NationMaster - Burmese Health statistics

% immunized 1-year-old children > DPT3	77		[139th of 187]
% immunized 1-year-old children > Measles	75		[136th of 186]
% immunized 1-year-old children > Polio3	77		[141st of 187]
% immunized 1-year-old children > TB	80		[118th of 153]
% immunized pregnant women tetanus	71		[14th of 54]
% of population using adequate sanitation facilities > Rural	57		[83rd of 140]
% of population using adequate sanitation facilities > Total	64		[100th of 144]
% of population using adequate sanitation facilities > Urban	84		[98th of 141]
% of population using improved drinking water sources > Rural	66		[87th of 146]
% of population using improved drinking water sources > Total	72		[110th of 150]
% of population using improved drinking water sources > Urban	89		[104th of 147]
% under-fives with ARI --	4		[66th of 79]
% under-fives with ARI taken to health provider	48		[48th of 80]
Abortion law > National laws > Physical Health	No
Adolescent fertility rate > births per 1,000 women ages 15-19	18.17 births	...	[139th of 184]
ARI treatment > % of children under 5 taken to a health provider	66 %	...	[2nd of 52]
Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people	19.23 per 1,000 people	...	[100th of 195]
Births attended by skilled health staff > % of total	57 %	...	[23rd of 76]
Children Underweight Rate	9%		[21st of 95]
Contraception	33%		[58th of 89]

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SOURCES: UNICEF; Wikipedia: Abortion law ; World Development Indicators database; UNICEF; UN (United Nations). 2002. United Nations Population Division Database on Contraceptive Use. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. January. New York

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Burma, Union of Burma, Pyidaungzu Myanma Naingngandaw (translated by the US Government as Union of Myanma and by the Burmese as Union of Myanmar), Myanma Naingngandaw, burma (myanmar), myanmar (burma), myanmar

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