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Botswana

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) 1770
Annual growth rate (%) 2.1
Dependency ratio (per 100) 89 74
% of population aged 60+ years 3.7 4.4
Total fertility rate 4.5 3.7
Life expectancy at birth (years) Males Females
2002 40.2 40.6
uncertainty 37.3 - 43.3 37.7 - 44.1
Both sexes 2002 40.4
Probability of dying (per 1000) Males Females
Under age 5 years 2002 104 102
uncertainty 89 - 121 86 - 118
Between ages 15 and 59 years 2002 786 745
uncertainty 718 - 842 676 - 801

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 35.7
At birth 36 35.4
Uncertainty interval 34.4 - 40.0 33.9 - 39.5
At age 60 10.9 11.9
Uncertainty interval 10.7 - 13.0 11.7 - 13.5
Expectation of lost healthy years at birth (years) 4.2 5.2
Percentage of total life expectancy lost 10.4 12.9

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 5.7 5.5 6 6 6.6
General government expenditure on health as % of total expenditure on health 58.8 59.7 60.6 62 66.2
Private expenditure on health as % of total expenditure on health 41.2 40.3 39.4 38 33.8
General government expenditure on health as % of total government expenditure 7.8 7.2 7.4 8.4 7.6
External resources for health as % of total expenditure on health 1.8 1.4 1.4 1.3 0.4
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 26.3 28.8 30.3 30.8 35.3
Private prepaid plans as % of private expenditure on health 24.1 23.8 22.7 20.8 20.5

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$) 169 158 164 173 190
Per capita total expenditure on health at international dollar rate 260 260 294 309 381
Per capita government expenditure on health at average exchange rate (US$) 100 95 100 107 126
Per capita government expenditure on health at international dollar rate 153 155 178 192 252

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 2000 % 12.5
Under-five mortality rate Per 1000 live births 93
Infant mortality rate Per 1000 live births 60
One-year-olds immunized against measles (2001) % 90
Maternal mortality ratio Per 100 000 live births 100
Births attended by skilled health personnel % 98.5
HIV prevalence among 15-49-years-olds % 37.5
Malaria mortality rate Per 100 000 8
Tuberculosis prevalence Per 100 000 288
Tuberculosis mortality rate Per 100 000 28
Tuberculosis cases Detected under DOTS (2001) % 75
Cured under DOTS % 77
Population using solid fuels % 65
Population with sustainable access to an improved water source Urban % 100
Rural % 90
Population with access to improved sanitation Urban % 88
Rural % 43

b Estimates from the 1990s.
...Countries not implementing DOTS or not reporting to WHO
n/a Data not available

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