COL - UNICEF DATA

Trends in Under-Five Mortality Rate

Deaths per 1,000 live births

Under-five mortality rate

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Disparities by Household Wealth

Oral Rehydration:
Children under five with diarrhoea receiving ORS (%)

Secondary education:
Net attendance ratio in secondary education (%)

Birth Registration:
Children under age 5 whose births are registered (%)

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Child Health

Proportion of under-five children with suspected pneumonia taken to health provider (%)

64

Proportion of children under five years old with diarrhoea receiving oral rehydration salts (%)

54

Proportion of children under five sleeping under insecticide-treated nets (%)

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Proportion of households owning at least one insecticide-treated net (ITN) (%)

3

Proportion of 1 year-old children fully immunised against DPT (%)

91

Proportion of 1 year-old children immunised against measles (%)

94

Child Mortality

Under-five mortality rate (U5MR), deaths per 1,000 live births

16

Number of under-five deaths

11,934

Infant mortality rate (IMR), deaths per 1,000 live births

14

Neonatal mortality rate (NMR), deaths per 1,000 live births

9

Under-five mortality rate (U5MR), deaths per 1,000 live births (male)

18

Under-five mortality rate (U5MR), deaths per 1,000 live births (female)

14

Nutrition

Early initiation of breastfeeding (within one hour of birth) (%)

57

Exclusive breastfeeding rate (%)

43

Continued breastfeeding rate at one year (%)

59

Prevalence of moderate and severe stunting (%)

13

Vitamin A supplementation (full) (%)

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Proportion of households consuming iodized salt (%)

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Maternal Health

Proportion of women aged 15-49 who received postnatal care within 2 days after giving birth (%)

1

Antenatal care coverage for at least one visit (%)

97

Antenatal care coverage for at least four visits (%)

89

Proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel (%)

99

Caesarean section (%)

46

Proportion of women 20-24 years old who gave birth before age 18 (%)

20

Early Childhood

Attendance in early childhood education(%)

37

Support for learning (any household member) (%)

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Support for learning (father) (%)

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Learning materials at home – children's books (%)

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Learning materials at home – playthings (%)

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Children left in inadequate care (%)

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Education

Gross enrollment ratio (GER) in pre-primary education (%)

49

Net attendance ratio in primary education (NAR) (%)

94

Proportion of pupils starting grade 1 who reach grade 5 (%)

72

Proportion of out-of-school children of primary school age (%)

9

Net attendance ratio in secondary education (%)

80

Literacy rate (15-24 years) (%)

98

HIV/AIDS

Percentage of pregnant women living with HIV receiving most effective ARVs for PMTCT (%)

49

Estimated number of new HIV infections among children 0-14 years

<200

HIV positive children (aged 0-14) receiving antiretroviral therapy (%)

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Adolescent girls aged 15-19 who were tested for HIV in the last 12 months and received the results (%)

8

Adolescent boys aged 15-19 who were tested for HIV in the last 12 months and received the results (%)

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Estimated number of new HIV infections among adolescents aged 15-19

1,700

Child Protection

Children under age 5 whose birth is registered (%)

97

Women aged 20-24 years who were first married or in union by age 18 (%)

23

Children aged 5-14 years engaged in child labour (%)

10

Children aged 2 to 14 years who experienced any violent discipline (psychological aggression and/or physical punishment) in the past month (%)

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Justification of wife beating (female) (%)

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Justification of wife beating (male) (%)

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Sanitation

Proportion of population using improved sanitation facilities (%)

81

Proportion of population using shared sanitation facilities (%)

10

Proportion of population using other unimproved sanitation facilities (%)

5

Proportion of population practicing open defecation (%)

4

Water

Proportion of population using a piped drinking water supply on premises (%)

88

Proportion of population using another improved drinking water source (%)

3

Proportion of population using an unimproved drinking water source other than surface water (%)

4

Proportion of population using a surface water source (%)

5

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