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Africa > Nigeria > Health

NIGERIAN HEALTH STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Access to sanitation 33% [115th of 129]
Bird Flu (H5N1) > Recent animal cases
Six outbreaks have been confirmed between 19 Jan. and 2 Feb. 2006 in the states of Kano and Plateau. Positive tests for the H5N1 virus on some 36,500 poultry. All the affected farms are commercial poultry production units, mostly layers of over 40 weeks of age. Source of outbreaks or origin of infection: unknown or inconclusive
Children Underweight Rate 11% [14th of 95]
Contraception 15% [77th of 89]
Drug access 0% [141st of 163]
Infant mortality rate 70.49 [33rd of 179]
Intestinal diseases death rate 33.72% [26th of 141]
Life expectancy at birth > Female 48.07 years [205th of 220]
Malaria cases > per 100,000 30 [71st of 94]
Probability of not reaching 40 33.7% [30th of 111]
Respiratory disease child death rate 198.83 (est)
Spending > Per person 30 [95th of 133]
Spending > Public 0.8%
Tobacco > Cigarette consumption 189 [95th of 106]
Tuberculosis cases > Per 100,000 196 [25th of 165]
Tuberculosis treatment success rate > % of registered cases 73.38 % ... [111st of 171]
Unmet need for contraception > % of married women ages 15-49 16.9 % ... [7th of 13]
Water availability 2,514 cubic meters [115th of 169]
Women circumcised 32.8 [1st of 27]
Women circumcised share 32.8% [1st of 27]

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, December 2003; World Organisation for Animal Health, Febuary 23 2006 Report; UNICEF; UN (United Nations). 2002. United Nations Population Division Database on Contraceptive Use. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. January. New York; 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; World Health Organisation. 1997-1999 World Health Statistics Annual. Geneva: WHO, 2000; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; UNHDR; UN 2001 via backone.pdf; World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC; ; World Health Organization; World Development Indicators database; Unicef (1994)

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Nigeria, Federal Republic of Nigeria

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