The State of the World's Children 1998: Focus on Nutrition

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Table 3

Health

Under-5 mortality rank % of population with access to safe water 1990-96 % of population with access to adequate sanitation 1990-96 % of routine EPI vaccines financed by government 1995-96 total

% fully immunized 1995-96 One year old children

 % fully immunized 1995-96 ORT use rate (%) 1996-97
total urban rural total urban rural TB DPT polio measles pregnant women tetanus
Afghanistan 4 12 39 5 8 38 1 0 47 31 31 42 37 -
Albania 88 - - - - - - - 94 98 100 92 - -
Algeria 92 78 91 64 91 99 80 - 94 75 75 68 34 98
Andorra 175 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Angola 2 32 69 15 16 34 8 - 74 42 42 65 28 -
Antigua and Barbuda 127 - - - 96 - - 100 - 100 100 100 - -
Argentina 117 71 77 29 68 73 37 100 100 83 90 100 63 -
Armenia 108 - - - - - - 0 82 86 97 89 - -
Australia 175 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Austria 175 - - - - - - - - 90 90 60 - -
Azerbaijan 85 - - - - - - - 90 95 97 99 - -
Bahamas 123 - - - - - - 100 - 85 85 92 75x -
Bahrain 127 - 100 - - 100 - - - 98 98 95 54 5
Bangladesh 44 97 99 96 48 79 44 74 88 66 66 59 72 96
Barbados 152 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 - 88 85 100 100 -
Belarus 139 - - - - - - - 93x 95 94 74 - -
Belgium 164 - - - - - - - - 97 94 70 - -
Belize 85 89 96 82 57 23 87 100 90 85 85 81 88 -
Benin 31 50 41 53 20 54 6 15 90 80 80 74 75 60
Bhutan 36 58 75 54 70 90 66 0 98 87 86 86 70 85
Bolivia 51 63 86 32 58 74 37 65 90 76 76 87 52 41
Bosnia and Herzegovina 143 - - - - - - - 97 88 86 88 - -
Botswana 80 93x 100x 91x 55 91 41 100 67 83 81 82 61 -
Brazil 79 76 88 25 70 80 30 100 90 75 73 74 45 54
Brunei Darussalam 154 - - - - - - - 100x 100x 100x 100x 50x -
Bulgaria 136 - - - - - - - 98 100 94 93 - -
Burkina Faso 23 42 66 37 37 41 33 34 61 48 48 54 27 100
Burundi 17 52 92 49 51 60 50 - 77 63 63 50 33 -
Cambodia 19 36 65 33 14 81 8 0 90 75 76 72 36 -
Cameroon 51 50 57 43 50 64 36 - 54 46 46 46 12 43
Canada 164 - - - - - - - - 93 89 98 - -
Cape Verde 65 51 70 34 24 40 10 100 80 73 73 66 4 -
Central African Rep. 21 38 55 21 27 38 16 - 94 53 53 46 15 100
Chad 27 24 48 17 21 73 7 100 40 19 19 28 50 -
Chile 149 95 98 81 - 86 - 100 96 92 92 96 - -
China 82 67 97 56 24 74 7 100 97 95 96 97 13 85
Colombia 104 85 97 56 85 97 56 99 98 92 93 95 57 53
Comoros 39 53 76 45 23 40 16 - 89 60 57 48 34 32
Congo 48 34 53 7 69 - - 0 50 47 47 42 55 41
Congo, Dem. Rep. 12 42 89 26 18 53 6 - 51 36 36 41 20 90
Cook Islands 108 100 100 100 100 100 100 50 90 75 75 72 64 -
Costa Rica 146 96 100 92 84 95 70 100 91 84 84 86 90 31
Côte d'Ivoire 25 42 56 32 39 71 17 100 68 55 55 65 22 73
Croatia 154 - - - - - - - 90 91 91 91 91 5
Cuba 159 93 96 85 66 71 51 - 99 100 93x 94 61x -
Cyprus 159 - 100 - - 96 - - - 98 98 90 57x -
Czech Rep. 164 - - - - - - - 96 97 98 97 - -
Denmark 175 - - - - - - - - 89x 100x 88x - -
Djibouti 24 90 77 100 55 64 24 - 58 49 49 47 39 -
Dominica 133 96 97 95 80 80 85 100 100 100 100 100 - -
Dominican Rep. 74 65 80 - 78 76 83 100 98 58 48 78 96 39
Ecuador 88 68 80 49 76 95 49 100 100 88 89 79 25 64
Egypt 58 87 97 79 88 98 79 100 91 77 77 85 55 95
El Salvador 88 69 85 46 81 91 65 100 100 100 100 97 69 69
Equatorial Guinea 18 95 88 100 54 61 48 - 99 64 64 61 63 -
Eritrea 41 22 60 8 13 48 - 0 52 46 46 38 23 38
Estonia 145 - - - - - - - 99 90 93 86 - -
Ethiopia 16 25 91 19 19 97 7 0 87 67 67 54 36 95
Fiji 121 100 100 100 92 100 85 50 100 97 99 94 100 -
Finland 189 - - - - - - - 100 100 100 98 - -
France 175 - - - - - - - 83 96 97 82 - -
Gabon 28 68x 90x 50x - - - - 54 41 41 38 4 25
Gambia 49 48 67 - 37 83 23 100 99 97 97 89 92 -
Georgia 113 - - - - - - - 30 58 82 63 - 14
Germany 175 - - - - - - - - 45 80 75 - -
Ghana 47 65 88 52 55 62 44 50 65 51 52 53 9 93
Greece 161 - - - - - - - 70 78 95 90 - -
Grenada 104 - - - - - - 100 - 80 80 85 80 -
Guatemala 74 77 76 78 83 95 74 100 76 73 73 69 81 22
Guinea 11 46 69 36 31 54 19 - 59 48 48 49 43 31
Guinea-Bissau 6 59 32 67 30 24 32 0 72 56 58 53 43 -
Guyana 56 61 90 45 81 82 80 100 88 83 83 91 56 -
Haiti 34 37 50 28 25 49 17 0 68 34 34 31 49 31
Holy See - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Honduras 97 87 96 79 87 97 78 100 100 93 94 91 99 32
Hungary 152 - - - - - - - 100 100 100 100 - -
Iceland 186 - - - - - - - - 98x 99x 98x - -
India 46 81 85 79 29 70 14 100 96 89 90 81 78 67
Indonesia 67 62 78 54 51 73 40 100 99 91 90 92 75 97
Iran 96 90 98 82 81 86 74 100 90 96 97 95 50 37
Iraq 39 78 92 44 70 85 37 0 99 94 95 97 65 -
Ireland 164 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Israel 161 - - - - - - - - 92 93 94 - -
Italy 164 - - - - - - - - 50 98 50 - -
Jamaica 154 86 - - 89 100 80 100 98 92 92 99 82 -
Japan 175 97x 100x 85x - 85x - - 91 85 91 68 - -
Jordan 117 98 - - 77 - - - - 99 99 98 41 41
Kazakstan 84 93 99 84 99 100 98 20 93 94 98 97 - 31
Kenya 55 53 67 49 77 69 81 0 56 46 43 38 21 76
Kiribati 61 100 100 100 100 100 100 75 100 79 82 64 41 -
Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 108 81 - - - - - - 60 96 58 60 95 -
Korea, Rep. of 164 93 100 76 100 100 100 - 93x 93x 93x 92x - -
Kuwait 147 - - - - 100x - - - 100 100 99 21 -
Kyrgyzstan 80 71 - - 94 - - - 90 82 81 80 - 98
Lao People's Dem. Rep. 35 44 - - 18 - - 0 62 28 33 62 45 -
Latvia 133 - - - - - - - 100 64 77 82 64 -
Lebanon 88 94 96 88 63 81 8 - - 94 94 85 - 82

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