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World Summit for Children: End-Decade Indicators, 2000


Basic Indicators


Childhood mortality


Under-five mortality rate (per 1,000 births) 188.6
Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 births) 103.8


Maternal mortality


Maternal mortality ratio (deaths per 100,000 live births) 1,120


Childhood malnutrition


Percent underweight (children under 5 years)
Moderate (< -2 standard deviations) 25.4
Severe (< -3 standard deviations) 5.9
Percent stunted (children under 5 years)
Moderate (< -2 standard deviations) 49
Severe (< -3 standard deviations) 24.4
Percent wasted (children under 5 years)
Moderate (< -2 standard deviations) 5.5
Severe (< -3 standard deviations) 1.2


Clean water supply


Percent of household residents with safe water supply 65.6


Sanitary excreta disposal


Percent of household residents with latrine or toilet 81.4


Basic education


Percent of children entering first grade of primary school who eventually reach standard 5 79.4
Percent of children of primary-school age currently attending primary school 78.2
Percent of children of school-entry age who are currently attending standard 1 42.9
Female literacy rate 48.6
Male literacy rate 72.1


Supporting Indicators


Family planning


Contraceptive prevalence (married women) 30.6
Contraceptive prevalence (all women) 25


Safe motherhood


Percent of births with medical prenatal care (1) 91.4
Percent of births with medical assistance at delivery (2) 55.6


Low birth weight


Percent of births at low birth weight (below 2500 grams) (3) 13.1


Micronutrient intake


Percent of households with iodised salt 48.9
Percent of children receiving vitamin A supplements 70.6
Percent of mothers who received vitamin A supplements after birth (1) 41.7
Percent of women who had night blindness while pregnant with last child (1) 4.3


Breastfeeding


Percent of infants less than 4 months of age exclusively breastfed 62.7
Percent of infants 12-15 months still breastfeeding 97.8
Percent of infants 20-23 months still breastfeeding 71.5
Percent of infants 6-9 months receiving breast milk and complementary foods 93.4


Vaccinations


Percent of children 12-23 months receiving tuberculosis vaccine before 1st birthday 89.7
Percent of children 12-23 months receiving DPT vaccine before 1st birthday 78.6
Percent of children 12-23 months receiving polio vaccine before 1st birthday 72.7
Percent of children 12-23 months receiving measles vaccine before 1st birthday 64.2
Percent of children under one year, whose mother received at least two doses of tetanus toxoid vaccination (2) 61


Diarrhoea treatment


Percent of children with diarrhoea in preceding 2 weeks who received ORT (4) 62.1
Percent of children with diarrhoea in preceding 2 weeks who received more fluids and continued eating somewhat less/the same/or more food 30.4


Acute respiratory infection


Percent of children with acute respiratory infection taken to a health facility 26.7


Childcare


Percent of children 0-14 years not living with both biological parents 38.9
Percent of children 0-14 years who are orphans (both parents dead) 1.9
Percent of children 5-14 years who are currently working 27


Malaria control


Percent of children who slept under a bednet the night before the survey 7.6
Percent of children who had fever in previous 2 weeks who were treated with an appropriate antimalarial 27


HIV/AIDS


Percent of women who correctly stated 3 ways of avoiding HIV infection 48.9
Percent of women who identified 3 misconceptions about HIV/AIDS 53.7
Percent of women who correctly identified all 3 means of mother-to-child HIV transmission 56.2
Percent of women expressing a discriminatory attitude towards people with HIV or AIDS 48.7
Percent of women who stated knowledge of a place to be tested for HIV 70
Percent of women who reported being tested for HIV 8.5


1. Refers to last birth in the five years preceding the survey
2. Refers to all births in the five years preceding the survey
3. Based on recorded and recalled birth weight and perceived size at birth
4. Includes ORS and/or increased fluids

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