NationMaster - Somali Health statistics

Children Underweight Rate	7%		[27th of 95]
Intestinal diseases death rate	36.24%		[7th of 141]
Life expectancy at birth > Female	50.69 years		[198th of 220]
Nutrition > % of under-fives suffering from stunting moderate & severe	23		[66th of 132]
Nutrition > % of under-fives suffering from underweight moderate & severe	26		[31st of 137]
Nutrition > % of under-fives suffering from underweight severe	7		[27th of 104]
Nutrition > % of under-fives suffering from wasting moderate & severe	17		[2nd of 128]
Nutrition > Vitamin A supplementation coverage rate 6-59 months	62		[45th of 57]
Out-of-pocket health expenditure > % of private expenditure on health	100 %	...	[5th of 185]
Physicians > per 1,000 people	0.04 per 1,000 people	...	[106th of 148]
Pregnant women receiving prenatal care > %	32.3 %	...	[17th of 62]
Prevalence of HIV, total > % of population ages 15-49	0.86 %	...	[62nd of 148]
Probability of dying before 5 > Females	199 per 1,000 people		[9th of 187]
Respiratory disease child death rate	209.11 (est)
Total fertility rate	7.2		[2nd of 166]
Tuberculosis cases detected under DOTS > %	85.78 %	...	[30th of 178]
Tuberculosis treatment success rate > % of registered cases	90.51 %	...	[20th of 171]
Water availability	1,538 cubic meters		[134th of 169]
Women circumcised	4.5		[6th of 27]
Women circumcised share	4.5%		[6th of 27]

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SOURCES: UNICEF; World Health Organisation. 1997-1999 World Health Statistics Annual. Geneva: WHO, 2000; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; UNICEF; World Development Indicators database; The World Health Report 2001; World Health Organization; ; Unicef (1994)

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