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Table 7: Women

	Life expectancy females as a % of males 1994	Adult literacy rate females as a % of males 1990		Enrolment ratios females as a % of males 1986-93				Contraceptive prevalence (%) 1980-94		% of pregnant women immunized against tetanus 1990-94	% of births attended by trained health personnel 1983-94		Maternal mortality rate 1980-92
	Life expectancy females as a % of males 1994	Adult literacy rate females as a % of males 1990		primary school		secondary school		Contraceptive prevalence (%) 1980-94		% of pregnant women immunized against tetanus 1990-94	% of births attended by trained health personnel 1983-94		Maternal mortality rate 1980-92
1 Niger	107	28		57		44		4		44	15		590
2 Angola	107	52		92		..		1	x	18	15		..
3 Sierra Leone	108	35		70		57		4		61	25		450
4 Mozambique	107	37		74		56		4		37	25		300
5 Afghanistan	102	26		53		55		2	x	6	9		640
6 Guinea-Bissau	107	59		55		44		1	x	55	27		700
7 Guinea	102	40		47		35		1	x	56	36		800
8 Malawi	102	54		83		60		13		76	55		620
9 Liberia	106	37		55	x	39	x	6		35	58		..
10 Mali	107	52		59		50		5		6	32		2000
11 Gambia	107	42		69		52		..		93	80		1050
12 Somalia	107	39		53	x	56	x	1		..	2		1100
13 Zambia	104	79		91		56		15		42	51		150
14 Chad	107	51		46		25		1	x	..	15		960
15 Eritrea	106	..		..		..		..		21	..		..
16 Ethiopia	107	51		69		91		2		16	14		560
17 Mauritania	106	51		79		50		4		28	40		..
18 Bhutan	106	45		61		29		2		60	7		620
19 Nigeria	106	64		79		124		6		38	37		800
20 Zaire	108	73		75		41	x	1	x	25	..		800
21 Uganda	105	63		82		113		5		77	38		550
22 Cambodia	106	46		..		..		..		28	47		500
23 Burundi	108	42		82		63		9		19	19		..
24 Central African Rep.	111	68		61		41		15		41	46		600
25 Burkina Faso	107	27		63		55		8		41	42		810
26 Madagascar	105	83		95		94		17		15	56		660
27 Tanzania, U. Rep. of	106	67		97		83		18		23	53		340
28 Lesotho	109	73		115		141		23		12	40		..
29 Gabon	106	66		..		..		..		..	80		190
30 Cote d'Ivoire	106	55		72		50		11		..	45		..
31 Benin	107	45		50		41		9		85	45		160
32 Rwanda	107	68		97		82		21		..	26		210
33 Lao Peo. Dem. Rep.	106	60		75		63		..		34	..		300
34 Pakistan	103	46		53		45		12		30	35		500
35 Togo	108	49		65		34		12		72	54		420
36 Ghana	107	65		84		60		20		11	59		390
37 Haiti	105	86		93		95		18		12	20		600
38 Sudan	106	53		78		83		9		56	69		550
39 India	100	55		80		62		43		81	33		460
40 Nepal	98	30		67		51		23		11	6		520
41 Bangladesh	100	49		86		48		45		81	10		600
42 Senegal	104	49		75		55		7		32	46		560
43 Yemen, Rep. of	100	49		39		21		7		8	16		..
44 Indonesia	105	85		97		83		55		74	36		450
45 Bolivia	107	81		91		84		45		52	47		390
46 Cameroon	106	63		85		72		16		9	64		430
47 Congo	110	76		..		..		..		..	..		900
48 Myanmar	105	85		97		100		13		68	57		460
49 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	107	64		..		..		..		45	76		70
50 Papua New Guinea	104	73		85		67		4		13	20		900
51 Kenya	107	76		96		74		33		72	54		170	x
52 Turkmenistan	111	98	x	..		..		..		..	..		..
53 Tajikistan	109	98	x	..		..		..		..	..		..
54 Zimbabwe	104	88		93		77		43		..	70		400
55 Namibia	105	..		105		128		29		57	68		230
56 Mongolia	105	84		104		114	x	..		..	99		240
57 Iraq, Rep. of	105	58		85		63		18		60	50		120
58 Guatemala	108	75		87		85	x	23		11	51		200
59 South Africa	110	99		100		118		50		26	..		84
60 Nicaragua	106	103		104		113		49		..	73		..
61 Algeria	103	60		88		84		51		..	15		140	x
62 Uzbekistan	109	98	x	..		..		..		..	..		..
63 Brazil	108	98		96	x	116	x	66		..	95		200
64 Peru	106	86		96	x	91	x	59		44	52		200
65 Philippines	106	99		98		106		40		69	53		210
66 Ecuador	108	97		98		104		53		..	84		170
67 El Salvador	110	94		101		112		53		79	66		160
68 Morocco	107	50		71		73		42		..	31		330
69 Kyrgyzstan	112	96	x	..		..		..		81	..		..
70 Turkey	106	77		96		67		63		29	76		150
71 Botswana	105	71		104		112		33		97	78		250
72 Honduras	108	99		105		126		47		88	81		220
73 Egypt	105	56		85		81		47		64	41		270
74 Azerbaijan	112	97	x	..		..		..		..	..		..
75 Iran, Islamic Rep. of	101	72		91		77		49		51	70		120
76 Kazakhstan	114	97	x	..		..		..		..	..		..
77 Viet Nam	106	92		94	x	93	x	53		78	95		120
78 Dominican Rep.	107	100		101		130	x	56		85	92		..
79 China	104	78		93		81		83		3	94		95
80 Albania	109	..		101		88		..		92	99		..
81 Lebanon	106	94		96		106		55	x	..	45	x	..
82 Syrian Arab Rep.	106	60		89		80		52		51	61		140
83 Moldova	113	95	x	..		..		..		..	..		..
84 Saudi Arabia	104	64		93		82		..		63	90		41
85 Paraguay	106	96		97		103		48		43	66		300
86 Tunisia	101	64		92		85		50		..	69		70
87 Thailand	109	95		96		94		66		90	71		50
88 Armenia	109	99	x	..		..		..		..	..		..
89 TFYR Macedonia	109	..		..		..		..		91	..		..
90 Mexico	109	94		97		100		53		..	77		110
91 Russian Federation	119	98	x	..		..		..		..	..		..
92 Korea, Dem. Peo. Rep. of	109	..		93		..		..		99	100		41
93 Romania	109	96	x	99		100		57		..	100	x	72
94 Georgia	113	99	x	..		..		..		..	..		..
95 Argentina	110	100		106		110		74		..	87	x	140
96 Oman	106	..		92		90		9		99	60		..
97 Latvia	117	99	x	100		107		..		..	..		..
98 Ukraine	116	98	x	..		..		..		..	..		..
99 Jordan	106	80		100		108		35		25	87		48	x
100 Venezuela	109	98		102		138		49	x	..	69		..
101 Estonia	117	100	x	100		107		..		..	..		..
102 Yugoslavia	107	..		..		..		..		..	..		..
103 Mauritius	110	88		104		108		75		78	85		99
104 Belarus	115	98	x	..		..		..		..	..		..
105 Uruguay	110	101		98		102	x	..		13	96		36
106 United Arab Emirates	103	99		98		110		..		..	99		..
107 Lithuania	117	99	x	98		104		..		..	..		..
108 Panama	106	99		97		108		58		28	96		75
109 Trinidad and Tobago	107	98		100		103		53		..	98		110
110 Bulgaria	110	..		97		106		76	x	..	100		9
111 Sri Lanka	106	91		96		110		62		79	94		80
112 Colombia	109	100		101		120		66		52	81		200
113 Bosnia and Herzegovina	109	..		..		..		..		..	..		..
114 Poland	113	99	x	98		105		75	x	..	100	x	11
115 Costa Rica	107	100		99		109		75		..	93		36
116 Chile	110	100		99		106		43	x	..	98		35
117 Slovakia	112	..		..		..		74		..	..		..
118 Malaysia	106	85		101		107		48		..	87		59
119 Croatia	113	..		..		..		..		..	..		..
120 Hungary	114	99	x	100		100		73		..	99	x	15
121 Kuwait	105	91		102		100		35		44	99		6
122 Jamaica	107	110		103		112		66		..	82		120
123 Portugal	110	91		98		149		66	x	..	90	x	10
124 Cuba	105	99		99		113		70		61	90		39
125 United States	110	..		99		100		74		..	99		8
126 Czech Rep.	110	..		..		..		69		..	..		..
127 Belgium	110	..		102		101		79		..	100		3
128 Greece	107	91		101		98		..		..	97	x	5
129 Spain	107	96		100		109		59		..	96		5
130 France	111	..		98		104		80		..	94	x	9
131 Israel	104	94	x	100		107		..		..	99		3
132 New Zealand	110	..		99		101		70	x	..	99		13
133 Korea, Rep. of	112	96		102		101		79		..	89		26
134 Slovenia	115	..		..		..		..		..	..		..
135 Australia	107	..		100		102		76		..	99	x	3
136 Italy	109	98		103		100		78	x	..	..		4
137 Netherlands	108	..		103		96		76		..	100	x	10
138 Norway	108	..		100		97		76		..	..		3
139 Canada	109	..		98		100		73		..	99		5
140 Austria	108	..		100		94		71		..	..		8
141 United Kingdom	108	..		101		104		72		..	100	x	8
142 Switzerland	108	..		101		95		71		..	99	x	5
143 Ireland	107	..		100		108		..		..	..		2
144 Germany	108	..		101		98		75		..	99		5
145 Denmark	108	..		100		102		78		..	100	x	3
146 Japan	108	..		100		102		64		..	100		11
147 Hong Kong	108	89		99	x	107	x	81		..	100		6
148 Singapore	107	87		97		101		74		..	100		10
149 Finland	111	..		99		119		80	x	..	100	x	11
150 Sweden	108	..		100		101		78		..	100	x	5

Countries listed in descending order of their 1994 under-five mortality rates(table 1).

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