Page No 1 - World Federation of the Deaf
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6.6 Guyana<br />
6.7 Haiti<br />
6.8 Honduras<br />
Population: 770,794<br />
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account <strong>the</strong><br />
effects <strong>of</strong> excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower<br />
life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates,<br />
lower population growth rates, and changes in <strong>the</strong> distribution <strong>of</strong><br />
population by age and sex than would o<strong>the</strong>rwise be expected<br />
(July 2008 est.)<br />
Ethnic<br />
groups:<br />
East Indian 50%, black 36%, Amerindian 7%, white, Chinese, and<br />
mixed 7%<br />
Religions: Christian 50%, Hindu 35%, Muslim 10%, o<strong>the</strong>r 5%<br />
Languages: English, Amerindian dialects, Creole, Caribbean Hindustani (a<br />
dialect <strong>of</strong> Hindi), Urdu<br />
Population: 8,924,553<br />
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account <strong>the</strong><br />
effects <strong>of</strong> excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower<br />
life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates,<br />
lower population growth rates, and changes in <strong>the</strong> distribution <strong>of</strong><br />
population by age and sex than would o<strong>the</strong>rwise be expected<br />
(July 2008 est.)<br />
Ethnic<br />
groups:<br />
Population: 7,483,763<br />
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account <strong>the</strong><br />
effects <strong>of</strong> excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower<br />
life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower<br />
population and growth rates, and changes in <strong>the</strong> distribution <strong>of</strong><br />
population by age and sex than would o<strong>the</strong>rwise be expected<br />
(July 2007 est.)<br />
Ethnic<br />
groups:<br />
black 95%, mulatto and white 5%<br />
Religions: Roman Catholic 80%, Protestant 16% (Baptist 10%, Pentecostal<br />
4%, Adventist 1%, o<strong>the</strong>r 1%), none 1%, o<strong>the</strong>r 3%<br />
note: roughly half <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> population practices voodoo<br />
Languages: French (<strong>of</strong>ficial), Creole (<strong>of</strong>ficial)<br />
Mestizo (mixed Amerindian and European) 90%, Amerindian 7%,<br />
black 2%, white 1%<br />
Religions: Roman Catholic 97%, Protestant 3%<br />
Languages: Spanish, Amerindian dialects<br />
The Project was under <strong>the</strong> auspices <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Swedish National Association <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Deaf</strong> (SDR) and <strong>the</strong> <strong>World</strong> <strong>Federation</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Deaf</strong> (WFD), <strong>Page</strong> <strong>No</strong> 30<br />
and funded by <strong>the</strong> Swedish Agency for International Development Cooperation (Sida) and Swedish Organisations’ <strong>of</strong> Disabled Persons<br />
International Aid Association (Shia).