URY - 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 (%)

91

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

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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) (%)

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

95

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

96

Child Mortality

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

10

Number of under-five deaths

487

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

9

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

5

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

11

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

9

Nutrition

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

77

Exclusive breastfeeding rate (%)

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Continued breastfeeding rate at one year (%)

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Prevalence of moderate and severe stunting (%)

11

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 (%)

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Antenatal care coverage for at least one visit (%)

97

Antenatal care coverage for at least four visits (%)

77

Proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel (%)

98

Caesarean section (%)

30

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

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Early Childhood

Attendance in early childhood education(%)

81

Support for learning (any household member) (%)

93

Support for learning (father) (%)

66

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

59

Learning materials at home – playthings (%)

75

Children left in inadequate care (%)

3

Education

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

89

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

97

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

95

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

2

Net attendance ratio in secondary education (%)

75

Literacy rate (15-24 years) (%)

99

HIV/AIDS

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

16

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

<100

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

>95

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

7

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

<100

Child Protection

Children under age 5 whose birth is registered (%)

100

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

25

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

8

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

55

Justification of wife beating (female) (%)

2

Justification of wife beating (male) (%)

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Sanitation

Proportion of population using improved sanitation facilities (%)

96

Proportion of population using shared sanitation facilities (%)

3

Proportion of population using other unimproved sanitation facilities (%)

1

Proportion of population practicing open defecation (%)

0

Water

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

99

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

1

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

0

Proportion of population using a surface water source (%)

0

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