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Table 10: Regional summaries

	Sub-Saharan Africa	Middle East and North Africa	South Asia	East Asia and Pacific	Latin America and Caribbean	Countries in transition	Industrialized countries	Developing countries	Least developed countries
Table 1: Basic indicators
Under-5 mortality rate 1960	256	239	238	200	159	..	37	216	282
Under-5 mortality rate 1994	177	62	124	56	47	36	9	101	170
Infant mortality rate 1960	153	156	146	133	106	..	31	138	171
Infant mortality rate 1994	107	48	84	42	38	30	7	68	108
Total population (millions)	548	363	1233	1764	466	414	823	4373	557
Annual no. of births (thousands)	24332	11676	37911	35690	11856	5647	10526	121465	23520
Annual no. of under-5 deaths (thousands)	4306	728	4700	2005	557	202	90	12296	3998
GNP per capita (US$)	519	2129	309	871	2883	2000	23195	987	238
Life expectancy at birth (years)	51	64	59	66	68	70	77	61	51
Total adult literacy rate (%)	52	58	46	80	85	98	95	67	45
% enrolled in primary school	70	96	91	116	106	..	103	99	66
% share of household income, lowest 40%	..	..	21	18	9	..	18	..	..
% share of household income, highest 20%	..	..	41	44	62	..	41	..	..
Table 2: Nutrition
% with low birth weight	16	10	33	11	11	..	6	19	24
% of children who are exclusively breastfed, 0-3 months	26	..	47	..	19	..	..	..	44
% of children who are breastfed with food, 6-9 months	64	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
% of children who are still breastfeeding, 20-23 months	43	..	..	..	20	..	..	..	..
% of children suffering from underweight, moderate & severe	31	12	64	23	11	..	..	35	41
% of children suffering from underweight, severe	9	..	24	..	2	..	..	12	13
% of children suffering from wasting, moderate & severe	7	5	13	4	3	..	..	6	10
% of children suffering from stunting, moderate & severe	41	24	62	33	21	..	..	42	50
Total goitre rate (%)	16	22	13	13	15	15	..	15	19
Calorie supply as % of requirements	93	124	99	112	114	..	134	107	91
% share of household consumption, all foods	38	39	51	45	34	..	14	41	..
% share of household consumption, cereals	15	10	19	..	8	..	2	..	..
Table 3: Health
% with access to safe water, total	45	76	80	66	80	..	..	70	52
% with access to safe water, urban	63	93	87	92	87	..	..	87	65
% with access to safe water, rural	34	58	78	56	51	..	..	60	48
% with access to adequate sanitation, total	37	62	30	34	68	..	..	39	32
% with access to adequate sanitation, urban	56	87	69	75	71	..	..	72	62
% with access to adequate sanitation, rural	29	35	17	17	36	..	..	20	25
% with access to health services, total	57	85	77	89	73	..	..	80	51
% with access to health services, urban	79	97	..	98	81	..	..	94	81
% with access to health services, rural	50	72	..	..	51	..	..	76	43
% of 1-year-olds immunized against TB	64	89	91	94	93	87	85	87	71
% of 1-year-olds immunized against DPT	51	83	86	91	82	78	88	80	60
% of 1-year-olds immunized against polio	48	84	85	92	80	82	84	80	59
% of 1-year-olds immunized against measles	51	84	82	89	83	88	81	78	61
% of pregnant women immunized against tetanus	35	49	71	29	48	..	..	47	43
ORT use rate (%)	50	58	46	76	64	..	..	59	56
Table 4: Education
Adult literacy rate 1970, male (%)	40	49	46	76	76	..	98	55	40
Adult literacy rate 1970, female (%)	18	20	17	55	69	..	96	32	14
Adult literacy rate 1990, male (%)	63	70	59	88	86	99	..	76	56
Adult literacy rate 1990, female (%)	42	46	32	72	83	97	..	57	34
No. of radio sets per 1000 population	142	240	79	195	344	..	1253	176	95
No. of television sets per 1000 population	23	112	31	44	163	..	593	56	10
Primary school enrolment ratio (%) 1960 (gross), male	47	72	77	120	75	..	109	93	48
Primary school enrolment ratio (%) 1960 (gross), female	24	40	39	85	71	..	109	62	23
Primary school enrolment ratio (%) 1986-93 (gross), male	76	103	102	119	105	..	103	105	73
Primary school enrolment ratio (%) 1986-93 (gross), female	63	89	80	112	103	..	102	92	58
Primary school enrolment ratio (%) 1986-93 (net), male	55	90	..	99	82	..	98	87	57
Primary school enrolment ratio (%) 1986-93 (net), female	47	81	..	94	82	..	98	80	46
% reaching grade 5, primary school	66	91	59	87	74	..	98	74	54
Secondary school enrolment ratio, male (%)	24	61	52	56	46	..	95	50	21
Secondary school enrolment ratio, female (%)	21	46	32	48	49	..	96	40	12
Table 5: Demographic indicators
Population under 16 (millions)	262	154	482	540	170	105	169	1607	256
Population under 5 (millions)	100	53	166	173	56	29	53	549	96
Population annual growth rate 1965-80 (%)	2.7	2.8	2.3	2.2	2.5	0.9	0.8	2.3	2.6
Population annual growth rate 1980-94 (%)	2.9	2.9	2.2	1.6	2.0	0.6	0.6	2.1	2.6
Crude death rate 1960	24	21	21	19	13	9	10	20	25
Crude death rate 1994	15	8	10	7	7	11	9	9	15
Crude birth rate 1960	49	47	44	39	42	23	20	42	48
Crude birth rate 1994	45	33	31	21	26	15	13	29	43
Life expectancy 1960 (years)	41	48	44	49	56	67	70	47	40
Life expectancy 1994 (years)	51	64	59	66	68	70	77	61	51
Total fertility rate	6.2	4.4	4.0	2.3	3.0	1.9	1.7	3.5	5.7
% of population urbanized	31	55	26	32	74	65	77	37	22
Urban population annual growth rate 1965-80 (%)	5.2	4.6	3.8	3.3	3.8	2.1	1.3	3.8	5.4
Urban population annual growth rate 1980-94 (%)	5.0	4.4	3.5	4.2	2.9	1.2	0.8	3.8	4.9
Table 6: Economic indicators
GNP per capita (US$)	519	2129	309	871	2883	2000	23195	987	238
GNP per capita annual growth rate 1965-80 (%)	2.7	3.2	1.5	4.9	4.0	..	2.9	3.7	0.0
GNP per capita annual growth rate 1980-93 (%)	-0.3	0.6	2.9	6.8	-0.1	-0.6	2.2	2.9	0.7
Annual rate of inflation (%)	15	28	9	8	247	36	5	93	16
% below absolute poverty level, urban	..	..	33	..	18	..	..	27	55
% below absolute poverty level, rural	62	..	39	16	48	..	..	31	70
% of government expenditure to health	4	5	2	2	5	..	14	4	5
% of government expenditure to education	12	17	3	10	10	..	4	10	13
% of government expenditure to defence	9	18	16	16	5	..	12	13	14
ODA inflow (US$ millions)	15865	5743	5153	8947	4548	446	1316	40256	14341
ODA inflow as % of recipient GNP	10	1	2	1	0	..	..	1	15
Debt service, % of goods & services exports 1970	5	..	17	6	13	..	..	11	5
Debt service, % of goods & services exports 1993	12	21	21	9	18	7	..	14	10
Table 7: Women
Life expectancy, females as % of males	107	104	101	105	108	114	109	104	104
Adult literacy, females as % of males	68	66	54	81	97	98	..	75	60
Enrolment, females as % of males, primary school	83	86	78	94	98	..	100	88	80
Enrolment, females as % of males, secondary school	87	76	61	85	108	..	102	79	60
Contraceptive prevalence (%)	13	44	40	74	59	..	72	55	17
Pregnant women immunized against tetanus (%)	35	49	71	29	48	..	..	47	43
% of births attended by trained health personnel	38	57	30	82	81	..	99	56	29
Maternal mortality rate	597	200	482	165	178	..	7	346	603
Table 9: The rate of progress
Under-5 mortality rate 1960	256	239	237	200	158	..	37	216	281
Under-5 mortality rate 1980	204	142	179	80	87	..	14	138	222
Under-5 mortality rate 1994	177	62	124	56	47	36	9	101	170
Under-5 mortality annual reduction rate 1960-80 (%)	1.1	2.6	1.4	4.6	3.0	..	4.6	2.2	1.2
Under-5 mortality annual reduction rate 1980-94 (%)	1.0	5.9	2.6	2.5	4.4	..	3.8	2.2	1.9
Under-5 mortality annual reduction rate required 1994-2000 (%)	15.9	4.1	9.6	6.9	4.5	..	4.8	10.2	14.8
GNP per capita annual growth rate 1965-80 (%)	2.7	3.2	1.5	4.9	4.0	..	2.9	3.7	0.0
GNP per capita annual growth rate 1980-93 (%)	-0.3	0.6	2.9	6.8	-0.1	-0.6	2.2	2.9	0.7
Total fertility rate 1960	6.6	7.0	6.1	5.6	6.0	2.8	2.8	6.0	6.6
Total fertility rate 1980	6.6	5.9	5.1	3.3	4.1	2.3	1.8	4.4	6.5
Total fertility rate 1994	6.2	4.4	4.0	2.3	3.0	1.9	1.7	3.5	5.7
Total fertility annual reduction rate 1960-80 (%)	0.0	0.9	0.8	2.7	1.9	0.9	2.3	1.5	0.0
Total fertility annual reduction rate 1980-94 (%)	0.5	2.0	1.7	2.5	2.2	1.5	0.2	1.8	1.0

Figures in this table are totals or weighted averages.

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