General

National

Urban

Rural

Population – National Institute for Statistics (INE) projection
for 2004

19 million

 

 

Children under age 18 (2004)

9,613,470

 

 

% of population that live below poverty line (2003)

54%

52%

55%

% of population living in rural areas (2003)

70%

 

 

Mortality

 

 

 

Under five mortality rate (2003)

178

143

192

Infant mortality rate (2003)

124

95

135

Nutritional status

 

 

 

Chronic malnutrition among children 0-5 years (stunting) (2003)

41%

29%

46%

Acute malnutrition among children 0-5 years (wasting) (2003)

4%

3.1%

4.3%

Children underweight between 0-5 years (2003)

23.7%

15.2%

27%

Water and Sanitation

 

 

 

Access to safe drinking water (2003)

35.7%

58%

26%

Access to sanitation (2003)

44.8%

 

 

HIV/AIDS

 

 

 

HIV/AIDS Prevalence among 15- 49 year olds (2002)

13.6%

 

 

Projected HIV/AIDS Prevalence among 15 - 49 year olds for 2004

14.9%

 

 

Projected number of maternal orphans due to HIV/AIDS for 2004

227,830

 

 

Immunization

 

 

 

Children fully immunised (DPTHepB) by 12 months of age (2003)

43.5%

 

 

Children 12-23 months fully immunised (2003)

63.3%

81%

56%

Children 12-23 months immunised against measles (2003)

 

 

 

Education and Illiteracy

 

 

 

Primary net enrolment rate (2003)

61%

76%

55%

Adult illiteracy rate (2003)

53.6%

36.7%

65.7%

Female illiteracy rate (2003)

68%

42%

81%

Maternity care and adolescent fertility

 

 

 

Fertility Rate (2003)

5.5

4.4

6.1

Births attended by skilled health personnel (2003)

47.7%

80.7%

34.2%

Births in health institutions (2003)

49%

81%

34%

Communication

 

 

 

Total % of population with radios

45.5%

55%

42%