Benin
Figures computed by WHO to assure comparability; they are not necessarily the official statistics of Member States, which may use alternative rigorous methods.
Table 1: Basic indicators for all WHO Member States
| Population estimates | 1992 | 2002 |
| Total population (000) | 6558 | |
| Annual growth rate (%) | 2.8 | |
| Dependency ratio (per 100) | 105 | 93 |
| % of population aged 60+ years | 4.6 | 4.1 |
| Total fertility rate | 6.5 | 5.7 |
| Life expectancy at birth (years) | Males | Females |
| 2002 | 50.1 | 52.4 |
| uncertainty | 42.9 - 56.5 | 43.0 - 60.1 |
| Both sexes 2002 | 51.2 | |
| Probability of dying (per 1000) | Males | Females |
| Under age 5 years 2002 | 166 | 158 |
| uncertainty | 163 - 170 | 155 - 161 |
| Between ages 15 and 59 years 2002 | 424 | 360 |
| uncertainty | 253 - 634 | 176 - 611 |
Table 4: Healthy life expectancy (HALE) in all WHO Member States, estimates for 2002
| 2002 | Males | Females | |
| Healthy life expectancy (HALE) (years) | Total population at birth | 44 | |
| At birth | 43.4 | 44.5 | |
| Uncertainty interval | 36.7 - 48.5 | 37.4 - 50.9 | |
| At age 60 | 9.7 | 10.4 | |
| Uncertainty interval | 8.8 - 10.8 | 9.5 - 11.6 | |
| Expectation of lost healthy years at birth (years) | 6.6 | 7.9 | |
| Percentage of total life expectancy lost | 13.3 | 15 | |
Table 5: Selected national health accounts indicators: measured levels of expenditure on health, 1997-2001
| 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | |
| Total expenditure on health as % of GDP | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
| General government expenditure on health as % of total expenditure on health | 34 | 36.5 | 38.6 | 43.3 | 46.9 |
| Private expenditure on health as % of total expenditure on health | 66 | 63.5 | 61.4 | 56.7 | 53.1 |
| General government expenditure on health as % of total government expenditure | 6.7 | 8.5 | 8.7 | 8.9 | 10.9 |
| External resources for health as % of total expenditure on health | 20.9 | 20.1 | 20.4 | 21.3 | 21.5 |
| Social security expenditure on health as % of general government expenditure on health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Out-of-pocket expenditure as % of private expenditure on health | 99.9 | 99.9 | 99.9 | 99.9 | 99.9 |
| Private prepaid plans as % of private expenditure on health | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
n/a Used when the information accessed indicates that a cell should have an entry but no estimates could be made. 0 Used when no evidence of the schemes to which the cell relates exist. Some estimates yielding a ratio inferior to 0.04% are shown as 0.
Table 6: Selected national health accounts indicators: measured levels of per capita expenditure on health, 1997-2001
| 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | |
| Per capita total expenditure on health at average exchange rate (US$) | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 |
| Per capita total expenditure on health at international dollar rate | 28 | 29 | 31 | 35 | 39 |
| Per capita government expenditure on health at average exchange rate (US$) | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Per capita government expenditure on health at international dollar rate | 9 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 18 |
n/a Used when the information accessed indicates that a cell should have an entry but no estimates could be made.
Table 7: Millenium Development Goals: Selected health indicators in all WHO Member States, 2000 (unles specified)
| Children under five years of age underweight for age | 2001 | % | 22.9 |
| Under-five mortality rate | Per 1000 live births | 161 | |
| Infant mortality rate | Per 1000 live births | 96 | |
| One-year-olds immunized against measles (2001) | % | 65 | |
| Maternal mortality ratio | Per 100 000 live births | 850 | |
| Births attended by skilled health personnel | % | 59.8 | |
| HIV prevalence among 15-49-years-olds | % | 2.3 | |
| Malaria mortality rate | Per 100 000 | 190 | |
| Tuberculosis prevalence | Per 100 000 | 122 | |
| Tuberculosis mortality rate | Per 100 000 | 10 | |
| Tuberculosis cases | Detected under DOTS (2001) | % | … |
| Cured under DOTS | % | … | |
| Population using solid fuels | % | 89 | |
| Population with sustainable access to an improved water source | Urban | % | 74 |
| Rural | % | 55 | |
| Population with access to improved sanitation | Urban | % | 46 |
| Rural | % | 6 | |
b Estimates from the 1990s. ...Countries not implementing DOTS or not reporting to WHO n/a Data not available