Official Summary
The State of the World's Children 2002: Leadership

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Table 3: Health

  Under-5 mortality rank % of population using improved drinking water sources
2000 		% of population using adequate sanitation facilities
2000 		% of routine
EPI vaccines financed by
government
1998-2000*

% immunized 1999		 Adult HIV prevalence
rate (%)
1999		 Oral rehydration rate (%)
1994-2000*
1-year-old children
total urban rural total urban rural total TB DPT polio3 measles
Afghanistan 4 13 19 11 12 25 8 0 48 35 35 40 <0.01h -
Albania 96 97 99 95 91 99 85 15 93 97 97 85 <0.01 48
Algeria 70 89 94 82 92 99 81 100 97 83 83 83 0.07h 24
Andorra 160 100 100 100 100 100 100 - - 90 90 90 - -
Angola 2 38 34 40 44 70 30 0 52 22 46 46 2.8 -
Antigua and Barbuda 145 91 95 89 95 98 94 - - 99 99 99 - -
Argentina 123 - - - - - - 100 99 88 91 99 0.69 -
Armenia 98 - - - - - - 7 93 91 97 91 0.01 30
Australia 163 100 100 100 100 100 100 - - 88 88 89 0.15 -
Austria 175 100 100 100 100 100 100 - - 90 95 90 0.23 -
Azerbaijan 47 78 93 58 81 90 70 0 99 99 99 99 <0.01 27
Bahamas 137 97 98 86 100 100 100 100x - 81 82 86 4.1 -
Bahrain 141 - - - - - - 100 - 97 97 94 0.15h -
Bangladesh 55 97 99 97 48 71 41 100 91 72 72 71 0.02 -
Barbados 146 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 - 87 86 86 1.2 -
Belarus 129 100 100 100 - - - 100 99 99 99 98 0.28 -
Belgium 163 - - - - - - - - 96 96 83 0.15 -
Belize 83 92 100 82 50 71 25 100 96 87 84 82 2.0 -
Benin 25 63 74 55 23 46 6 100 90 79 77 79 2.5 18
Bhutan 51 62 86 60 70 65 70 0 90 88 89 76 <0.01 -
Bolivia 57 83 95 64 70 86 42 80 96 78 78 79 0.10 40
Bosnia and Herzegovina 137 - - - - - - - 99 90 90 83 0.04h 11
Botswana 50 95 100 90 66 88 43 100 97 90 92 86 35.8 -
Brazil 90 87 95 53 76 84 43 100 93 90 98 99 0.57 18
Brunei Darussalam 160 - - - - - - - 98 92 97 94 0.20h -
Bulgaria 141 100 100 100 100 100 100 - 98 96 97 96 0.01h -
Burkina Faso 12 42 66 37 29 39 27 100 76 42 42 53 6.4 37
Burundi 14 78 91 77 88 68 90 0 84 74 65 75 11.3 -
Cambodia 32 30 54 26 17 56 10 10 71 49 52 55 4.0 -
Cameroon 25 58 78 39 79 92 66 57 77 48 48 62 7.7 23
Canada 163 100 100 99 100 100 99 - - 97 76 96 0.30 -
Cape Verde 84 74 64 89 71 95 32 100 - - - - - -
Central African Rep. 19 70 89 57 25 38 16 0 62 33 36 39 13.8 39
Chad 12 27 31 26 29 81 13 100 45 21 33 30 2.7 36
Chile 148 93 99 58 96 96 97 100 94 94 95 96 0.19 -
China 84 75 94 66 40 69 27 100 92 90 90 90 0.07 29
Colombia 98 91 99 70 86 96 56 100 93 74 75 75 0.31 -
Comoros 55 96 98 95 98 98 98 - - - - - 0.12h 22
Congo 45 51 71 17 - 14 - - 39 29 29 23 6.4 13
Congo, Dem. Rep. 9 45 89 26 21 54 6 0 30 25 21 15 5.1 -
Cook Islands 117 100 100 100 100 100 100 - - - - - - -
Costa Rica 148 95 99 92 93 89 97 0 89 86 84 88 0.54 -
Côte d’Ivoire 22 81 92 72 52 71 35 65 84 62 62 62 10.8 25
Croatia 153 - - - - - - - 96 93 93 92 0.02h -
Cuba 153 91 95 77 98 99 95 97 99 94 96 96 0.03 -
Cyprus 160 100 100 100 100 100 100 - - - - - 0.10 -
Czech Rep. 175 - - - - - - - 98 98 97 95 0.04 -
Denmark 175 100 100 100 - - - - - 99 99 92 0.17 -
Djibouti 27 100 100 100 91 99 50 0 26 23 24 21 11.8 -
Dominica 141 97 100 90 83 86 75 - 99 99 99 99 - -
Dominican Rep. 75 86 90 78 67 70 60 89 90 73 71 96 2.8 22
East Timor - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Ecuador 94 85 90 75 86 92 74 100 99 80 70 99 0.29 -
Egypt 82 97 99 96 98 100 96 100 99 94 95 95 0.02h -
El Salvador 84 77 91 64 82 89 76 100 99 94 92 99 0.60 -
Equatorial Guinea 24 44 45 42 53 60 46 0 48 40 40 24 0.51 -
Eritrea 41 46 63 42 13 66 1 0 98 93 93 88 2.9h -
Estonia 123 - - - - 93 - - 99 95 95 92 0.04 -
Ethiopia 21 24 81 12 12 33 7 18 46 21 35 27 10.6 -
Fiji 120 47 43 51 43 75 12 - 95 86 89 75 0.07 -
Finland 175 100 100 100 100 100 100 - 99 99 95 96 0.05 -
France 175 - - - - - - - 84 98 97 84 0.44 -
Gabon 54 86 95 47 53 55 43 - 89 37 31 55 4.2 -
Gambia 35 62 80 53 37 41 35 100 96 88 90 88 2.0 26
Georgia 103 79 90 61 100 100 99 21 94 90 84 80 <0.01 33
Germany 175 - - - - - - - - 85 80 75 0.10 -
Ghana 49 73 91 62 72 74 70 100 88 72 72 73 3.6 22
Greece 163 - - - - - - - 88 88 87 88 0.16 -
Grenada 109 95 97 93 97 96 97 - - 88 87 94 - -
Guatemala 72 92 98 88 81 83 79 85 91 78 78 83 1.4 15
Guinea 20 48 72 36 58 94 41 20 72 46 44 52 1.5 21
Guinea-Bissau 8 56 79 49 56 95 44 0 74 38 42 70 2.5 13
Guyana 62 94 98 91 87 97 81 100 91 83 83 87 3.0 -
Haiti 37 46 49 45 28 50 16 30 71 43 43 54 5.2 -
Holy See - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Honduras 84 88 95 81 75 93 55 100 93 95 95 98 1.9 -
Hungary 153 99 100 98 99 100 98 - 99 99 99 99 0.05 -
Iceland 187 - - - - - - - - 99 99 99 0.14 -
India 53 84 95 79 28 61 15 100 68 55 61 50 0.70 -
Indonesia 75 78 90 69 55 69 46 100 85 72 83 71 0.05 28
Iran 80 92 98 83 83 86 79 100 99 99 99 99 <0.01h -
Iraq 34 85 96 48 79 93 31 100 75 76 67 63 <0.01h 37
Ireland 163 - - - - - - - 90 86 86 77 0.10 -
Israel 163 - - - - - - - - 96 96 94 0.08 -
Italy 163 - - - - - - - 81 95 96 70 0.35 -
Jamaica 129 92 98 85 99 99 99 95 88 84 84 96 0.71 -
Japan 187 - - - - - - - - 71 97 94 0.02 -
Jordan 91 96 100 84 99 100 98 100 - 97 97 94 0.02h -
Kazakhstan 60 91 98 82 99 100 98 100 99 98 99 99 0.04 20
Kenya 38 57 88 42 87 96 82 36 96 79 81 79 14.0 30
Kiribati 64 48 82 25 48 54 44 - - - - - - -
Korea, Dem. People’s Rep. 98 100 100 100 99 99 100 - 64 37 77 34 <0.01h -
Korea, Rep. of 175 92 97 71 63 76 4 40 75 74 71 85 0.01 -
Kuwait 151 - - - - - - 100 - 94 94 96 0.12h -
Kyrgyzstan 71 77 98 66 100 100 100 30 98 98 98 97 <0.01 13
Lao People’s Dem. Rep. 47 37 61 29 30 67 19 0 63 56 64 71 0.05 20
Latvia 123 - - - - - - - 99 95 99 97 0.11 -
Lebanon 94 100 100 100 99 100 87 50 - 94 94 88 0.09h 30
Lesotho 33 78 88 74 49 72 40 25 95 85 82 77 23.6 -
Liberia 5 - - - - - - 0 - - - - 2.8 26
Libya 129 72 72 68 97 97 96 2 97 94 94 92 0.05h -
Liechtenstein 150 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Lithuania 123 - - - - - - - 99 93 88 97 0.02 -
Luxembourg 175 - - - - - - - 59 98 98 91 0.16 -
Madagascar 30 47 85 31 42 70 30 40 72 55 58 55 0.15 16
Malawi 15 57 95 44 76 96 70 2 84 84 74 83 16.0 -
Malaysia 153 - - 94 - - 98 100 99 93 93 88 0.42 -
Maldives 57 100 100 100 56 100 41 100 98 92 92 86 0.05h -
Mali 6 65 74 61 69 93 58 40 84 52 52 57 2.0 22
Malta 163 100 100 100 100 100 100 - 91 92 92 60 0.12 -
Marshall Islands 68 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mauritania 18 37 34 40 33 44 19 100 75 40 44 62 0.52 -
Mauritius 129 100 100 100 99 100 99 100 86 85 85 79 0.08h -
Mexico 98 88 95 69 74 88 34 100 99 96 96 95 0.29 -
Micronesia, Fed. States of 117 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Moldova, Rep. of 92 92 97 88 99 100 98 0 99 97 98 99 0.20 19
Monaco 175 100 100 100 100 100 100 - 99 99 99 99 - -
Mongolia 59 60 77 30 30 46 2 20 97 94 94 93 0.0 32
Morocco 77 80 98 56 68 86 44 100 93 91 91 90 0.03h -
Mozambique 11 57 81 41 43 68 26 10 84 61 56 57 13.2 27
Myanmar 43 72 89 66 64 84 57 0 88 83 87 85 2.0 24
Namibia 67 77 100 67 41 96 17 100 80 72 72 66 19.5 -
Nauru 98 - - - - - - - - - - - -  
Nepal 51 88 94 87 28 73 22 60 86 76 70 73 0.29 11
Netherlands 175 100 100 100 100 100 100 - - 97 97 96 0.19 -
New Zealand 163 - 100 - - - - - - 88 85 83 0.06 -
Nicaragua 78 77 91 59 85 95 72 73 99 83 93 99 0.20 18
Niger 3 59 70 56 20 79 5 33 47 28 41 36 1.4 38
Nigeria 17 62 78 49 54 66 45 100x 54 26 25 41 5.1 24
Niue - 100 100 100 100 100 100 - - - - - - -
Norway 187 100 100 100 - - - - 98 95 91 93 0.07 -
Occupied Palestinian Territories 113 86 97 86 100 100 100 - - - - - - 43
Oman 146 39 41 30 92 98 61 100 98 99 99 99 0.11h 88
Pakistan 43 90 95 87 62 95 43 100 78 56 58 54 0.10 19
Palau 103 79 100 20 100 100 100 - - - - - - -
Panama 109 90 99 79 92 99 83 100 99 92 96 90 1.5 7
Papua New Guinea 42 42 88 32 82 92 80 100 70 56 45 58 0.22 -
Paraguay 96 78 93 59 94 94 93 100 72 66 65 92 0.11 -
Peru 74 80 87 62 71 79 49 96 97 93 92 93 0.35 29
Philippines 84 86 91 79 83 93 69 100 87 79 79 79 0.07 28
Poland 151 - - - - - - - 96 98 98 97 0.07 -
Portugal 163 - - - - - - - 88 97 96 96 0.74 -
Qatar 141 - - - - - - 100 99 92 92 87 0.09h -
Romania 120 58 91 16 53 86 10 100 99 97 98 98 0.02 -
Russian Federation 120 99 100 96 - - - 100 96 95 97 97 0.18 -
Rwanda 16 41 60 40 8 12 8 20 94 85 85 87 11.2 -
Saint Kitts and Nevis 113 98 - - 96 - - - 99 99 99 99 - -
Saint Lucia 135 98 - - 89 - - - 99 89 89 95 - -
Saint Vincent/Grenadines 113 93 - - 96 - - - 99 95 99 87 - -
Samoa 109 99 95 100 99 95 100 - - - - - - -
San Marino 163 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sao Tome and Principe 60 - - - - - - - - - - - - 25
Saudi Arabia 103 95 100 64 100 100 100 100 99 96 96 94 0.01h -
Senegal 30 78 92 65 70 94 48 100 90 60 60 60 1.8 -
Seychelles 139 - - - - - - - 99 99 99 99 - -
Sierra Leone 1 57 75 46 66 88 53 0 73 46 61 62 3.0 28
Singapore 187 100 100 - 100 100 - - 98 94 95 93 0.19 -
Slovakia 153 100 100 100 100 100 100 - 96 99 99 99 <0.01 -
Slovenia 175 100 100 100 - - - - 96 92 93 98 0.02 -
Solomon Islands 113 71 94 65 34 98 18 - - - - - - -
Somalia 7 - - - - - - 0 39 18 18 26 - -
South Africa 64 86 99 73 87 93 80 100 97 76 72 82 19.9 -
Spain 175 - - - - - - - - 94 94 93 0.58 -
Sri Lanka 135 77 98 70 94 97 93 100 97 99 99 95 0.07 -
Sudan 45 75 86 69 62 87 48 25 65 50 50 53 0.99h -
Suriname 92 82 93 50 93 99 75 100x - 85 84 85 1.3 24
Swaziland 28 - - - - - - 100 97 99 97 82 25.3 7
Sweden 187 100 100 100 100 100 100 - 13 99 99 96 0.08 -
Switzerland 187 100 100 100 100 100 100 - - 94 92 81 0.46 -
Syria 103 80 94 64 90 98 81 100 95 94 94 97 0.01h -
Tajikistan 63 60 93 47 90 97 88 0 98 81 84 79 <0.01 20
Tanzania 23 68 90 57 90 99 86 10 87 76 74 72 8.1 21
TFYR Macedonia 109 - - - - - - 100 97 95 95 98 0.0 -
Thailand 103 84 95 81 96 96 96 100 98 97 97 96 2.2 -
Togo 28 54 85 38 34 69 17 0 76 41 47 43 6.0 23
Tonga 123 100 100 100 - - - - - - - - - -
Trinidad and Tobago 129 90 - - 99 - - 100 - 90 90 91 1.1 -
Tunisia 108 80 92 58 84 96 62 100 97 96 96 84 0.04h -
Turkey 78 82 81 86 90 97 70 100 89 79 79 80 0.01 15
Turkmenistan 64 - - - - - - 100 99 98 98 97 0.01 31
Tuvalu 73 100 100 100 100 100 100 - - - - - - -
Uganda 36 52 80 47 79 93 77 70 83 55 55 53 8.3 -
Ukraine 123 98 100 94 99 100 98 40 99 99 98 99 0.96 -
United Arab Emirates 153 - - - - - - 100 98 94 94 95 0.18h -
United Kingdom 163 100 100 100 100 100 100 - - 93 93 91 0.11 -
United States 159 100 100 100 100 100 100 - - 96 91 92 0.61 -
Uruguay 139 98 98 93 94 95 85 100 99 93 93 93 0.33 -
Uzbekistan 69 85 94 79 89 97 85 50 98 99 99 96 <0.01 19
Vanuatu 80 88 63 94 100 100 100 - - - - - - -
Venezuela 119 83 85 70 68 71 48 100 97 77 87 82 0.49 -
Viet Nam 89 77 95 72 47 82 38 75 95 93 93 93 0.24 20
Yemen 39 69 74 68 38 89 21 38 78 72 72 74 0.01h -
Yugoslavia 129 98 99 97 100 100 99 - 99 95 98 84 0.10h -
Zambia 10 64 88 48 78 99 64 0 94 84 85 90 20.0 36
Zimbabwe 39 83 100 73 62 71 57 100 88 81 81 79 25.1 50
 

Regional summaries
Sub-Saharan Africa   57 83 44 53 73 43 37 67 46 48 51 8.6 26
Middle East and North Africa   87 95 77 83 93 70 84 90 85 85 85 0.13 -
South Asia   85 94 80 34 67 22 96 72 57 62 54 0.53 -
East Asia and Pacific   76 93 67 48 73 35 92 90 85 87 85 0.21 28
Latin America and Caribbean   86 94 66 77 86 52 96 95 87 90 92 0.59 -
CEE/CIS and Baltic States   91 95 82 91 97 81 79 95 92 93 92 0.17 19
Industrialized countries   100 100 100 100 100 100 - 82 92 92 89 0.35 -
Developing countries   78 92 69 52 77 35 83 80 69 72 69 1.2 26
Least developed countries   62 82 55 44 71 35 37 70 53 55 55 4.0 -
World   82 95 71 61 85 40 83 80 72 74 72 1.1 -
Countries in each region are listed here.
Definitions of the indicators Main data sources
Government funding of vaccines - Percentage of vaccines routinely administered in a country to protect children that are financed by the national government (including loans). Use of improved drinking water sources and adequate sanitation facilities - UNICEF, World Health Organization (WHO), Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) and Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS).
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. Government funding of vaccines - UNICEF and WHO.
Immunization - UNICEF, WHO, MICS and DHS.
DPT - Diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough) and tetanus. Oral rehydration - UNICEF, MICS and DHS.
Adult HIV prevalence - The estimated number of adults living with HIV/AIDS at the end of 1999 was divided by the 1999 adult population (aged 15-49). Adult HIV prevalence - Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).
Oral rehydration rate - Percentage of children under five with diarrhoea in the last two weeks who received increased fluids and continued feeding during the episode.
 
Notes - Data not available.
h Not enough data were available to produce an estimate of HIV prevalence for end 1999. Instead, for each of the estimates, the 1994 prevalence estimate published by WHO/Global Programme on AIDS was applied to the country’s 1999 adult population to produce the estimate.
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.


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