WHO Somalia Fact Sheet, 2002
Indicator
1
Year
Value
I- Demographic Indicators:
Overall population
Population growth rate
Total fertility rate
Crude birth rate
Crude death rate
2001
2000
2000
2000
1997
6.81
2.92
6.83
47.54
18.35
II- Socioeconomic Indicators:
Adult literacy rate (%): Both sexes
Per capita GNP (US$)
Per capita GDP (US$)
2000
2001
1995
16.66
2007
1688
III- Human and Material Resources Indicators:
Rate per 10 000 population of9: Physicians
Dentists
Pharmacists
Nurses & Midwives
Hospital beds
PHC units and centers
1997
1997
1997
1997
1997
1997
0.4
0.02
0.01
2
4.2
0.2
IV- Public Health Coordination (PHC) Coverage (%):
Population with safe drinking water
Population with adequate excreta disposal facilities
Population with local health care
Women attended by trained personnel during pregnancy
Deliveries attended by trained personnel
Women of childbearing age using family planning
2000
2000
1998
2000
2000
2000
2310
4911
2712
3213
3414
1215
Population figures for 2001, obtained from WHO Polio National Immunisation Days; Human
Development Report for Somalia, 2001, states population in 1997 as 6,380,000.
2
WHO Annual Report, 2000.
3
Ibid.
4
East Mediterranean Regional Office (EMRO) Statistics Department.
5
Ibid.
6
UNICEF Somalia MICS Survey 2000: Percentage of the population aged 15 years and older that is
literate, Somalia, Table 12.
7
UNDP Somalia, 2001: Human Development Report
8
WHO Annual Report, 2000.
9
Ibid.
10
UNICEF Somalia MICS Survey 2000: Percentage of the population with access to safe drinking water,
Somalia, Table 13.
11
UNICEF Somalia MICS Survey 2000: Percentage of the population with access to sanitary means of
excreta disposal, Somalia, Table 14.
12
WHO Annual Report, 2000.
13
WHO Annual Report, 2000.
14
East Mediterranean Regional Office (EMRO) Statistics Department.
15
Ibid.
Infants fully immunized against 16: Tuberculosis (BCG)
Polio (OPV3)
DPT (DPT3)
Measles
Hepatitis (HBV3)
Pregnant women immunized with TT2
1999
1999
1999
1999
1999
2000
39
18
18
26
017
1618
V- Health Status Indicators:
Children with acceptable weight for age (%)
Infant mortality rate (per 1000 live births)
Probability of dying before 5th birthday (per 1000 live birth)
Maternal mortality rate (per 10 000 live births)
2000
2000
2000
2000
7419
13220
22421
16022
Life expectancy at birth (years)23: Both male and female
2001
47
Number of reported new cases of24: Acute Flaccid Paralysis
Polio (Wild Virus)
Total Tuberculosis
Smear-positive tuberculosis
Malaria
Malaria (confirmed)
AIDS
Measles
Leprosy
2001
2001
2001
2001
2001
2001
2000
2000
2000
96
7
6 834
4 633
288 020
8 171
73
3 965
222
16
Ibid.
East Mediterranean Regional Office (EMRO) Statistics Department. Not included in national EPI
programme.
18
East Mediterranean Regional Office (EMRO) Statistics Department.
19
Ibid.
20
UNICEF Somalia MICS Survey 2000: Infant and under-five mortality rates, Somalia, Table 8.
21
East Mediterranean Regional Office (EMRO) Statistics Department.
22
Ibid.
23
UNDP Somalia 2001: Human Development Report
24
WHO Somalia.
17