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Indicator definitions and metadata, 2008

Mortality and burden of disease | Health service coverage | Risk factors | Health systems resources

Mortality and burden of disease

Mortality

Life expectancy at birth (years)

Healthy life expectancy (HALE) at birth (years)

Neonatal mortality rate (per 1000 live births)

Infant mortality rate per 1000 live births

Under-five mortality rate (probability of dying by age 5 per 1000 live births)

Infant mortality rate per 1000 live births

Adult mortality (probability of dying between 15 to 60 years per 1000 population)

Maternal mortality ratio (per 100 000 live births)

Deaths due to HIV/AIDS (per 100 000 population)

Deaths due to tuberculosis (per 100 000 population)

Age-standardized mortality rates by cause (per 100 000 population)

Distribution of years of life lost by broader causes (percentage of total)

Distribution of causes of death among children aged < 5 years (percentage of total)

Morbidity

Prevalence of tuberculosis (per 100 000 population)

Incidence of tuberculosis (per 100 000 population per year)

HIV prevalence among adults aged ≥ 15 years (per 100 000 population)

Number of confirmed cases of poliomyelitis


HEALTH SERVICE COVERAGE

Antenatal care coverage (percentage)

Births attended by skilled health personnel (percentage)

Births by caesarean section (percentage)

Immunization coverage among 1-year-olds

Children 6-59 months who received vitamin A supplementation (percentage)

Children aged < 5 years sleeping under insecticide-treated bednets (percentage)

Children aged <5 years who received any antimalarial for fever (percentage)

Children aged < 5 years with ARI symptoms taken to facility (percentage)

Children < 5 years with diarrhoea receiving oral rehydration therapy (percentage)

Contraceptive prevalence rate (percentage)

Women who have had PAP smear (percentage)

Women who have had mammography (percentage)

HIV-infected pregnant women receiving antiretroviral therapy for PMTCT (percentage)

Antiretroviral therapy coverage among people with advanced HIV infections (percentage)

Tuberculosis detection rate under DOTS (percentage)

Tuberculosis treatment success under DOTS (percentage)


RISK FACTORS

Access to improved drinking-water sources and to improved sanitation (percentage)

Population using solid fuels (percentage)

Low birthweight newborns (percentage)

Children aged <5 years

Adults aged ≥ 15 years who are obese (percentage)

Per capita recorded alcohol consumption (litres of pure alcohol) among adults (≥15 years)

Prevalence of current tobacco use among adults aged ≥ 15 years (percentage)

Prevalence of current tobacco use among adolescents (13-15 years) (percentage)

Prevalence of condom use by young people (15-24 years) at higher risk sex (percentage)


HEALTH SYSTEMS RESOURCES

Human resources for health

National health accounts


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FACTS AND FIGURES


85: the percentage of malaria deaths that occurred in children under 5 years of age in 2006. This equates to 748 850 children.

109: the number of countries and territories where malaria was present in 2006.

36 million: the number of long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) distributed in Africa in 2006. This was almost triple the number distributed in 2004.

Source: World Malaria Report 2008

Last data update:
06 February 2009



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