Health

 

      2000 2001 2002 2003
Life expectancy at birth (years)        
  Both Sexes 72.44 72.94 71.50 70.92
  Male   67.93 67.39 67.43 66.17
  Female   77.92 79.27 76.00 76.10
           
Early neonatal mortality rate 4.63 6.94 6.08 9.35
Late neonatal mortality rate 3.97 2.78 8.78 4.01
Perinatal mortality rate 12.57 13.19 18.9 21.1
Infant mortality rate   9.9 13.2 17.6 16.0
             
             
             
Health facilities (number)        
                Government establishments         
  Hospitals   6 6 7 7
  Hospital beds 420 413 438 419
  Health centres 18 17 17 17
  Private clinics          
  General practitioners 7 7 8 8
  Dentists   2 5 7 6
Health personnel (number) (1)        
  Medical practitioners 95 97 102 107
  Dentists   16 21 20 16
  Other Health Professionals 131 136 116 145
  Nurses   385 394 379 422
  Pharmacists 7 7 6 8
             
Population per doctor 854 837 792 774
Population per dentist 5,071 3,867 4,041 5,173
             
Deaths of which (%)        
  Circulatory system 34 36 39 37
  Respiratory system 11 11 8 10
  Neoplasms 16 17 15 15
  Diabetes Mellitus 4 3 4 1
  Digestive system 4 6 5 7
             
In-patient admissions (Victoria Hosp.)        
  No. of admissions 12,224 10,827 11,130 11,146
  Average length of stay (nights) 5 5 5 5
  Bed occupancy rate (%) 71 66 58 58
  Admissions per bed 56 52 46 46
             
Out patients and clinic attendances        
           No. of attendances/visits (1)        
  Doctors consultation 294,486 277,122 289,289 293,034
  Family planning 38,877 39,452 37,647 38,280
  School Health 12,037 12,737 11,476 13,399
  Home visits 11,471 10,532 8,190 10,637
           
 (1) Does not include attendances at specialist clinics.      

 

 

 

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