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South America > Guyana > Health

GUYANESE HEALTH STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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% immunized 1-year-old children > DPT3 91 [91st of 187]
% immunized 1-year-old children > HepB3 85 [67th of 114]
% immunized 1-year-old children > Measles 95 [56th of 186]
% immunized 1-year-old children > Polio3 93 [80th of 187]
% immunized 1-year-old children > TB 91 [85th of 153]
% of population using adequate sanitation facilities > Rural 81 [57th of 140]
% of population using adequate sanitation facilities > Total 87 [66th of 144]
% of population using adequate sanitation facilities > Urban 97 [53rd of 141]
% of population using improved drinking water sources > Rural 91 [44th of 146]
% of population using improved drinking water sources > Total 94 [50th of 150]
% of population using improved drinking water sources > Urban 98 [54th of 147]
% of routine EPI vaccines financed by government > Total 90 [90th of 133]
% under-fives with ARI -- 5 [63rd of 79]
% under-fives with ARI taken to health provider 78 [8th of 80]
Access to sanitation 67% [86th of 129]
Adolescent fertility rate > births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 60.7 births Time series [66th of 184]
ARI treatment > % of children under 5 taken to a health provider 78 % Time series [8th of 52]
Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people 20.27 per 1,000 people Time series [94th of 195]
Births attended by skilled health staff > % of total 85.6 % Time series [35th of 76]
Births with health staff 95% [40th of 116]
Children living with AIDS 800 [57th of 80]
    Children living with AIDS (per capita) 1.04536 per 1,000 people [29th of 80]
Contraceptive prevalence > % of women ages 15-49 37 % Time series [26th of 57]
Dependency ratio per 100 53 [115th of 166]
Diarrhea treatment > % of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued feeding 39.7 % Time series [22nd of 47]
Drinking water availability % 94% [47th of 147]
Drug access 0% [140th of 163]
expenditure per capita > current US$ 55.9 $ Time series [123rd of 186]
expenditure, private > % of GDP 0.87 % Time series [170th of 187]
expenditure, public > % of GDP 4.43 % Time series [60th of 187]
expenditure, total > % of GDP 5.3 % Time series [115th of 187]
External resources for health > % of total expenditure on health 8.2 % Time series [64th of 141]
External resources for health as % of total expenditure on health 2.6% [84th of 179]
Female adults with HIV > % of population ages 15+ with HIV 60 % Time series [12th of 112]
Fertility rate, total > births per woman 2.18 births per woman Time series [111st of 194]
Healthy life expectancy at birth, years > Females 57.2 [124th of 186]
Healthy life expectancy at birth, years > Males 53.1 [129th of 186]
Healthy life expectancy at birth, years > Total population 55.2 [124th of 186]
HIV AIDS > Adult prevalence rate 2.5% Time series [36th of 136]
HIV AIDS > Deaths 1,100 Time series [63rd of 102]
    HIV AIDS > Deaths (per capita) 1,468.646 per million people Time series [29th of 102]
HIV AIDS > People living with HIV AIDS 11,000 Time series [62nd of 126]
    HIV AIDS > People living with HIV AIDS (per capita) 14.686 per 1,000 people Time series [31st of 126]
HIV AIDS > Women living with aids 15-49 2.7 [34th of 114]
HIVAIDS > Adult prevalence rate 15-49 years, 2.7 [33rd of 145]
HIVAIDS > children orphaned by AIDS 0-14 years, 4,000 [65th of 82]
Hospital beds > per 1,000 people 2.9 per 1,000 people Time series [48th of 149]
Immunization, DPT > % of children ages 12-23 months 93 % Time series [86th of 190]
Immunization, measles > % of children ages 12-23 months 92 % Time series [92nd of 190]
Improved sanitation facilities > % of population with access 70 % Time series [87th of 167]
Improved sanitation facilities, rural > % of rural population with access 60 % Time series [78th of 167]
Improved sanitation facilities, urban > % of urban population with access 86 % Time series [94th of 173]
Improved water source > % of population with access 83 % Time series [105th of 176]
Improved water source, rural > % of rural population with access 83 % Time series [78th of 174]
Improved water source, urban > % of urban population with access 83 % Time series [147th of 181]
Incidence of tuberculosis > per 100,000 people 149.17 per 100,000 people Time series [65th of 200]
Infant mortality rate 37.22 [59th of 179]
Infant mortality rate > Female 26.82 deaths/1,000 live births Time series [76th of 225]
Infant mortality rate > Male 33.87 deaths/1,000 live births Time series [75th of 225]
Infant mortality rate > Total 30.43 deaths/1,000 live births Time series [76th of 225]
life expectancy > Date of information 2006 est.
Life expectancy at birth > Female 69.18 years Time series [158th of 226]
Life expectancy at birth > Male 63.81 years Time series [156th of 226]
Life expectancy at birth > Total population 66.43 years Time series [157th of 225]
Life expectancy at birth, female > years 67.39 years Time series [120th of 194]
Life expectancy at birth, male > years 61.29 years Time series [129th of 194]
Life expectancy at birth, total > years 64.26 years Time series [123rd of 194]
Life expectancy at birth, years > Females 64 [129th of 186]
Life expectancy at birth, years > Males 61 [127th of 186]
Life expectancy at birth, years > Total population 62 [129th of 186]
Major infectious diseases > Degree of risk high Time series
Major infectious diseases > Food or waterborne diseases
bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
Major infectious diseases > Vectorborne diseases dengue fever and malaria Time series
Major infectious diseases > Water contact disease leptospirosis Time series
Malaria % under-fives sleeping under a bednet 67 [4th of 35]
Malaria % under-fives sleeping under a treated bednet 8 [5th of 28]
Malaria % under-fives with fever receiving anti-malarial drugs 3 [33rd of 34]
Malaria cases > per 100,000 3,074 [24th of 94]
Malaria prevention, use of insecticide-treated bed nets > % of under-5 population 5.5 % Time series [3rd of 27]
Malnutrition prevalence, height for age > % of children under 5 10.6 % Time series [45th of 52]
Malnutrition prevalence, weight for age > % of children under 5 13.6 % Time series [35th of 63]
Maternal mortality 110 per 100,000 [61st of 136]
Measles immunization 87 [89th of 168]
Nutrition > % of children who are still breastfeeding 20-23 months 31 [58th of 105]
Nutrition > % of children who are   exclusively breastfed 6 months 11 [105th of 125]
Nutrition > % of under-fives suffering from stunting moderate & severe 11 [102nd of 132]
Nutrition > % of under-fives suffering from underweight moderate & severe 14 [69th of 137]
Nutrition > % of under-fives suffering from underweight severe 3 [59th of 104]
Nutrition > % of under-fives suffering from wasting moderate & severe 11 [27th of 128]
Oral rehydration rate % 7 [68th of 73]
Out-of-pocket expenditure as % of private health expenditure 100% [13th of 185]
Out-of-pocket health expenditure > % of private expenditure on health 100 % Time series [5th of 185]
Per capita government expenditure on health in international dollars 173 [91st of 185]
Per capita total expenditure on health in international dollars 227 [106th of 185]
Physicians > per 1,000 people 0.48 per 1,000 people Time series [74th of 148]
Population suffering from undernourishment in 1990-1992 21 % [53rd of 106]
Population suffering from undernourishment in 2001-2003 9 % [72nd of 108]
Pregnant women receiving prenatal care > % 80.9 % Time series [33rd of 62]
Prepaid plans as % of private expenditure on health 0% [113rd of 159]
Prevalence of HIV, total > % of population ages 15-49 2.45 % Time series [32nd of 148]
Prevalence of undernourishment > % of population 8 % Time series [86th of 172]
Private expenditure on health as % of total expenditure on health 23.7% [153rd of 185]
Probability of dying before 5 > Females 66 per 1,000 people [63rd of 187]
Probability of not reaching 40 15.4% [56th of 111]
Probability of reaching 65 > Female 70.2% [103rd of 159]
Probability of reaching 65 > Male 54.1% [106th of 159]
Spending > Per person 51 [85th of 133]
Spending > Private 0.8 [132nd of 141]
Spending > Public 4.5%
Tobacco > Cigarette consumption 590 [74th of 106]
Tobacco > Total young smokers 15.3% [23rd of 30]
Tobacco > Young female smokers 11.1 [25th of 32]
Tobacco > Young male smokers 11.1 [25th of 32]
Total expenditure on health as % of GDP 5.6% [106th of 185]
Total fertility rate 2.3 [106th of 166]
Tuberculosis cases > Per 100,000 65 [68th of 165]
Tuberculosis cases detected under DOTS > % 39.57 % Time series [142nd of 178]
Tuberculosis immunisation 91% [75th of 134]
Tuberculosis treatment success rate > % of registered cases 71.54 % Time series [117th of 171]
Water availability 316,689 cubic meters [4th of 169]

SOURCES: UNICEF; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; World Development Indicators database; WHO 2002a; UNHDR; World Health Organization; World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Global Water Supply and Sanitation Assessment 2000 Report and updates provided by UNICEF to the United Nations Millennium Indicator Database; WHO (World Health Organization). 2001. Correspondence on access to essential drugs. Department of Essential Drugs and Medecines Policy. February. Geneva; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; United Nations, Demographic Yearbook, 1997; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; Wikipedia: List of countries by life expectancy ; UNHDR; UNICEF (United Nations Children?s Fund). 2002. Official Summary: The State of the World's Children 2002. New York: Oxford University Press.; UNICEF; Wikipedia: List of countries by percentage of population suffering from undernourishment ; The World Health Report 2001; 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.; UN (United Nations). 2001. World Population Prospects 1950-2050: The 2000 Revision. Database. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. New York; World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC; ; World Health Organization

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Guyana, Co-operative Republic of Guyana

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