Mexico               102   148    32    103    27       92718        2351          75       3320            72       90         111       12   55
        Micronesia, Fed. Sta 116    -     27     -     21         126           4           0       2010            -        81x        100       -    -
        Moldova, Rep. of     102    88    32     64    26        4444          61           2        920            68       99          94       19   42
        Monaco               175    -      6     -      5          32           0           0         c             -        -           -        -    -
        Mongolia              67   185    71    128    55        2515          70           5        310            65       83          84       -    -
        Morocco               64   220    74    135    64       27021         714          53       1110            66       44          80       17   46
        Mozambique             9   280   214    163   133       17796         763         163         80            47       40          65       -    -
        Myanmar               25   237   150    158   105       45922        1276         191        220x           59       83         100       -    -
        Namibia               60   206    77    129    60        1575          57           4       2000            56       76x        137       -    -
        Nauru                104    -     31     -     25          11           0           0         -             -        -           -        -    -
        Nepal                 42   315   116    212    82       22021         822          95        200            56       28         109       19   45
        Netherlands          175    22     6     18     5       15575         190           1      24000            78       -           97       21x  37x
        New Zealand          164    26     7     22     7        3602          56           0      14340            77       -          102       16x  45x
        Nicaragua             73   209    57    140    44        4238         145           8        380            68       66         104       12   55
        Niger                  1   320   320    191   191        9465         484         155        220            48       14          30       19   44
        Nigeria               14   204   191    122   114      115020        4975         950        260            52       57          89       13   49
        Niue                  -     -     -      -     -            2           0          -          -             -        99x         -        -    -
        Norway               175    23     6     19     5        4348          59           0      31250            77       -           99       19x  37x
        Oman                 139   280    18    164    15        2302         102           2       4820            70       59x         83       -    -
        Pakistan              33   226   136    139    95      139973        5207         708        460            63       38          69       21   40
        Palau                 97    -     35     -     25          17           1           0        790x           -        98x        103       -    -
        Panama               133   104    20     67    18        2677          62           1       2750            74       91         106        8x  60x
        Papua New Guinea      44   204   112    137    79        4400         144          16       1160            57       72          82       -    -
        Paraguay             100    90    34     66    28        4957         158           5       1690            69       92         109       -    -
        Peru                  72   234    58    142    45       23944         615          36       2310            68       89         123       14   50
        Philippines           93   107    38     77    32       69282        2029          77       1050            68       95         111       17x  48x
        Poland               147    70    14     62    12       38601         463           6       2790            71       -           99       23   37
        Portugal             164   112     7     81     7        9808         110           1       9740            75       90         117       -    -
        Qatar                132   239    21    145    17         558          10           0      11600            71       79          87       -    -
        Romania              117    82    25     69    21       22655         247           6       1480            70       98          94       24   35
        Russian Federation   117    65    25     48    20      148126        1427          36       2240            65       99         109       12   54
        Rwanda                19   210   170    124   105        5397         263          45        180            36       61          77       23x  39x
        Saint Kitts and Nevi  93    -     38     -     31          41           1           0       5170            69       90x         -        -    -
        Saint Lucia          127    -     22     -     18         144           4           0       3370            71       -           95x      -    -
        Saint Vincent/Grenad 123    -     23     -     19         113           2           0       2280            72       82x         95x      -    -
        Samoa                 77   210    53    134    42         166           4           0       1120            69       98x        100       -    -
        San Marino           149    -     13     -     12          25           0           0         -             -        -           -        -    -
        Sao Tome and Princip  57    -     80     -     62         135           6           0        350            69       57x         -        -    -
        Saudi Arabia         108   292    30    170    25       18836         657          20       7040            71       63          77       -    -
        Senegal               36   300   127    173    74        8532         356          45        600            51       33          60       11   59
        Seychelles           136    -     19     -     15          74           3           0       6620            72       84x        102x      -    -
        Sierra Leone           3   385   284    219   164        4297         207          59        180            37       31          51       -    -
        Singapore            189    40     4     31     4        3384          56           0      26730            77       91         107       15x  49x
        Slovakia             154    40    11     33    10        5347          64           1       2950            71       -          101       28   31
        Slovenia             175    45     6     37     6        1924          18           0       8200            73       99x        100       23   38
        Solomon Islands      113   185    29    120    24         391          14           0        910            71       62x         97       -    -
        Somalia               10   294   211    175   125        9822         504         106        110x           48       24x         11x      -    -
        South Africa          69   126    66     89    50       42393        1280          84       3160            65       82         117        9   63
        Spain                186    57     5     46     5       39674         387           2      13580            78       97         104       22x  37x
        Sri Lanka            136   130    19     90    17       18100         322           6        700            73       90         105       22   39
        Sudan                 42   210   116    125    73       27291         929         108        310x           54       46          55       -    -
        Suriname             104    96    31     70    25         432           9           0        880            71       93         127x      -    -
        Swaziland             53   233    97    157    68         881          33           3       1170            59       77         122       -    -
        Sweden               189    20     4     16     4        8819         108           0      23750            78       -          100       21x  37x
        Switzerland          186    27     5     22     5        7224          80           0      40630            78       -          101       17x  45x
        Syria                100   201    34    136    28       14574         450          15       1120            68       71         103       -    -
        Tajikistan            61   140    76     95    56        5935         184          14        340            67      100          89       -    -
        Tanzania              29   240   144    142    93       30799        1281         184        120            51       68          70       18   45
        TFYR Macedonia       108   177    30    120    26        2174          32           1        860            72       -           87       -    -
        Thailand              93   148    38    103    31       58703         996          38       2740            69       94          87       14   53
        Togo                  38   267   125    158    78        4201         179          22        310            50       52         102       -    -
        Tonga                123    -     23     -     19          98           2           0       1630            69       99x         98x      -    -
        Trinidad and Tobago  143    73    17     61    15        1297          21           0       3770            73       98          94       -    -
        Tunisia               97   254    35    170    28        9156         223           8       1820            69       67         118       16   46
        Turkey                82   219    47    163    41       61797        1371          64       2780            68       82          97       -    -
        Turkmenistan          58   150    78    100    57        4155         122          10        920            65       98x         -        18   43
        Tuvalu                74    -     56     -     40          10           0           0        650x           -        99x        101       -    -
        Uganda                30   224   141    133    88       20256        1040         147        240            41       62          67       17   48
        Ukraine              121    53    24     41    18       51608         511          12       1630            69       99          87       24   35
        United Arab Emirates 139   240    18    160    15        2260          42           1      17400            75       79         110       -    -
        United Kingdom       164    27     7     23     6       58144         706           5      18700            77       -          114       15x  44x
        United States        163    30     8     26     8      269444        3827          32      26980            76       99x        107       16x  42x
        Uruguay              127    56    22     48    20        3204          54           1       5170            73       97         109       -    -
        Uzbekistan            71   122    60     84    46       23209         674          40        970            68      100          77       -    -
        Vanuatu               77   225    53    141    41         174           5           0       1200            67       64x        106       -    -
        Venezuela            115    70    28     53    24       22311         570          16       3020            72       91          94       11   58
        Viet Nam              85   219    44    147    33       75181        1975          87        240            67       94         114       19   44
        Yemen                 50   340   105    230    78       15678         756          79        260            57       33x         83       -    -
        Yugoslavia, Fed. Rep 127   120    22     87    19       10294         131           3         b             72       98          70       -    -
        Zambia                13   213   202    126   112        8275         356          72        400            43       78          82       12   50
        Zimbabwe              65   181    73    109    49       11439         436          32        540            49       85         115       10   62

        Regional summaries
        Sub-Saharan Africa         257   170    154   105      576069       24777        4224        501            51       57          73       11   58
        Middle East and North Af   241    65    154    50      318201       10248         662       1710            65       59          93       -    -
        South Asia                 239   119    146    80     1267705       35132        4173        345            61       49          94       21   42
        East Asia and Pacific      201    54    133    41     1797840       34355        1843       1043            68       84         114       17   46
        Latin America and Caribb   157    43    105    35      479139       11201         484       3271            69       87         110        9   61
        CEE/CIS and Baltic State   101    36     76    29      474657        6649         237       2086            68       97          97       18   44
        Industrialized countries    37     7     31     6      838679       10056          70      25926            77       98         104       18   40
        Developing countries       216    97    137    66     4577675      118889       11546       1101            62       71          99       15   51
        Least developed countrie   280   171    171   109      594510       23695        4041        220            51       48          69       20   43
        World                      192    88    123    60     5752290      132418       11694       4812            63       75         100       18   42

        Countries in each region can be found in the Regional summaries country list.
        a: Range $765 or less
        b: Range $766 to $3035
        c: Range $9386 or more


Definitions of the indicators

Under-five mortality rate - Probability of dying between
birth and exactly five years of age expressed per 1,000 live
births.

Infant mortality rate - Probability of dying between birth
and exactly one year of age expressed per 1,000 live births. 

GNP per capita - Gross national product (GNP) is the sum of
gross value added by all resident producers, plus any taxes
that are not included in the valuation of output, plus net
receipts of primary income from non-resident sources. GNP per
capita is the gross national product, converted to United
States dollars using the World Bank Atlas method, divided by
the mid-year population.

Life expectancy at birth - The number of years newborn
children would live if subject to the mortality risks
prevailing for the cross-section of population at the time of
their birth. 

Adult literacy rate  Percentage of persons aged 15 and over
who can read and write. 

Gross primary school enrolment ratio - The number of children
enrolled in primary school, regardless of age, divided by the
population of the age group that officially corresponds to
primary schooling.

Income share - Percentage of income received by the 20 per
cent of households with the highest income and by the 40 per
cent of households with the lowest income. 


Main data sources

Under-five and infant mortality rates - UNICEF, United
Nations Population Division and United Nations Statistics
Division.

Total population - United Nations Population Division.

Births - United Nations Population Division. 
 
Under-five deaths - UNICEF.

GNP per capita - World Bank.

Life expectancy - United Nations Population Division.

Adult literacy - United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization (UNESCO). 

School enrolment - United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

Household income - World Bank.



Notes

a:   Range $765 or less
b:   Range $765 to $3035
c:   Range $9386 or more
- Data not available.
x Indicates data that refer to years or periods other than
  those specified in the column heading, differ from the
  standard definition, or refer to only part of a country.

                                  * * * *



        Table 2: Nutrition

                                      % of      % of children (1990-96) who are:              % of under-fives (1990-97) suffering from:
                                    infants                                                                                                Total          %  of
                                    with low   exclusively   breastfed with  still             underweight      wasting   stunting       goitre rate    households
                                     birth      breastfed    complementary   breastfeeding                                              (6-11 years)    consuming
                             U5MR    weight                     food                         moderate         moderate    moderate          (%)         iodized salt
                             rank    1990-94   (0-3 months)  (6-9 months)    (20-23 months)  & severe severe  & severe    & severe         1985-94        1992-96

        Afghanistan              4        20            -               -               -        -       -        -              -              20            -
        Albania                 88         7            -               -               -        -       -        -              -              41            -
        Algeria                 92         9           48              29              21       13       3        9             18               9           92
        Andorra                175         -            -               -               -        -       -        -              -               -            -
        Angola                   2        19            3              83              53        -       -        -              -               7           10
        Antigua and Barbuda    127         8            -               -               -       10       4       10              0               -            -
        Argentina              117         7            -               -               -        -       -        -              -               8           90
        Armenia                108         -            -               -               -        -       -        -              -              10            -
        Australia              175         6            -               -               -        -       -        -              -               -            -
        Austria                175         6            -               -               -        -       -        -              -               -            -
        Azerbaijan              85         -            -               -               -        -       -        -              -              20            -
        Bahamas                123         -            -               -               -        -       -        -              -               -            -
        Bahrain                127         6            -               -               -        -       -        -              -               -            -
        Bangladesh              44        50           51               -               -       56      21       18             55              50           44
        Barbados               152        10            -               -               -        5       1        4              7               -            -
        Belarus                139         -            -               -               -        -       -        -              -              22           37
        Belgium                164         6            -               -               -        -       -        -              -               5            -
        Belize                  85        10           24              49               -        -       -        -              -               0           90
        Benin                   31         -            -               -               -        -       -        -              -              24           35
        Bhutan                  36         -            -               -               -       38       -        4             56              25           96
        Bolivia                 51        12           53              78              36        8       2        1             29              21           92
        Bosnia and Herzegovin  143         -            -               -               -        -       -        -              -               -            -
        Botswana                80         8           41              82              23       15       -        -             44               8           27
        Brazil                  79        11           42              30              17        6       1        2             11              14           95
        Brunei Darussalam      154         -            -               -               -        -       -        -              -               -            -
        Bulgaria               136         6            -               -               -        -       -        -              -              20            -
        Burkina Faso            23        21           12               -               -       30       8       13             29              16           23
        Burundi                 17         -           89              66              73       37      11        9             43              42           80
        Cambodia                19         -            -               -               -       40       7        8             38              15            -
        Cameroon                51        13            7              77              35       14       3        3             24              26           86
        Canada                 164         6            -               -               -        -       -        -              -               -            -
        Cape Verde              65        11            -               -               -       19       -        3             26               -            -
        Central African Rep.    21        15           23               -               -       27       8        7             34              63           65
        Chad                    27         -            -               -               -        -       -        -              -              15           31
        Chile                  149         5           77              17               -        1       -        0              3               9           95
        China                   82         9           64               -               -       16       -        -              -              20           51
        Colombia               104         9           16              61              17        8       1        1             15               7           90
        Comoros                 39         8            5              87              45       26       8        8             34               -            -
        Congo                   48        16           43              95              27       24       3        4             21               8            -
        Congo, Dem. Rep.        12        15           32              40              64       34      10       10             45               9           12
        Cook Islands           108         3            -               -               -        -       -        -              -               -            -
        Costa Rica             146         7           35              47              12        2       -        -              -               4           89
        Côte d'Ivoire           25        14           62              54               -       24       6        8             24               6            -
        Croatia                154         -           24               -               -        -       -        -              -               -          100
        Cuba                   159         8            -               -               -        -       -        1              -              10           45
        Cyprus                 159         -            -               -               -        -       -        -              -               -            -
        Czech Rep.             164         6            -               -               -        -       -        -              -               -            -
        Denmark                175         6            -               -               -        -       -        -              -               5            -
        Djibouti                24        11            -               -               -       23       9       11             22               -            -
        Dominica               133        10            -               -               -        5       0        2              6               -            -
        Dominican Rep.          74        11           25              47               7        6       1        1             11               5           40
        Ecuador                 88        13           29              52              34       17       0        2             34              10           97
        Egypt                   58        10           53              37               -       15       4        6             25               5            0
        El Salvador             88        11           20              71              28       11       1        1             23              25           91
        Equatorial Guinea       18         -            -               -               -        -       -        -              -               -           20
        Eritrea                 41        13           66              45              60       44      17       16             38               -           80
        Estonia                145         -            -               -               -        -       -        -              -               -            -
        Ethiopia                16        16           74               -              35       48      16        8             64              31            0
        Fiji                   121        12            -               -               -        -       -        -              -               -           31
        Finland                189         4            -               -               -        -       -        -              -               -            -
        France                 175         5            -               -               -        -       -        -              -               5            -
        Gabon                   28         -           57               -               -        -       -        -              -               5            -
        Gambia                  49         -            -               -              61        -       -        -              -               -            0
        Georgia                113         -            -               -               -        -       -        -              -              20            -
        Germany                175         -            -               -               -        -       -        -              -              10            -
        Ghana                   47         7           19              63              48       27       8       11             26              10           10
        Greece                 161         6            -               -               -        -       -        -              -              10            -
        Grenada                104         9            -               -               -        -       -        -              -               -            -
        Guatemala               74        15           50              56              43       27       6        3             50              20           64
        Guinea                  11        21           52               -              15       26       9       12             32              55           37
        Guinea-Bissau            6        20            -               -               -       23       -        -              -              19            -
        Guyana                  56        19            -               -               -       18       2        -              -               -            -
        Haiti                   34        15            3              83              25       28       8        8             32               4           10
        Holy See                -          -            -               -               -        -       -        -              -               -            -
        Honduras                97         9           11               -               -       18       3        2             40               9           85
        Hungary                152         9            -               -               -        -       -        -              -               -            -
        Iceland                186         -            -               -               -        -       -        -              -               -            -
        India                   46        33           51              31              67       53      21       18             52               9           70
        Indonesia               67        14           47              85              63       11       2        -              4              28           85
        Iran                    96         9           53               -               -       16       3        7             19              30           82
        Iraq                    39        15            -               -               -       12       2        3             22               7           50
        Ireland                164         4            -               -               -        -       -        -              -               -            -
        Israel                 161         7            -               -               -        -       -        -              -               -            -
        Italy                  164         5            -               -               -        -       -        -              -              20            -
        Jamaica                154        10            -               -               -       10       1        4              6               -          100
        Japan                  175         7            -               -               -        -       -        -              -               -            -
        Jordan                 117         7           32              48              13        9       -        2             16               -           75
        Kazakstan               84         -           12              61              21        8       2        3             16              20           53
        Kenya                   55        16           17              90              54       23       6        8             34               7          100
        Kiribati                61         6            -               -               -        -       -        -              -               -            -
        Korea, Dem. People's   108         -            -               -               -        -       -        -              -               -            5
        Korea, Rep. of         164         9            -               -               -        -       -        -              -               -            -
        Kuwait                 147         7            -               -               -        6       -        3             12               -            -
        Kyrgyzstan              80         -           38              50              25        -       -        -              -              20            -
        Lao People's Dem. Rep   35        18           36               -              31       40      12       11             47              25           90
        Latvia                 133         -            -               -               -        -       -        -              -               -            -
        Lebanon                 88        10            -               -               -        -       -        -              -              15           92
        Lesotho                 32        11           54              47              52       16       4        5             44              43           73
        Liberia                  5         -            -              17              25        -       -        -              -               6            -
        Libya                   70         -            -               -               -        5       -        3             15               6           90
        Liechtenstein          164         -            -               -               -        -       -        -              -               -            -
        Lithuania              139         -            -               -               -        -       -        -              -               -            -
        Luxembourg             164         -            -               -               -        -       -        -              -               -            -
        Madagascar              21        17           47              80              45       34      10        7             50              24            1
        Malawi                   8        20           11              78              68       30       9        7             48              13           58
        Malaysia               149         8            -               -               -       23       1        -              -              20            -
        Maldives                61        20            8               -               -       39       8       16             30              24            -
        Mali                     7        17           42              31              73       27      10       11             49              29            9
        Malta                  154         -            -               -               -        -       -        -              -               -            -
        Marshall Islands        54        15            -               -               -        -       -        -              -               -            -
        Mauritania              15        11           60              64              59       23       9        7             44               -            3
        Mauritius              123        13           16              29               -       16       2       15             10               0            0
        Mexico                 102         8           38              36              21       14       -        6             22               3           87
        Micronesia, Fed. Stat  116         9            -               -               -        -       -        -              -               -            -
        Moldova, Rep. of       102         4            -               -               -        -       -        -              -               -            -
        Monaco                 175         -            -               -               -        -       -        -              -               -            -
        Mongolia                67         6            -               -               -       12       -        2             26              28           42
        Morocco                 64         9           31              33              20        9       2        2             23              20            -
        Mozambique               9        20            -               -               -       27      11        5             55              20           62
        Myanmar                 25        16           30              40              56       43      16        8             45              18           14
        Namibia                 60        16           22              65              23       26       6        9             28              35           80
        Nauru                  104         -            -               -               -        -       -        -              -               -            -
        Nepal                   42         -           83              63              88       47      16       11             48              44           93
        Netherlands            175         -            -               -               -        -       -        -              -               3            -
        New Zealand            164         6            -               -               -        -       -        -              -               -            -
        Nicaragua               73        15           11              48              17       12       -        2             24               4           98
        Niger                    1        15            -              67              52       36      12       16             32               9           83
        Nigeria                 14        16            2              52              43       36      12        9             43              10           83
        Niue                    -          -            -               -               -        -       -        -              -               -            -
        Norway                 175         4            -               -               -        -       -        -              -               -            -
        Oman                   139         8           28              85              64       23       3       13             23              10           35
        Pakistan                33        25           16              31              56       38      13        -              -              32           19
        Palau                   97         8            -               -               -        -       -        -              -               -            -
        Panama                 133         9           32              38              21        7       1        1              9              13           92
        Papua New Guinea        44        23            -               -               -       35       -        -              -              30            -
        Paraguay               100         5            7              61               8        4       1        0             17              49           77
        Peru                    72        11           63              83              43        8       1        1             26              36           90
        Philippines             93        15           33              52              18       30       5        8             33              15           15
        Poland                 147         -            -               -               -        -       -        -              -              10            -
        Portugal               164         5            -               -               -        -       -        -              -              15            -
        Qatar                  132         -            -               -               -        -       -        -              -               -            -
        Romania                117        11            -               -               -        -       -        -              -              10            -
        Russian Federation     117         -            -               -               -        -       -        -              -               -           30
        Rwanda                  19        17           90              68              85       29       6        4             48              49           90
        Saint Kitts and Nevis   93         9            -               -               -        -       -        -              -               -            -
        Saint Lucia            127         8            -               -               -        -       -        -              -               -            -
        Saint Vincent/Grenadi  123         8            -               -               -        -       -        -              -               -            -
        Samoa                   77         6            -               -               -        -       -        -              -               -            -
        San Marino             149         -            -               -               -        -       -        -              -               -            -
        Sao Tome and Principe   57         7            -               -               -       17       -        5             26               -            -
        Saudi Arabia           108         7            -               -               -        -       -        -              -               -            -
        Senegal                 36        11            9              87               -       22       -        7             23              12            9
        Seychelles             136        10            -               -               -        6       0        2              5               -            -
        Sierra Leone             3        11            -              94              41       29       -        9             35               7           75
        Singapore              189         7            -               -               -        -       -        -              -               -            -
        Slovakia               154         -            -               -               -        -       -        -              -               -            -
        Slovenia               175         -            -               -               -        -       -        -              -               -            -
        Solomon Islands        113        20            -               -               -        -       -        -              -               -            -
        Somalia                 10        16            -               -               -        -       -        -              -               7            -
        South Africa            69         -            -               -               -        9       1        3             23               2           40
        Spain                  186         4            -               -               -        -       -        -              -              10            -
        Sri Lanka              136        25           24              60              66       38       7       16             24              14            7
        Sudan                   42        15           14              45              44       34      11       13             33              20            -
        Suriname               104        13            -               -               -        -       -        -              -               -            -
        Swaziland               53        10           37              51              20       10       -        1             30               -           26
        Sweden                 189         5            -               -               -        -       -        -              -               -            -
        Switzerland            186         5            -               -               -        -       -        -              -               -            -
        Syria                  100        11            -              50               -       13       4        9             21              73           36
        Tajikistan              61         -            -               -               -        -       -        -              -              20           20
        Tanzania                29        14           40               -               -       27       8        6             42              37           74
        TFYR Macedonia         108         -            -               -               -        -       -        -              -               -          100
        Thailand                93        13            4              69              34       26       4        6             22               8           50
        Togo                    38        20            -              25              99       19       4        -             34              22            1
        Tonga                  123         2            -               -               -        -       -        -              -               -            -
        Trinidad and Tobago    143        10           10              39              16        7       0        4              5               -            -
        Tunisia                 97         8           12               -              16        9       -        4             23               4           98
        Turkey                  82         8           14              17              14       10       3        -              -              36           18
        Turkmenistan            58         5           54               -               -        -       -        -              -              20            0
        Tuvalu                  74         2            -               -               -        -       -        -              -               -            -
        Uganda                  30         -           70              64              40       26       7        5             38               7           69
        Ukraine                121         -            -               -               -        -       -        -              -              10            4
        United Arab Emirates   139         6            -               -              26        -       -        -              -               -            -
        United Kingdom         164         7            -               -               -        -       -        -              -               -            -
        United States          163         7            -               -               -        -       -        -              -               -            -
        Uruguay                127         8            -               -               -        7       2        -             16               -            -
        Uzbekistan              71         -            4               -               -        -       -        -              -              18            0
        Vanuatu                 77         7            -               -               -       20       -        -             19               -            -
        Venezuela              115         9            -               -               -        6       -        2              6              11           65
        Viet Nam                85        17            -               -               -       45      11       12             47              20           59
        Yemen                   50        19            -               -              31       39      13        -             39              32           21
        Yugoslavia, Fed. Rep.  127         -            -               -               -        -       -        -              -               -           70
        Zambia                  13        13           13              88              34       28       9        6             53              51           90
        Zimbabwe                65        14           16              93              26       16       3        6             21              42           80

        Regional summaries
        Sub-Saharan Africa                16           32              61              47       30      10        8             42              18           50
        Middle East and North Afri        11           43              39               -       17       5        7             23              20           52
        South Asia                        33           46              32              65       51      19       17             52              18           61
        East Asia and Pacific             11           56              70               -       20       -        -              -              21           52
        Latin America and Caribbea        10           38              44              22       10       1        3             18              12           87
        CEE/CIS and Baltic States          -            -               -               -        -       -        -              -              20           25
        Industrialized countries           6            -               -               -        -       -        -              -               -            -
        Developing countries              18           44              45              50       30      11       11             37              18           57
        Least developed countries         23           46              56              51       39      13       10             47              29           38
        World                             17           44              45              50       30      11       11             37              18           56

        Countries in each region can be found in the Regional summaries country list.


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Definitions of the indicators

Low birthweight - Less than 2,500 grams.

Underweight - Moderate and severe - below minus two standard
deviations from median weight for age of reference
population; severe   below minus three standard deviations
from median weight for age of reference population. 

Wasting - Moderate and severe - below minus two standard
deviations from median weight for height of reference
population.

Stunting - Moderate and severe - below minus two standard
deviations from median height for age of reference
population. 

Total goitre rate - Percentage of children aged 6-11 with
palpable or visible goitre. This is an indicator of iodine
deficiency, which causes brain damage and mental retardation. 


Main data sources

Low birthweight - World Health Organization (WHO).

Breastfeeding - Demographic and Health Surveys, Multiple
Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) and World Health
Organization (WHO). 

Underweight, wasting and stunting - Demographic and Health
Surveys, Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) and World
Health Organization (WHO). 

Salt iodization - UNICEF and Multiple Indicator Cluster
Surveys (MICS).

Goitre rate - World Health Organization (WHO).


Notes

- Data not available.
x Indicates data that refer to years or periods other than
  those specified in the column heading, differ from the
  standard definition, or refer to only part of a country.

                                 * * * *

        Table 3: Health                                                         % of routine
                                        % of population     % of population     EPI vaccines
                                         with access to      with access to     financed by    % fully immunized 1995-96
                                          safe water       adequate sanitation   government
                                            1990-96               1990-96          1995-96       1-year-old children        pregnant     ORT
                                                                                                                              women   use rate %
                                  U5MR  total urban rural  total urban  rural       total       TB    DPT  polio  measles    tetanus   1990-97
                                  rank
        Afghanistan                  4    12    39     5      8     38     1           0        47     31     31       42        37        -
        Albania                     88     -     -     -      -      -     -           -        94     98    100       92         -        -
        Algeria                     92    78    91    64     91     99    80           -        94     75     75       68        34       98
        Andorra                    175     -     -     -      -      -     -           -         -      -      -        -         -        -
        Angola                       2    32    69    15     16     34     8           -        74     42     42       65        28        -
        Antigua and Barbuda        127     -     -     -     96      -     -         100         -    100    100      100         -        -
        Argentina                  117    71    77    29     68     73    37         100       100     83     90      100        63        -
        Armenia                    108     -     -     -      -      -     -           0        82     86     97       89         -        -
        Australia                  175     -     -     -      -      -     -           -         -      -      -        -         -        -
        Austria                    175     -     -     -      -      -     -           -         -     90     90       60         -        -
        Azerbaijan                  85     -     -     -      -      -     -           -        90     95     97       99         -        -
        Bahamas                    123     -     -     -      -      -     -         100         -     85     85       92        75        -
        Bahrain                    127     -   100     -      -    100     -           -         -     98     98       95        54        5
        Bangladesh                  44    97    99    96     48     79    44          74        88     66     66       59        72       96
        Barbados                   152   100   100   100    100    100   100         100         -     88     85      100       100        -
        Belarus                    139     -     -     -      -      -     -           -        93x    95     94       74         -        -
        Belgium                    164     -     -     -      -      -     -           -         -     97     94       70         -        -
        Belize                      85    89    96    82     57     23    87         100        90     85     85       81        88        -
        Benin                       31    50    41    53     20     54     6          15        90     80     80       74        75       60
        Bhutan                      36    58    75    54     70     90    66           0        98     87     86       86        70       85
        Bolivia                     51    63    86    32     58     74    37          65        90     76     76       87        52       41
        Bosnia and Herzegovi       143     -     -     -      -      -     -           -        97     88     86       88         -        -
        Botswana                    80    93   100    91     55     91    41         100        67     83     81       82        61        -
        Brazil                      79    76    88    25     70     80    30         100        90     75     73       74        45       54
        Brunei Darussalam          154     -     -     -      -      -     -           -       100x   100x   100x     100x       50        -
        Bulgaria                   136     -     -     -      -      -     -           -        98    100     94       93         -        -
        Burkina Faso                23    42    66    37     37     41    33          34        61     48     48       54        27      100
        Burundi                     17    52    92    49     51     60    50           -        77     63     63       50        33        -
        Cambodia                    19    36    65    33     14     81     8           0        90     75     76       72        36        -
        Cameroon                    51    50    57    43     50     64    36           -        54     46     46       46        12       43
        Canada                     164     -     -     -      -      -     -           -         -     93     89       98         -        -
        Cape Verde                  65    51    70    34     24     40    10         100        80     73     73       66         4        -
        Central African Rep.        21    38    55    21     27     38    16           -        94     53     53       46        15      100
        Chad                        27    24    48    17     21     73     7         100        40     19     19       28        50        -
        Chile                      149    95    98    81      -     86     -         100        96     92     92       96         -        -
        China                       82    67    97    56     24     74     7         100        97     95     96       97        13       85
        Colombia                   104    85    97    56     85     97    56          99        98     92     93       95        57       53
        Comoros                     39    53    76    45     23     40    16           -        89     60     57       48        34       32
        Congo                       48    34    53     7     69      -     -           0        50     47     47       42        55       41
        Congo, Dem. Rep.            12    42    89    26     18     53     6           -        51     36     36       41        20       90
        Cook Islands               108   100   100   100    100    100   100          50        90     75     75       72        64        -
        Costa Rica                 146    96   100    92     84     95    70         100        91     84     84       86        90       31
        Côte d'Ivoire               25    42    56    32     39     71    17         100        68     55     55       65        22       73
        Croatia                    154     -     -     -      -      -     -           -        90     91     91       91        91        5
        Cuba                       159    93    96    85     66     71    51           -        99    100     93x      94        61        -
        Cyprus                     159     -   100     -      -     96     -           -         -     98     98       90        57        -
        Czech Rep.                 164     -     -     -      -      -     -           -        96     97     98       97         -        -
        Denmark                    175     -     -     -      -      -     -           -         -     89x   100x      88x        -        -
        Djibouti                    24    90    77   100     55     64    24           -        58     49     49       47        39        -
        Dominica                   133    96    97   95      80     80    85         100       100    100    100      100         -        -
        Dominican Rep.              74    65    80    -      78     76    83         100        98     58     48       78        96       39
        Ecuador                     88    68    80   49      76     95    49         100       100     88     89       79        25       64
        Egypt                       58    87    97   79      88     98    79         100        91     77     77       85        55       95
        El Salvador                 88    69    85   46      81     91    65         100       100    100    100       97        69       69
        Equatorial Guinea           18    95    88  100      54     61    48           -        99     64     64       61        63        -
        Eritrea                     41    22    60    8      13     48     -           0        52     46     46       38        23       38
        Estonia                    145     -     -    -       -      -     -           -        99     90     93       86         -        -
        Ethiopia                    16    25    91   19      19     97     7           0        87     67     67       54        36       95
        Fiji                       121   100   100  100      92    100    85          50       100     97     99       94       100        -
        Finland                    189     -     -    -       -      -     -           -       100    100    100       98         -        -
        France                     175     -     -    -       -      -     -           -        83     96     97       82         -        -
        Gabon                       28    68    90   50       -      -     -           -        54     41     41       38         4       25
        Gambia                      49    48    67    -      37     83    23         100        99     97     97       89        92        -
        Georgia                    113     -     -    -       -      -     -           -        30     58     82       63         -       14
        Germany                    175     -     -    -       -      -     -           -         -     45     80       75         -        -
        Ghana                       47    65    88   52      55     62    44          50        65     51     52       53         9       93
        Greece                     161     -     -    -       -      -     -           -        70     78     95       90         -        -
        Grenada                    104     -     -    -       -      -     -         100         -     80     80       85        80        -
        Guatemala                   74    77    76   78      83     95    74         100        76     73     73       69        81       22
        Guinea                      11    46    69   36      31     54    19           -        59     48     48       49        43       31
        Guinea-Bissau                6    59    32   67      30     24    32           0        72     56     58       53        43        -
        Guyana                      56    61    90   45      81     82    80         100        88     83     83       91        56        -
        Haiti                       34    37    50   28      25     49    17           0        68     34     34       31        49       31
        Holy See                     -     -     -    -       -      -     -           -         -      -      -        -         -        -
        Honduras                    97    87    96   79      87     97    78         100       100     93     94       91        99       32
        Hungary                    152     -     -    -       -      -     -           -       100    100    100      100         -        -
        Iceland                    186     -     -    -       -      -     -           -         -     98x    99x      98x        -        -
        India                       46    81    85   79      29     70    14         100        96     89     90       81        78       67
        Indonesia                   67    62    78   54      51     73    40         100        99     91     90       92        75       97
        Iran                        96    90    98   82      81     86    74         100        90     96     97       95        50       37
        Iraq                        39    78    92   44      70     85    37           0        99     94     95       97        65        -
        Ireland                    164     -     -    -       -      -     -           -         -      -      -        -         -        -
        Israel                     161     -     -    -       -      -     -           -         -     92     93       94         -        -
        Italy                      164     -     -    -       -      -     -           -         -     50     98       50         -        -
        Jamaica                    154    86     -    -      89    100    80         100        98     92     92       99        82        -
        Japan                      175    97   100   85       -     85x    -           -        91     85     91       68         -        -
        Jordan                     117    98     -    -      77      -     -           -         -     99     99       98        41       41
        Kazakstan                   84    93    99   84      99    100    98          20        93     94     98       97         -       31
        Kenya                       55    53    67   49      77     69    81           0        56     46     43       38        21       76
        Kiribati                    61   100   100  100     100    100   100          75       100     79     82       64        41        -
        Korea, Dem. People's       108    81     -    -       -      -     -           -        60     96     58       60        95        -
        Korea, Rep. of             164    93   100   76     100    100   100           -        93x    93x    93x      92x        -        -
        Kuwait                     147     -     -    -       -    100x    -           -         -    100    100       99        21        -
        Kyrgyzstan                  80    71     -    -      94      -     -           -        90     82     81       80         -       98
        Lao People's Dem. Re        35    44     -    -      18      -     -           0        62     28     33       62        45        -
        Latvia                     133     -     -    -       -      -     -           -       100     64     77       82        64        -
        Lebanon