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Zimbabwe

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Health Problems

 


[Country map of Zimbabwe]

HIV/AIDS

highly endemic / very endemic

Malaria

very highly endemic

TB

very highly endemic      

Schistosomiasis

highly endemic

Trypanosomiasis

highly endemic

Leishmaniasis

highly endemic

Cholera

endemic

Amoebiasis

highly endemic            

Typhoid Fever

highly endemic

Leprosy

very highly endemic

Onchocerciasis

highly endemic

Lymphatic Filiarisis

very highly endemic

Meningitis

endemic

Demographics

Socioeconomic indicators

Population: 11,342,521
 
Age structure:
0-14 years: 39.64% (male 2,274,128; female 2,222,277)
15-64 years: 56.82% (male 3,251,860; female 3,192,888)
65 years and over: 3.54% (male 204,028; female 197,340) (2000 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.26% (2000 est.)

Birth rate: 25 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Death rate: 22.43 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)
note: there is a small but steady flow of Zimbabweans into South Africa in search of better paid employment

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 1.03 male(s)/female
total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2000 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 62.25 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 37.78 years
male: 39.18 years
female: 36.34 years (2000 est.)

Total fertility rate: 3.34 children born/woman (2000 est.)  

 

 

Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write English
total population: 85%
male: 90%
female: 80% (1995 est.)  

GDP: purchasing power parity - $26.5 billion (1999 est.)

GDP - real growth rate: 0% (1999 est.)

GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $2,400 (1999 est.)

GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 28%
industry: 32%
services: 40% (1997 est.)

Population below poverty line: 60% (1999 est.)  

Labor force: 5 million (1997 est.)

Labor force - by occupation: agriculture 66%, services 24%, industry 10% (1996 est.)

Unemployment rate: 50% (1999 est.)

HIV/AIDS

 

People living with HIV/AIDS (1999)

Adult and Children deaths

Men (15 –49)

Women  (15-49)

Total Adults

Percentage of population

160,000

600,000

800,000

1,400,000

25.06%

UNAIDS factsheet

Malaria


Population at risk of malaria
(%)
Negligible Risk
44%
Epidemic Risk
27%
Endemic Risk
29%
Cases reported
 

 


Source: adapted from Mara Arma (1995) and WHO Roll back malaria (1995 –1997)

 

 

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