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Health Problems

Demographics

Socioeconomic indicators

Population: 2,830,961
 
Age structure:
0-14 years: 42% (male 605,546; female 596,971)
15-64 years: 54% (male 748,217; female 785,278)
65 years and over: 4% (male 38,170; female 56,779) (2000 est.)

Population growth rate: 2.23% (2000 est.)

Birth rate: 38.61 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Death rate: 16.35 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.67 male(s)/female
total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2000 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 101.55 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 47.43 years
male: 44.49 years
female: 50.47 years (2000 est.)

Total fertility rate: 5.06 children born/woman (2000 est.)

Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 74.9%
male: 83.1%
female: 67.2% (1995 est.)

GDP: purchasing power parity - $4.15 billion (1999 est.)

GDP - real growth rate: 5% (1999 est.)

GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $1,530 (1999 est.)

GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 10%
industry: 59%
services: 31% (1997 est.)

Population below poverty line: NA%  

Labor force: NA

Unemployment rate: NA%

People living with HIV/AIDS

Adult and Children deaths 1999

Men (15 –49)

Women  (15-49)

Total Adults

Percentage of population

8,600

37,000

45,000

82,000

6.43%

Population at risk of malaria (%)

Negligible Risk

Epidemic Risk

Endemic Risk

Cases reported

0%

0%

100%

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