The State of the World's Children 2000

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Table 3: Health

% fully immunized 1995-98*

% of population
with access to
safe water
1990-98* % of population
with access to
adequate sanitation
1990-98* % of routine
EPI vaccines
financed by
government
1995-98* 1-year old children

Under-5
mortality
rank total urban rural total urban rural total TB DPT polio measles pregnant
women
tetanus ORT
use rate
(%)
1990-98*

Afghanistan 4 6 16 3 10 23 7 0 33 34 35 36 19 36

Albania 90 - - - - - - 0 87 96 97 89 65 -

Algeria 88 90 98 79 91 98 62 100 95 80 80 75 52 98x

Andorra 165 - - - - - - - - 90 90 90 - -

Angola 2 31 46 22 40 62 27 0 71 36 36 65 24 -

Antigua and Barbuda 133 - - - 96 - - 100 - 100 100 100 - -

Argentina 126 71 77 29 68 73 37 100 99 83 88 99 - -

Armenia 104 - - - - - - 7 95 82 96 94 - 30

Australia 175 - - - - - - - - 86 86 86 - -

Austria 175 - - - - - - - - 90 95 90 - -

Azerbaijan 80 - - - - - - 0 96 97 98 98 - -

Bahamas 130 94 98 75 82 98 2 100 - 89 88 93 - -

Bahrain 133 94 94 - 97 97 - 100 72 98 98 100 80 39

Bangladesh 48 95 99 95 43 83 38 100 91 68 68 62 86 61

Barbados 146 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 - 93 93 92 - -

Belarus 110 - - - - - - 78 98 97 98 98 - -

Belgium 165 - - - - - - - - 62 72 64 - -

Belize 83 83 100 69 57 23 87 100 93 87 87 84 65 -

Benin 22 56 71 46 27 57 8 15 92 81 81 82 66 33

Bhutan 41 58 75 54 70 90 66 0 94 86 85 71 80 85

Bolivia 57 80 95 56 65 82 35 65x 85 42 33 51 27 48

Bosnia and Herzegovina 137 - - - - - - 0 99 87 90 80 - -

Botswana 77 90 100 88 55 91 41 100 66 82 73 80 54 43

Brazil 85 76 88 25 70 80 30 100 99 94 96 96 30 54

Brunei Darussalam 156 - - - - - - - 96 97 98 100 52 -

Bulgaria 144 - - - - - - - 98 96 97 95 - -

Burkina Faso 22 42 66 37 37 41 33 100 72 37 42 46 54 18

Burundi 17 52 92 49 51 60 50 2 58 50 51 44 9 38

Cambodia 24 30 53 25 19 57 9 0 76 64 64 63 31 48

Cameroon 27 54 81 41 89 99 84 27 72 46 42 44 49 34

Canada 165 - - - - - - - - 97 - 96 - -

Cape Verde 65 65 84 44 27 42 14 100 84 80 79 66 51 83

Central African Rep. 18 38 55 21 27 38 16 4 53 46 47 39 37 34

Chad 13 54 48 56 27 79 11 100 43 24 24 30 27 29

Chile 148 91 99 41 - 90 - 100 96 93 93 93 - -

China 79 67 97 56 24 74 7 100 96 98 98 97 13 85

Colombia 104 85 97 56 85 97 56 100 82 70 72 75 57x 53

Comoros 53 53 76 45 23 40 16 - 84 75 75 67 22 32

Congo 47 34 53 7 69 - - 0x 29 23 21 18 30 41

Congo, Dem. Rep. 9 42 89 26 18 53 6 - 13 10 10 10 - 90x

Cook Islands 104 95 100 95 95 - - 50 99 95 95 94 29 -

Costa Rica 145 96 100 92 84 95 70 100 87 85 85 86 - 31

Côte d'Ivoire 28 42 56 32 39 71 17 95 84 61 61 66 44 29

Croatia 156 - - - - - - 100 93 93 93 91 - 5

Cuba 160 93 96 85 66 71 51 97 99 98 97 99 70 -

Cyprus 156 100 100 100 - 96 - - - 98 98 90 - -

Czech Rep. 165 - - - - - - - 99 98 97 95 - -

Denmark 175 - - - - - - - - 89x 100x 84 - -

Djibouti 26 90 77 100 55 64 24 - 35 23 23 21 16 -

Dominica 133 96 97 95 80 80 85 100 99 99 98 98 - -

Dominican Rep. 75 79 95 54 85 93 73 96 86 74 73 95 77 39

Ecuador 89 68 80 49 76 95 49 100 98 85 83 88 3 64

Egypt 68 87 97 77 88 98 79 100 97 96 96 98 61 95

El Salvador 97 66 84 40 90 98 80 100 99 99 99 98 - 69

Equatorial Guinea 20 95 88 100 54 61 48 95 99 81 81 82 70 -

Eritrea 45 22 60 8 13 48 - 0 71 60 60 52 34 38

Estonia 126 - - - - - - - 100 94 94 89 - -

Ethiopia 18 25 91 19 19 97 7 15 74 58 57 46 30 95x

Fiji 120 77 - - 92 100 85 50 95 86 88 75 - -

Finland 175 - - - - - - - 99 99 98 98 - -

France 175 - - - - - - - 83 96 97 97 83 -

Gabon 30 67 80 30 - 72 - - 72 54 54 32 4 39

Gambia 59 69 80 65 37 83 23 30 99 96 95 91 96 99x

Georgia 120 - - - - - - 0 91 86 92 90 - 14

Germany 175 - - - - - - - - 95 95 88 80 -

Ghana 49 65 88 52 32 75 25 100 86 68 68 62 45 36

Greece 162 - - - - - - - 70 85 95 90 - -

Grenada 109 - - - - - - 100 - 97 95 97 - -

Guatemala 74 68 92 54 87 97 81 100 88 89 91 81 38 22

Guinea 14 46 69 36 31 54 19 25 69 56 56 58 48 80x

Guinea-Bissau 11 43 - - 46 - - 0 82 63 60 51 46 -

Guyana 60 91 96 85 88 90 85 100 93 90 90 93 88 -

Haiti 36 37 50 28 25 49 17 25 28 22 20 22 38 31

Holy See - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Honduras 81 78 95 65 74 94 56 100 96 97 98 99 - 32

Hungary 149 - - - - - - - 100 100 100 100 - -

Iceland 175 - - - - - - - 98x 98x 99x 98x - -

India 49 81 85 79 29 70 14 98 79 73 73 66 80 67x

Indonesia 71 74 92 67 53 71 46 100 83 62 70 60 53 70

Iran 100 95 99 86 64 79 37 100 98 100 100 100 75 48

Iraq 37 81 96 48 75 93 31 75 76 86 86 79 45 54x

Ireland 162 - - - - - - - - - 63x - - -

Israel 165 - - - - - - - - 93 92 94 - -

Italy 165 - - - - - - - - 95 96 55 - -

Jamaica 149 86 - - 89 100 80 100 90 88 88 88 52 -

Japan 189 97 100 85 - 85 - - 91 100 98 94 - -

Jordan 93 97 98 88 99 100 97 100 - 91 91 86 22 29

Kazakhstan 83 93 99 84 99 100 98 80 99 100 100 100 - 31

Kenya 40 44 87 30 85 96 81 3 94 76 78 71 51 69

Kiribati 62 - 70 80 - 45 54 100 97 88 83 77 74 -

Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 104 100 100 100 99 99 100 - 64 37 77 34 5 -

Korea, Rep. of 175 93 100 76 100 100 100 - 75 74 71 85 - -

Kuwait 147 - - - - 100x - 100 - 93 94 100 8 -

Kyrgyzstan 69 79 98 66 100 100 100 - 94 97 97 98 - 98x

Lao People's Dem. Rep. 41 44 - - 18 - - 0 56 55 67 71 32 32

Latvia 126 - - - - - - - 100 94 94 97 - -

Lebanon 94 94 96 88 63 81 8 75 - 96 96 91 - 82

Lesotho 33 62 91 57 38 56 35 25 46 50 48 43 - 84x

Liberia 6 46 79 13 30 56 4 0 28 19 19 31 14 94x

Libya 117 97 97 97 98 99 94 2 100 97 95 92 - 49

Liechtenstein 149 - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Lithuania 120 - - - - - - - 99 93 88 97 - -

Luxembourg 175 - - - - - - - 58 94 98 91 - -

Madagascar 25 40 71 30 40 68 30 10 80 68 68 65 30 23

Malawi 7 47 95 40 3 18 1 2 100 96 93 90 81 70

Malaysia 153 78 96 66 94 94 94 100 100 95 94 86 71 -

Maldives 56 60 98 50 44 98 26 30 99 97 97 98 91 18

Mali 5 66 87 55 6 12 3 100 84 52 52 57 62 29

Malta 162 - - - - - - - 96 92 92 60 - -

Marshall Islands 52 82 82 - - 88 57 100 81 86 86 93 - -

Mauritania 16 37 34 40 57 73 41 0 69 28 28 20 63 51

Mauritius 120 98 95 100 100 100 100 100 87 90 90 85 78 -

Mexico 97 85 - - 72 - - 100 93 94 95 89 70 80

Micronesia, Fed. States of 117 22 - - 39 - - 5 52 80 79 82 - -

Moldova, Rep. of 94 55 98 18 50 90 8 29 99 97 98 99 - -

Monaco 175 - - - - - - - 90x 99x 99x 98x - -

Mongolia 28 45 67 22 87 99 74 40 95 94 94 93 - 80

Morocco 67 65 98 34 58 94 24 100 90 93 93 91 33 29

Mozambique 10 46 85 37 34 68 26 0 99 77 78 87 41 49

Myanmar 44 60 78 50 43 56 36 0 91 87 88 85 78 96x

Namibia 62 83 100 71 62 93 20 100 85 74 74 63 70 100x

Nauru 104 - - - - - - - 78 50 36 100 - -

Nepal 51 71 93 68 16 28 14 53 86 76 70 73 65 29

Netherlands 175 - - - - - - - - 97 97 96 - -

New Zealand 165 97 100 82 - - - - - 81 82 81 - -

Nicaragua 77 78 94 52 85 96 68 100 96 69 73 71 42 58

Niger 3 61 70 59 19 78 5 80 46 22 21 27 19 21

Nigeria 15 49 58 40 41 50 32 100 27 21 22 26 29 86x

Niue - 100 - - 100 100 100 25 100 100 100 100 40 -

Norway 189 - - - - - - - - 92x 92x 93x - -

Oman 140 85 - - 78 90 57 100 96 100 100 98 96 61

Pakistan 33 79 89 73 56 93 39 100 66 59 59 55 58 97x

Palau 97 88 - - 98 - - - - 74 74 66 - -

Panama 133 93 - - 83 - - 100 99 98 99 96 - 94x

Papua New Guinea 45 41 88 32 83 93 80 100 33 58 46 59 11 -

Paraguay 100 60 - - 41 65 14 75 83 81 81 - 32 33

Peru 73 67 84 33 72 89 37 100 96 99 99 90 57 55

Philippines 81 85 92 79 87 95 80 100 91 79 81 71 38 64

Poland 149 - - - - - - - 94 95 95 91x - -

Portugal 156 - - - - - - - 88 97 96 96 - -

Qatar 140 - 100 - 97 100 85 100 100 94 94 90 - 54

Romania 117 - - - - - - 100 100 97 97 97 - -

Russian Federation 115 - - - - - - 100 95 97 99 98 - -

Rwanda 21 - - 79 - - 85 0 79 77 77 66 43 47

Saint Kitts and Nevis 90 100 100 100 100 98 100 100 99 98 98 99 - -

Saint Lucia 130 85 - - - - - 100 85 88 88 90 - -

Saint Vincent/Grenadines 120 89 100 85 98 100 100 100 99 99 99 99 - -

Samoa 110 68 - - - 100 95 100 100 100 100 100 99 -

San Marino 165 - - - - - - - 97x 98x 100x 96x - -

Sao Tome and Principe 61 82 - - 35 - - - 80 73 72 59 31 74x

Saudi Arabia 113 95x 100x 74x 86x 100x 30x 100 92 94 94 93 66 53

Senegal 38 81 96 70 65 92 46 100 80 65 65 65 34 39

Seychelles 140 - - - - - - 43 100 99 99 93 100 -

Sierra Leone 1 34 58 21 11 17 8 3 79 56 56 68 42 -

Singapore 175 100x 100x - - - - - 98 96 96 96 - -

Slovakia 153 - - - - - - - 92 99 99 99 - -

Slovenia 175 - - - - - - - 98 91 90 93 - -

Solomon Islands 113 - 80 62 - 60 9 60 72 69 69 64 55 -

Somalia 8 31 46 28 43 69 35 0 57 24 24 47 41 -

South Africa 58 87 99 70 87 92 80 100 95 73 73 76 26 -

Spain 165 - - - - - - - - 88x 81x 78x 99x -

Sri Lanka 137 57 88 52 63 68 62 100 90 94 94 91 78 34

Sudan 43 73 - - 51 - - 10 81 72 69 63 55 31

Suriname 94 - - - - - 43 100 - 90 90 82 - -

Swaziland 53 50 - - 59 - - 100 85 76 76 62 79 99x

Sweden 189 - - - - - - - 12x 99x 99x 96x - -

Switzerland 175 - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Syria 102 86 95 77 67 96 31 100 75 97 97 97 53 61

Tajikistan 62 60 82 49 - 46 - 0 98 94 95 95 - -

Tanzania 32 66 92 58 86 98 83 10 83 74 75 72 27 50

TFYR Macedonia 110 - - - - - - 10 97 97 97 98 91x -

Thailand 90 81 88 73 96 97 94 100 98 94 94 91 88 95

Togo 30 55 84 40 37 70 20 80 73 37 41 32 41 23

Tonga 120 95 - - 95 - - 50 100 97 97 96 93 -

Trinidad and Tobago 140 97 99 91 - 99 98 100 - 91 91 90 - -

Tunisia 102 98 100 95 80 96 52 100 91 96 96 94 80 81

Turkey 85 49 66 25 80 95 56 100 73 79 79 76 32 27

Turkmenistan 66 74 - - 91 - - 36 98 99 100 99 - 98

Tuvalu 71 100 - - 78 - - 70 100 94 94 96 71 -

Uganda 35 46 77 41 57 75 55 50 69 46 47 30 38 49

Ukraine 126 - - - - - - 1 97 98 98 96 - -

United Arab Emirates 153 97 - - 92 - - 100 98 94 94 95 - 42

United Kingdom 165 - - - - - - - 99 95 96 95 - -

United States 160 - - - - - - - - 94x 84x 89x - -

Uruguay 137 - 95 - - 98 - 100x 99 92 92 92 - -

Uzbekistan 70 90 99 88 100 100 99 42 97 99 99 96 - 37

Vanuatu 76 77 96 67 28 72 18 90 99 93 87 94 78 -

Venezuela 115 79 80 75 59 64 30 100 80 38 64 94 - -

Viet Nam 85 45 61 39 29 55 18 73 98 96 96 89 92 -

Yemen 38 61 72 57 66 96 57 38 77 68 68 66 26 35

Yugoslavia 130 76 98 57 69 92 49 100 87 94 95 94 - 99x

Zambia 12 38 84 10 71 94 57 10x 81 70 70 69 - 57

Zimbabwe 55 79 99 69 52 96 32 100 73 70 70 65 58 60

Regional Summaries

Sub-Saharan Africa 50 77 39 45 70 35 51 63 48 48 48 37 64

Middle East and North Africa 85 97 72 74 92 53 83 89 89 89 87 54 60

South Asia 80 86 78 33 73 20 95 77 70 70 64 75 69

East Asia and Pacific 69 95 58 37 77 20 94 92 89 91 87 30 81

Latin America and Caribbean 78 88 42 71 82 44 97 92 85 87 89 46 58

CEE/CIS and Baltic States - - - - - - - 91 93 94 92 - -

Industrialized countries - - - - - - - - 94 90 89 - -

Developing countries 72 89 62 44 79 25 85 81 75 76 72 50 69

Least developed countries 57 79 51 37 67 29 36 70 55 55 54 48 58

World 72 90 62 44 79 25 85 82 77 77 74 50 69

Definitions of the indicators

Main data sources

Government Funding of Vaccines -Percentage of vaccines routinely administered in a country to protect children against TB, DPT, measles and polio that are financed by the national government.

EPI - Extended Programme of Immunization:The immunizations in this programme include those against TB, DPT, polio and measles, as well as protecting babies against neonatal tetanus by vaccination of pregnant women. Other vaccines (e.g. against hepatitis B or yellow fever) may be included in the Programme in some countries.

DPT - Diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough) and tetanus

ORT use - Percentage of all cases of diarrhoea in children under five years of age treated with oral rehydration salts and/or recommended home fluids.

Access to safe drinking water and adequate sanitation facilities - Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS), World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF.

Government Funding of Vaccines - UNICEF

Immunization - Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS), World Health Organization (WHO), and UNICEF.

ORT use - Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS), World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF.

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