Key demographic indicators

44.2 PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS

Under-five mortality rate

24,235,000

Population

Trends in under-five mortality rate

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Child health

Proportion of under-five children with suspected pneumonia taken to health provider (%)
41
Proportion of children under five years old with diarrhoea receiving oral rehydration salts (%)
15
Proportion of children under five sleeping under insecticide-treated nets (%)
73
Proportion of households owning at least one insecticide-treated net (ITN) (%)
79
Percentage of infants who received three doses of DTP vaccine
74
Percentage of children who received the second dose of measles containing vaccine
Not available
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Child protection

Children under age 5 whose births are registered (%)
83
Women aged 20-24 years who were first married or in union by age 18 (%)
41
Children aged 5-17 years engaged in child labour (%)
23
Children aged 1 to 14 years who experienced any violent discipline (psychological aggression and/or physical punishment) in the past month (%)
Not available
Justification of wife beating (female) (%)
45
Justification of wife beating (male) (%)
46
Women aged 15-49 who have undergone female genital mutilation (%)
Not available
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Child survival

Under-five mortality rate (U5MR), deaths per 1,000 live births
44
Number of under-five deaths
36,275
Infant mortality rate (IMR), deaths per 1,000 live births
33
Neonatal mortality rate (NMR), deaths per 1,000 live births
18
Under-five mortality rate (U5MR), deaths per 1,000 live births (male)
48
Under-five mortality rate (U5MR), deaths per 1,000 live births (female)
40
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Early childhood

Attendance in early childhood education (%)
Not available
Early stimulation and responsive care (any adult household member)
Not available
Early stimulation and responsive care (father)
Not available
Learning materials at home – children's books (%)
Not available
Learning materials at home – playthings (%)
Not available
Children left in inadequate supervision
Not available
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Education

Adjusted net attendance rate, one year before official primary entry age
Not available
Adjusted net attendance rate, primary education
69
Adjusted net attendance rate, lower secondary education
24
Adjusted net attendance rate, upper secondary education
7
Completion rate, primary education
Not available
Youth literacy rate (15 - 24 years)
77
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HIV/AIDS

Percentage of pregnant women living with HIV receiving most effective ARVs for PMTCT (%)
11
Estimated number of new HIV infections among children 0-14 years
300
HIV positive children (aged 0-14) receiving antiretroviral therapy (%)
<100
Adolescent girls aged 15-19 who were tested for HIV in the last 12 months and received the results (%)
2
Adolescent boys aged 15-19 who were tested for HIV in the last 12 months and received the results (%)
1
Estimated number of new HIV infections among adolescents aged 15-19
1,200
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Maternal and newborn health

Proportion of women aged 15-49 who received postnatal care within 2 days after giving birth (%)
Not available
Antenatal care coverage for at least four visits (%)
51
Proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel (%)
44
Caesarean section (%)
2
Proportion of women 20-24 years old who gave birth before age 18 (%)
36
Number of women age 15-49 years with a live birth delivered in a health facility
38
Births who had their first postnatal checkup within the first two days after birth (%)
Not available
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Nutrition

Early initiation of breastfeeding (within one hour of birth) (%)
66
Exclusive breastfeeding (%) (<6 months)
42
Continued breastfeeding rate (20-23 months) at one year
83
Prevalence of moderate and severe stunting (%)
49
Vitamin A supplementation (full) (%)
97
Proportion of households consuming iodized salt (%)
68
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Sanitation

Proportion of population using basic sanitation services (%)
12
Proportion of population using limited sanitation services (%)
18
Proportion of population using unimproved sanitation services (%)
30
Proportion of population practising open defecation (%)
40
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Drinking water

Proportion of population using piped water (%)
7
Proportion of population using non-piped improved water sources (%)
45
Proportion of population using unimproved drinking water services (%)
26
Proportion of population using surface water (%)
22
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MICS

Since its inception in 1995, the Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys, known as MICS, has become the largest source of statistically sound and internationally comparable data on women and children worldwide. In countries as diverse as Costa Rica, Mali and Qatar, trained fieldwork teams conduct face-to-face interviews with household members on a variety of topics – focusing mainly on those issues that directly affect the lives of children and women.

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