Table 3: Health

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  Under-5
mortality
rank		 % of population
using improved
drinking water
sources
1999		 % of population
using adequate
sanitation facilities
1999		 % of routine
EPI vaccines
financed by
government
1997-99*
total		 % fully immunized 1997-99* ORT
use rate
(%)
1995-2000*
 
 
  1-year-old children pregnant
women
tetanus
 
  total urban rural total urban rural TB DPT polio measles
                             
Afghanistan 4 13 19 11 12 25 8 0 50 37 38 42 19 36
Albania 91 - - - - - - 10 93 97 97 85 77 -
Algeria 87 94 98 88 73 90 47 100 97 83 83 78 52 98x
Andorra 161 100 100 100 100 100 100 - - 90 90 90 - -
Angola 2 38 34 40 44 70 30 0 65 29 29 49 16 -
Antigua and Barbuda 133 91 95 88 96 98 94 100 - 100 100 100 - -
Argentina 123 79 85 30 85 89 48 100 68 86 91 97 36 -
Armenia 101 84 - - 67 - - 7 93 88 96 84 - 30
Australia 175 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 - 88 88 89 - -
Austria 175 100 100 100 100 100 100 - - 90 95 90 - -
Azerbaijan 81 - - - - - - 0 91 93 96 87 - -
Bahamas 129 96 98 86 93 93 94 100x - 89 88 93 - -
Bahrain 142 - - - - - - 100 72 98 98 100 80 39
Bangladesh 53 97 99 97 53 82 44 100 95 69 68 66 85 74
Barbados 142 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 - 87 86 86 - -
Belarus 109 100 100 100 - - - 94 99 98 99 98 - -
Belgium 165 - - - - - - - - 62 72 64 - -
Belize 82 76 83 69 42 59 21 100 93 87 87 84 65 -
Benin 24 63 74 55 23 46 6 100 100 90 90 92 90 75x
Bhutan 45 62 86 60 69 65 70 0 90 88 89 77 73 85x
Bolivia 55 79 93 55 66 82 38 57 95 87 89 100 27 48
Bosnia and Herzegovina 137 - - - - - - 35 100 90 90 83 - -
Botswana 69 - 100 - - - - 100 98 85 82 74 56 43
Brazil 89 83 89 58 72 81 32 100 99 94 96 96 30 54
Brunei Darussalam 154 - - - - - - 100 98 92 97 94 45 -
Bulgaria 139 100 100 100 100 100 100 - 98 96 97 95 - -
Burkina Faso 13 - 84 - 29 88 16 75 72 37 42 46 30 18
Burundi 19 - 96 - - 79 - 2 71 63 59 47 9 38x
Cambodia 35 30 53 25 18 58 10 0 78 64 65 63 33 21
Cameroon 26 62 82 42 92 99 85 57 66 48 48 46 44 34
Canada 165 100 100 99 100 100 99 - - 97 - 96 - -
Cape Verde 62 74 64 89 71 95 32 100 75 69 70 61 52 83x
Central African Rep. 21 60 80 46 31 43 23 0 55 28 34 40 25 35
Chad 14 27 31 26 29 81 13 100 57 33 34 49 27 29
Chile 147 94 99 66 97 98 93 100 96 93 93 93 - -
China 87 75 94 66 38 68 24 100 85 85 90 85 13x 85x
Colombia 100 91 98 73 85 97 51 100 80 74 77 77 57x 53
Comoros 54 96 98 95 98 98 98 - 84 75 75 67 22 32
Congo 44 51 71 17 - 14 - 0 39 29 29 23 33 41x
Congo, Dem. Rep. 9 45 89 26 20 53 6 0 22 15 16 15 - 90x
Cook Islands 101 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 74 70 70 63 79 -
Costa Rica 146 98 98 98 96 98 95 100x 87 85 85 86 - 31x
Côte d'Ivoire 22 77 90 65 - - - 95 84 61 61 66 44 29
Croatia 154 95 - - 100 - - 100 96 93 93 92 - 0
Cuba 158 95 99 82 95 96 91 97 99 94 98 95 70 -
Cyprus 158 100 100 100 100 100 100 - - 98 98 90 - -
Czech Rep. 175 - - - - - - - 99 98 97 95 - -
Denmark 175 100 100 100 - - - - - 90x 97x 84 - -
Djibouti 27 100 100 100 91 99 50 0 26 23 24 23 14 -
Dominica 137 97 100 90 - - - 100 100 99 99 99 - -
Dominican Rep. 76 79 83 70 71 75 64 89 90 83 84 94 86 39
Ecuador 91 71 81 51 59 70 37 100 100 80 70 75 34 60
Egypt 73 95 96 94 94 98 91 100 99 94 95 97 66 37
El Salvador 83 74 88 61 83 88 78 100 72 94 92 75 70 57
Equatorial Guinea 23 43 45 42 53 60 46 95 99 81 81 82 70 -
Eritrea 46 46 63 42 13 66 1 0 64 56 56 55 28 38
Estonia 129 - - - - 93 - - 100 94 94 89 - -
Ethiopia 19 24 77 13 15 58 6 10 80 64 64 53 35 19
Fiji 123 47 43 51 43 75 12 50x 95 86 88 75 - -
Finland 175 100 100 100 100 100 100 - 99 99 98 98x - -
France 175 - - - - - - - 83x 96x 97 97 83 -
Gabon 28 70 73 55 21 25 4 - 60 31 31 30 25 39
Gambia 60 62 80 53 37 41 35 60 97 87 88 88 96 99x
Georgia 119 76 89 61 99 99 99 30 92 80 80 73 - 14
Germany 175 - - - - - - - - 95 95 88 80x -
Ghana 48 64 87 49 63 62 64 100 88 72 72 73 52 36
Greece 161 - - - - - - - 70 85 95 90 - -
Grenada 110 94 97 93 97 96 97 100 - 88 87 94 - -
Guatemala 68 92 97 88 85 98 76 100 88 89 91 81 38 34
Guinea 17 48 72 36 58 94 41 21 76 46 43 52 48 40
Guinea-Bissau 12 49 29 55 47 88 34 0 25 6 12 19 13 -
Guyana 58 94 98 91 87 97 81 90 91 83 83 86 82 -
Haiti 33 46 49 45 28 50 16 25 59 61 60 84 38 41
Holy See - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Honduras 83 90 97 82 77 94 57 100 93 95 95 98 100 30
Hungary 151 99 100 98 99 100 98 - 100 100 100 100 - -
Iceland 175 - - - - - - - 98x 98x 99x 98x - -
India 49 88 92 86 31 73 14 98 72 69 69 55 73 67x
Indonesia 73 76 91 65 66 87 52 100 97 64 74 71 81 70
Iran 79 95 99 89 81 86 74 100 99 100 100 99 48 48
Iraq 34 85 96 48 79 93 31 100 85 90 89 94 51 54x
Ireland 161 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Israel 165 - - - - - - - - 93 92 94 - -
Italy 165 - - - - - - - - 95 96 55 - -
Jamaica 149 71 81 59 84 98 66 100 89 84 84 82 52 -
Japan 187 - - - - - - - 91x 100x 98x 94x - -
Jordan 91 96 100 84 99 100 98 100 - 85 85 83 18 29
Kazakhstan 83 91 98 82 99 100 98 100 99 98 92 87 - 32
Kenya 37 49 87 31 86 96 81 31 96 79 81 79 51 69
Kiribati 63 47 82 25 48 54 44 100 70 78 77 62 39 -
Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 101 100 100 100 99 99 100 - 64 37 77 34 5 81
Korea, Rep. of 175 92 97 71 63 76 4 - 99 94 94 96 71 -
Kuwait 147 - - - - - - 100 - 94 94 96 70 -
Kyrgyzstan 67 77 98 66 100 100 100 20 98 98 98 97 - 44
Lao People's Dem. Rep. 42 90 59 100 46 84 34 0 63 56 64 71 36 32
Latvia 129 - - - - - - - 100 94 94 97 - -
Lebanon 98 100 100 100 99 100 87 75 - 94 94 81 - 82x
Lesotho 31 91 98 88 92 93 92 40 68 64 60 55 - 84x
Liberia 5 - - - - - - 0 43 23 25 35 14 0
Libya 123 72 72 68 97 97 96 2 100 97 95 92 - -
Liechtenstein 149 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Lithuania 123 - - - - - - - 99 93 88 97 - -
Luxembourg 175 - - - - - - - 58 94 98 91 - -
Madagascar 24 47 85 31 42 70 30 30 66 48 48 46 35 23
Malawi 7 57 95 44 77 96 70 2 92 94 93 90 97 70
Malaysia 154 95 96 90 98 99 98 100 98 90 89 88 81 -
Maldives 55 100 100 100 56 100 41 30 98 97 98 97 95 18
Mali 5 65 74 61 69 93 58 40 84 52 52 57 62 16
Malta 161 100 100 100 100 100 100 - 96x 92 92 60 - -
Marshall Islands 50 - - - - - - 100x 81 66 86 93 - -
Mauritania 16 37 34 40 33 44 19 100 76 19 19 56 13 51
Mauritius 119 100 100 100 99 100 99 100 87 85 86 80 75 -
Mexico 97 86 94 63 73 87 32 100 100 87 97 98 67 80
Micronesia, Fed. States of 117 - - - - - - 10 52 76 76 79 - -
Moldova, Rep. of 94 100 100 100 - 100 - 0 100 97 98 99 - -
Monaco 175 100 100 100 100 100 100 - 90x 99x 99x 98x - -
Mongolia 57 60 77 30 30 46 2 40 97 90 89 86 - 80
Morocco 72 82 100 58 75 100 42 100 90 94 94 93 36 29
Mozambique 10 60 86 43 43 69 26 0 100 81 81 90 53 49
Myanmar 39 68 88 60 46 65 39 0 90 75 88 86 64 96x
Namibia 65 77 100 67 41 96 17 100 80 72 72 65 81 -
Nauru 101 - - - - - - - 78 50 36 100 - -
Nepal 47 81 85 80 27 75 20 55 86 76 70 73 65 29
Netherlands 175 100 100 100 100 100 100 - - 97 97 96 - -
New Zealand 165 - 100 - - - - 100 - 88 85 82 - -
Nicaragua 78 79 95 59 84 96 68 80 100 90 93 71 100 58
Niger 3 59 70 56 20 79 5 100 36 21 21 25 19 21
Nigeria 15 57 81 39 63 85 45 100 27 21 22 26 29 32
Niue - 100 100 100 100 100 100 25x 100 100 100 100 40 -
Norway 187 100 100 100 - - - - - 92x 92x 93x - -
Oman 142 39 41 30 92 98 61 100 98 99 100 99 97 61
Pakistan 39 88 96 84 61 94 42 100 73 58 58 54 51 48
Palau 94 79 100 20 100 100 100 - - 96 96 96 - -
Panama 110 87 88 86 94 99 87 100 99 98 99 96 - 94x
Papua New Guinea 39 42 88 32 82 92 80 0 70 56 45 57 14 35
Paraguay 98 79 95 58 95 95 95 100 87 77 73 72 32 33
Peru 73 77 87 51 76 90 40 96 72 98 96 92 57 60
Philippines 83 87 92 80 83 92 71 100 91 79 81 71 38 64
Poland 151 - - - - - - - 94x 95x 95 91x - -
Portugal 165 - - - - - - - 88 97 96 96 - -
Qatar 142 - - - - - - 100 100 94 94 90 - 54x
Romania 117 58 91 16 53 86 10 100 100 97 98 98 - -
Russian Federation 123 99 100 96 - - - 100 100 92 97 97 - -
Rwanda 18 41 60 40 8 12 8 0 94 85 85 78 83 47x
Saint Kitts and Nevis 108 98 - - 96 - - 100 100 100 100 99 - -
Saint Lucia 135 98 - - - - - 100 100 89 89 95 28 -
Saint Vincent/Grenadines 115 93 - - 96 - - 100 99 99 99 99 - -
Samoa 112 99 95 100 99 95 100 100 99 98 98 91 91 -
San Marino 165 - - - - - - - 97x 98x 100x 96x - -
Sao Tome and Principe 58 - - - - - - - 80 73 72 59 31 74x
Saudi Arabia 115 95 100 64 100 100 100 100 92 93 93 92 66 53
Senegal 37 78 92 65 70 94 48 100x 90 60 57 60 45 39
Seychelles 139 - - - - - - 100 100 99 99 99 99 -
Sierra Leone 1 28 23 31 28 23 31 0 55 22 72 29 25 -
Singapore 187 100 100 - 100 100 - 100 98 94 95 86 - -
Slovakia 151 100 100 100 100 100 100 - 92 99 99 99 - -
Slovenia 165 100 100 100 - - - - 98 91 90 93 - -
Solomon Islands 112 71 94 65 34 98 18 100 99 86 84 96 55 -
Somalia 7 - - - - - - 0 39 18 18 26 16 44
South Africa 66 86 92 80 86 99 73 100 97 76 72 82 26 58
Spain 165 - - - - - - - - 88x 81x 78x - -
Sri Lanka 135 83 91 80 83 91 80 100 97 99 99 95 91 34x
Sudan 43 75 86 69 62 87 48 25 100 88 87 88 62 31
Suriname 94 95 94 96 83 100 34 100x - 85 84 85 - -
Swaziland 51 - - - - - - 100 94 96 96 72 96 99x
Sweden 187 100 100 100 100 100 100 - 12x 99x 99x 96x - -
Switzerland 187 100 100 100 100 100 100 - - - - - - -
Syria 101 80 94 64 90 98 81 100 100 97 97 97 94 61
Tajikistan 61 - - - - - - 0 98 94 95 95 - -
Tanzania 30 54 80 42 90 98 86 10 93 82 81 78 77 55
TFYR Macedonia 112 99 99 99 93 99 83 9 99 98 98 92 - 19
Thailand 101 80 89 77 96 97 96 100 98 97 97 94 90 95
Togo 28 54 85 38 34 69 17 0 63 48 48 47 48 23
Tonga 123 100 100 100 - - - 50x 100 94 94 97 95 -
Trinidad and Tobago 133 86 - - 88 - - 100 - 91 91 89 - -
Tunisia 101 - - - - - - 100 99 100 100 93 80 81
Turkey 77 83 82 84 91 98 70 100x 78 79 79 80 36 27
Turkmenistan 64 58 91 31 100 100 100 60 99 98 98 97 - 98
Tuvalu 71 100 100 100 100 100 100 70x 100 84 83 94 - -
Uganda 32 50 72 46 75 96 72 8 83 54 55 53 49 49
Ukraine 129 - - - - - - 2 99 99 99 99 - -
United Arab Emirates 154 - - - - - - 100 98 94 94 95 - 42
United Kingdom 165 100 100 100 100 100 100 - 99 95 96 95 - -
United States 158 100 100 100 100 100 100 - - 90 94 91 - -
Uruguay 139 98 98 93 95 96 89 100 99 93 93 93 - -
Uzbekistan 70 85 96 78 100 100 100 50 97 99 99 96 - 37
Vanuatu 79 88 63 94 100 100 100 90 99 93 87 94 78 -
Venezuela 119 84 88 58 74 75 69 100 95 77 86 78 88 -
Viet Nam 89 56 81 50 73 86 70 75 95 93 93 94 85 51
Yemen 36 69 85 64 45 87 31 38 78 72 72 74 26 35
Yugoslavia 119 - - - - - - 100 87 94 95 94 - 99x
Zambia 11 64 88 48 78 99 64 0 87 92 92 72 55 57
Zimbabwe 51 85 100 77 68 99 51 100 88 81 81 79 58 68
                             
Regional summaries
Sub-Saharan Africa   54 82 40 54 80 41 45 65 50 50 51 42 44
Middle East and North Africa   88 96 79 81 94 65 85 94 91 91 91 55 49
South Asia   87 92 85 37 76 21 94 74 67 67 56 69 63
East Asia and Pacific   75 93 66 49 75 35 93 88 81 87 82 34 79
Latin America and Caribbean   84 91 63 76 86 47 97 92 88 91 91 51 59
CEE/CIS and Baltic States   91 95 80 - - - 73 93 92 93 92 - -
Industrialized countries   100 100 100 100 100 - - - 93 94 89 - -
Developing countries   78 91 70 52 81 34 83 80 72 74 70 50 62
Least developed countries   61 80 54 43 73 33 30 74 58 59 58 51 50
World   81 93 71 57 84 36 83 81 75 76 72 51 62

Definitions of the indicators


Government funding of vaccines — Percentage of vaccines routinely administered in a country to protect children that are financed by the national government (including loans).
EPI — Expanded Programme on 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.

Main data sources


Use of improved drinking water sources and adequate sanitation facilities — UNICEF, World Health Organization (WHO), Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS).
Government funding of vaccines — UNICEF and WHO.
Immunization — UNICEF, WHO, DHS and MICS.
ORT use — UNICEF, DHS and MICS.

Notes


- Data not available.
x Indicates data that refer to years or periods other than those specified in the column heading, differ from the standard definition or refer to only part of a country.
* Data refer to the most recent year available during the period specified in the column heading.