Country Key Statistics
Total population – 3,016,000 (2005) Health & Nutrition Infant Mortality Rate (under 1) per 1,000 live births – 26 (ADHS, 2005) Under-5 Mortality Rate per 1,000 live births – 30 (ADHS, 2005) Maternal Mortality Rate per 100,000 live births (1990-2005) – 25 (UNICEF Statistics) Percentage of children under five suffering from chronic malnutrition – 13 (ADHS, 2005) Immunization Rate – 90% (ADHS, 2005) Percentage of children under 6 months exclusively breastfed – 33 (ADHS, 2005) Percentage of households consuming iodized salt – 97 (UNICEF-Ministry of Health Joint Survey, 2005) *ADHS – Armenia Demographic & Health Survey Education Gross enrolment rate in primary school - 93.6% Children not reaching high school - 25% Number of pre-schools – 645 (2005) Percentage of 1-5 year old children attending pre-school – 19.8 % (2005) Source: Education in Armenia Report 2006 Child Protection Number of children in 8 state orphanages – 900 (2006) Number of children in 52 special schools – 10,000 (2006) Number of children with disabilities – over 8,000 or 0.7% of the overall child population (2006) Number of juveniles convicted to imprisonment – 49 (2005) Source: Ministry of Labour & Social Issues, Ministry of Justice, National Statistics Service Adolescent's Health & Development HIV prevalence – 0.17%
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