Guinea-Bissau
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) | 1449 | |
| Annual growth rate (%) | 3.0 | |
| Dependency ratio (per 100) | 95 | 101 |
| % of population aged 60+ years | 5.4 | 4.9 |
| Total fertility rate | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Life expectancy at birth (years) | Males | Females |
| 2002 | 45.7 | 48.7 |
| uncertainty | 37.9 - 51.6 | 39.8 - 56.8 |
| Both sexes 2002 | 47.2 | |
| Probability of dying (per 1000) | Males | Females |
| Under age 5 years 2002 | 215 | 198 |
| uncertainty | 194 - 237 | 179 - 217 |
| Between ages 15 and 59 years 2002 | 462 | 383 |
| uncertainty | 311 - 681 | 186 - 615 |
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 | 40.5 | |
| At birth | 39.6 | 41.5 | |
| Uncertainty interval | 33.1 - 44.1 | 34.3 - 48.0 | |
| At age 60 | 9.2 | 10.1 | |
| Uncertainty interval | 8.5 - 10.0 | 9.4 - 11.0 | |
| Expectation of lost healthy years at birth (years) | 6.1 | 7.2 | |
| Percentage of total life expectancy lost | 13.4 | 14.7 | |
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 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 5.9 |
| General government expenditure on health as % of total expenditure on health | 43.2 | 44.5 | 48.5 | 55.3 | 53.8 |
| Private expenditure on health as % of total expenditure on health | 56.8 | 55.5 | 51.5 | 44.7 | 46.2 |
| General government expenditure on health as % of total government expenditure | 7.3 | 9.8 | 9.1 | 7.7 | 7.4 |
| External resources for health as % of total expenditure on health | 22 | 29.4 | 30 | 39.8 | 38.6 |
| Social security expenditure on health as % of general government expenditure on health | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Out-of-pocket expenditure as % of private expenditure on health | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Private prepaid plans as % of private expenditure on health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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$) | 12 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 |
| Per capita total expenditure on health at international dollar rate | 44 | 31 | 36 | 41 | 37 |
| Per capita government expenditure on health at average exchange rate (US$) | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Per capita government expenditure on health at international dollar rate | 19 | 14 | 18 | 23 | 20 |
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 | % | 25 |
| Under-five mortality rate | Per 1000 live births | 215 | |
| Infant mortality rate | Per 1000 live births | 128 | |
| One-year-olds immunized against measles (2001) | % | 48 | |
| Maternal mortality ratio | Per 100 000 live births | 1100 | |
| Births attended by skilled health personnel | % | 34.7 | |
| HIV prevalence among 15-49-years-olds | % | 3.4 | |
| Malaria mortality rate | Per 100 000 | 139 | |
| Tuberculosis prevalence | Per 100 000 | 281 | |
| Tuberculosis mortality rate | Per 100 000 | 33 | |
| Tuberculosis cases | Detected under DOTS (2001) | % | … |
| Cured under DOTS | % | … | |
| Population using solid fuels | % | 95 | |
| Population with sustainable access to an improved water source | Urban | % | 79 |
| Rural | % | 49 | |
| Population with access to improved sanitation | Urban | % | 95 |
| Rural | % | 44 | |
b Estimates from the 1990s. ...Countries not implementing DOTS or not reporting to WHO n/a Data not available