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| WHO Somalia Fact Sheet, 2002 | | |

|Indicator |Year |Value |

|I- Demographic Indicators: | | |

| Overall population |2001 | 6.8[1] |

| Population growth rate |2000 | 2.9[2] |

| Total fertility rate |2000 | 6.8[3] |

| Crude birth rate |2000 | 47.5[4] |

| Crude death rate |1997 | 18.3[5] |

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|II- Socioeconomic Indicators: | | |

| Adult literacy rate (%): Both sexes |2000 | 16.6[6] |

| Per capita GNP (US$) |2001 | 200[7] |

| Per capita GDP (US$) |1995 | 168[8] |

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|III- Human and Material Resources Indicators: | | |

| Rate per 10 000 population of[9]: Physicians |1997 | 0.4 |

| Dentists |1997 | 0.02 |

| Pharmacists |1997 | 0.01 |

| Nurses & Midwives |1997 | 2 |

| Hospital beds |1997 | 4.2 |

| PHC units and centers |1997 | 0.2 |

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|IV- Public Health Coordination (PHC) Coverage (%): | | |

| Population with safe drinking water |2000 | 23[10]|

| Population with adequate excreta disposal facilities |2000 | 49[11]|

| Population with local health care |1998 | 27[12]|

| Women attended by trained personnel during pregnancy |2000 | 32[13]|

| Deliveries attended by trained personnel |2000 | 34[14]|

| Women of childbearing age using family planning |2000 | 12[15]|

| Infants fully immunized against[16]: Tuberculosis (BCG) |1999 | 39 |

| Polio (OPV3) |1999 | 18 |

| DPT (DPT3) |1999 | 18 |

| Measles |1999 | 26 |

| Hepatitis (HBV3) |1999 | 0[17]|

| Pregnant women immunized with TT2 |2000 | 16[18]|

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|V- Health Status Indicators: | | |

| Children with acceptable weight for age (%) |2000 | 74[19] |

| Infant mortality rate (per 1000 live births) |2000 | 132[20] |

| Probability of dying before 5th birthday (per 1000 live birth) |2000 | 224[21] |

| Maternal mortality rate (per 10 000 live births) |2000 | 160[22] |

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| Life expectancy at birth (years)[23]: Both male and female |2001 | 47 |

| |2001 | 96 |

|Number of reported new cases of[24]: Acute Flaccid Paralysis | | |

| Polio (Wild Virus) |2001 |7 |

| Total Tuberculosis |2001 | 6 834 |

| Smear-positive tuberculosis |2001 | 4 633 |

| Malaria |2001 |288 020 |

| Malaria (confirmed) |2001 |8 171 |

| AIDS |2000 | 73 |

| Measles |2000 | 3 965 |

| Leprosy |2000 | 222 |

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[1] Population figures for 2001, obtained from WHO Polio National Immunisation Days; Human Development Report for Somalia, 2001, states population in 1997 as 6,380,000.

[2] WHO Annual Report, 2000.

[3] Ibid.

[4] East Mediterranean Regional Office (EMRO) Statistics Department.

[5] Ibid.

[6] UNICEF Somalia MICS Survey 2000: Percentage of the population aged 15 years and older that is literate, Somalia, Table 12.

[7] UNDP Somalia, 2001: Human Development Report

[8] WHO Annual Report, 2000.

[9] Ibid.

[10] UNICEF Somalia MICS Survey 2000: Percentage of the population with access to safe drinking water, Somalia, Table 13.

[11] UNICEF Somalia MICS Survey 2000: Percentage of the population with access to sanitary means of excreta disposal, Somalia, Table 14.

[12] WHO Annual Report, 2000.

[13] WHO Annual Report, 2000.

[14] East Mediterranean Regional Office (EMRO) Statistics Department.

[15] Ibid.

[16] Ibid.

[17] East Mediterranean Regional Office (EMRO) Statistics Department. Not included in national EPI programme.

[18] East Mediterranean Regional Office (EMRO) Statistics Department.

[19] Ibid.

[20] UNICEF Somalia MICS Survey 2000: Infant and under-five mortality rates, Somalia, Table 8.

[21] East Mediterranean Regional Office (EMRO) Statistics Department.

[22] Ibid.

[23] UNDP Somalia 2001: Human Development Report

[24] WHO Somalia.

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