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South America > Suriname > Health

SURINAMESE HEALTH STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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% immunized 1-year-old children > DPT3 73 [146th of 187]
% immunized 1-year-old children > Measles 73 [140th of 186]
% immunized 1-year-old children > Polio3 73 [146th of 187]
% of population using adequate sanitation facilities > Rural 75 [66th of 140]
% of population using adequate sanitation facilities > Total 93 [52nd of 144]
% of population using adequate sanitation facilities > Urban 99 [37th of 141]
% of population using improved drinking water sources > Rural 50 [112nd of 146]
% of population using improved drinking water sources > Total 82 [84th of 150]
% of population using improved drinking water sources > Urban 93 [86th of 147]
% of routine EPI vaccines financed by government > Total 100 [67th of 133]
% under-fives with ARI -- 4 [65th of 79]
% under-fives with ARI taken to health provider 58 [30th of 80]
Abortion law > Australasia and Oceania > Mental Health No
Abortion law > Australasia and Oceania > Physical Health No
Access to sanitation 92% [46th of 129]
Adolescent fertility rate > births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 41.95 births Time series [92nd of 184]
ARI treatment > % of children under 5 taken to a health provider 58 % Time series [20th of 52]
Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people 20.55 per 1,000 people Time series [92nd of 195]
Births attended by skilled health staff > % of total 84.5 % Time series [37th of 76]
Births with health staff 84% [59th of 116]
Children living with AIDS 190 [74th of 80]
    Children living with AIDS (per capita) 0.433647 per 1,000 people [36th of 80]
Contraceptive prevalence > % of women ages 15-49 42 % Time series [23rd of 57]
Dependency ratio per 100 57 [99th of 166]
Diarrhea treatment > % of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued feeding 42.5 % Time series [19th of 47]
Drinking water availability % 82% [82nd of 147]
Drug access 95% [1st of 163]
expenditure per capita > current US$ 194.2 $ Time series [83rd of 186]
expenditure, private > % of GDP 4.21 % Time series [17th of 187]
expenditure, public > % of GDP 3.59 % Time series [83rd of 187]
expenditure, total > % of GDP 7.8 % Time series [46th of 187]
External resources for health > % of total expenditure on health 9.7 % Time series [54th of 141]
External resources for health as % of total expenditure on health 7.4% [52nd of 179]
Female adults with HIV > % of population ages 15+ with HIV 27.45 % Time series [81st of 112]
Fertility rate, total > births per woman 2.51 births per woman Time series [87th of 194]
Healthy life expectancy at birth, years > Females 60.8 [106th of 186]
Healthy life expectancy at birth, years > Males 56.7 [113rd of 186]
Healthy life expectancy at birth, years > Total population 58.8 [109th of 186]
HIV AIDS > Adult prevalence rate 1.7% Time series [46th of 136]
HIV AIDS > Deaths 330 Time series [87th of 102]
    HIV AIDS > Deaths (per capita) 754.31 per million people Time series [46th of 102]
HIV AIDS > People living with HIV AIDS 5,200 Time series [101st of 126]
    HIV AIDS > People living with HIV AIDS (per capita) 11.886 per 1,000 people Time series [41st of 126]
HIV AIDS > Women living with aids 15-49 1.2 [45th of 114]
HIVAIDS > Adult prevalence rate 15-49 years, 1.2 [44th of 145]
HIVAIDS > children orphaned by AIDS 0-14 years, 2,000 [71st of 82]
Hospital beds > per 1,000 people 3.6 per 1,000 people Time series [41st of 149]
Immunization, DPT > % of children ages 12-23 months 83 % Time series [137th of 190]
Immunization, measles > % of children ages 12-23 months 91 % Time series [93rd of 190]
Improved sanitation facilities > % of population with access 94 % Time series [48th of 167]
Improved sanitation facilities, rural > % of rural population with access 76 % Time series [61st of 167]
Improved sanitation facilities, urban > % of urban population with access 99 % Time series [44th of 173]
Improved water source > % of population with access 92 % Time series [75th of 176]
Improved water source, rural > % of rural population with access 73 % Time series [103rd of 174]
Improved water source, urban > % of urban population with access 98 % Time series [75th of 181]
Incidence of tuberculosis > per 100,000 people 64.95 per 100,000 people Time series [96th of 200]
Infant mortality rate > Female 15.71 deaths/1,000 live births Time series [114th of 225]
Infant mortality rate > Male 22.96 deaths/1,000 live births Time series [107th of 225]
Infant mortality rate > Total 19.45 deaths/1,000 live births Time series [109th of 225]
life expectancy > Date of information 2006 est.
Life expectancy at birth > Female 76.39 years Time series [100th of 226]
Life expectancy at birth > Male 70.76 years Time series [102nd of 226]
Life expectancy at birth > Total population 73.48 years Time series [97th of 225]
Life expectancy at birth, female > years 73.01 years Time series [100th of 194]
Life expectancy at birth, male > years 66.56 years Time series [105th of 194]
Life expectancy at birth, total > years 69.71 years Time series [104th of 194]
Life expectancy at birth, years > Females 69 [111st of 186]
Life expectancy at birth, years > Males 63 [116th of 186]
Life expectancy at birth, years > Total population 66 [115th 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 > Water contact disease leptospirosis Time series
Malaria % under-fives sleeping under a bednet 77 [2nd of 35]
Malaria % under-fives sleeping under a treated bednet 3 [10th of 28]
Malaria cases > per 100,000 2,954 [26th of 94]
Malaria prevention, use of insecticide-treated bed nets > % of under-5 population 3 % Time series [11th of 27]
Malnutrition prevalence, height for age > % of children under 5 9.8 % Time series [46th of 52]
Malnutrition prevalence, weight for age > % of children under 5 13.2 % Time series [37th of 63]
Maternal mortality 110 per 100,000 [60th of 136]
Measles immunization 85 [95th of 168]
Nutrition > % of children who are still breastfeeding 20-23 months 11 [93rd of 105]
Nutrition > % of children who are   exclusively breastfed 6 months 9 [111st of 125]
Nutrition > % of under-fives suffering from stunting moderate & severe 10 [107th of 132]
Nutrition > % of under-fives suffering from underweight moderate & severe 13 [74th of 137]
Nutrition > % of under-fives suffering from underweight severe 2 [64th of 104]
Nutrition > % of under-fives suffering from wasting moderate & severe 7 [50th of 128]
Oral rehydration rate % 24 [32nd of 73]
Out-of-pocket expenditure as % of private health expenditure 61.6% [157th of 185]
Out-of-pocket health expenditure > % of private expenditure on health 60.2 % Time series [156th of 185]
Per capita government expenditure on health in international dollars 161 [93rd of 185]
Per capita total expenditure on health in international dollars 385 [77th of 185]
Physicians > per 1,000 people 0.45 per 1,000 people Time series [76th of 148]
Population suffering from undernourishment in 1990-1992 13 % [71st of 106]
Population suffering from undernourishment in 2001-2003 10 % [68th of 108]
Pregnant women receiving prenatal care > % 90.6 % Time series [22nd of 62]
Prepaid plans as % of private expenditure on health 0.4% [93rd of 159]
Prevalence of HIV, total > % of population ages 15-49 1.94 % Time series [37th of 148]
Prevalence of undernourishment > % of population 8 % Time series [90th of 172]
Private expenditure on health as % of total expenditure on health 58.2% [44th of 185]
Probability of dying before 5 > Females 21 per 1,000 people [112nd of 187]
Probability of not reaching 40 7.4% [84th of 111]
Probability of reaching 65 > Female 77.7% [73rd of 159]
Probability of reaching 65 > Male 66.4% [72nd of 159]
Suicide rate > Females 7.9 per 100,000 people [26th of 80]
Suicide rate > Gender ratio 2.3 per 100,000 people [61st of 76]
Suicide rate > Males 18.2 per 100,000 people [36th of 80]
Tobacco > Cigarette consumption 1,930 [25th of 106]
Tobacco > Total young smokers 14.3% [27th of 30]
Tobacco > Young female smokers 10.1 [27th of 32]
Tobacco > Young male smokers 10.1 [27th of 32]
Total expenditure on health as % of GDP 8.6% [33rd of 185]
Total fertility rate 2.4 [100th of 166]
Tuberculosis cases > Per 100,000 44 [87th of 165]
Water availability 292,566 cubic meters [5th of 169]

SOURCES: UNICEF; Wikipedia: Abortion law ; 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; 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; annual figures:WHO databank, National Bureaus of Statistics. Department of Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis Population Division (1995). World population prospects. The 1994 revision. New York: United Nations. Partly computations: Department of Clinical Psychology, Psychiatric Clinic, University of W?rzburg, Germany; World Health Organization;

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Suriname, Republic of Suriname, Republiek Suriname, surinam

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