NationMaster - Basotho Health statistics

Access to sanitation	48%		[104th of 129]
Children Underweight Rate	4%		[47th of 95]
Drug access	80%		[57th of 163]
Infant mortality rate	85.22		[23rd of 179]
Life expectancy at birth > Female	39.18 years		[216th of 220]
Malaria cases > per 100,000	0		[95th of 94]
Probability of not reaching 40	35.4%		[25th of 111]
Probability of reaching 65 > Male	42.5%		[125th of 159]
Smoking prevalence, females > % of adults	1 %	...	[1st of 43]
Smoking prevalence, males > % of adults	38.5 %	...	[1st of 42]
Tobacco > Adult female smokers	1		[114th of 114]
Tobacco > Adult male smokers	38.5		[63rd of 115]
Tobacco > Total adult smokers	19.8		[92nd of 0]
Total expenditure on health as % of GDP	6.2%		[80th of 185]
Total fertility rate	3.8		[61st of 166]
Tuberculosis cases > Per 100,000	277		[11th of 165]
Tuberculosis cases detected under DOTS > %	84.78 %	...	[34th of 178]
Tuberculosis immunisation	95%		[60th of 134]
Tuberculosis treatment success rate > % of registered cases	69.17 %	...	[134th of 171]
Water availability	1,485 cubic meters		[137th of 169]

... View all Health stats

SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, December 2003; UNICEF; WHO (World Health Organization). 2001. Correspondence on access to essential drugs. Department of Essential Drugs and Medecines Policy. February. Geneva; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; UNHDR; UN 2001 via backone.pdf; UN (United Nations). 2001. World Population Prospects 1950-2050: The 2000 Revision. Database. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. New York; World Development Indicators database; World Health Organization; World Health Organization2005; World Health Organization;

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Lesotho, Kingdom of Lesotho

More facts and figures on Lesotho

COMMENTARY

Share your thoughts, questions and commentary here

Africa > Lesotho > Health

Related links:

More facts and figures on Lesotho