NationMaster - Central African Health statistics

% immunized 1-year-old children > DPT3	40		[183rd of 187]
% immunized 1-year-old children > Measles	35		[186th of 186]
% immunized 1-year-old children > Polio3	40		[184th of 187]
% immunized 1-year-old children > TB	70		[139th of 153]
% immunized pregnant women tetanus	63		[21st of 54]
% of population using adequate sanitation facilities > Rural	16		[127th of 140]
% of population using adequate sanitation facilities > Total	25		[137th of 144]
% of population using adequate sanitation facilities > Urban	38		[139th of 141]
% of population using improved drinking water sources > Rural	57		[105th of 146]
% of population using improved drinking water sources > Total	70		[112nd of 150]
% of population using improved drinking water sources > Urban	89		[105th of 147]
% under-fives with ARI --	10		[47th of 79]
% under-fives with ARI taken to health provider	32		[64th of 80]
Abortion law > National laws > Physical Health	No
Access to sanitation	43%		[108th of 129]
Adolescent fertility rate > births per 1,000 women ages 15-19	122.12 births	...	[19th of 184]
ARI treatment > % of children under 5 taken to a health provider	32 %	...	[40th of 52]
Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people	36.83 per 1,000 people	...	[30th of 195]
Births attended by skilled health staff > % of total	44.1 %	...	[61st of 76]
Births with health staff	44%		[91st of 116]

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SOURCES: UNICEF; Wikipedia: Abortion law ; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; World Development Indicators database; WHO 2002a

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Central African Republic, Republique Centrafricaine, central af. r., central afr. rep., central africa, central african rep.

COMMENTARY

Mirkka Henttonen (Central African Republic/Finland)
16th May 2007

According to the census of 2003, the maternal mortality rate is
1,355 per 100,000 in CAR.

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