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127,266 (4.00%), 169,927 (4.79%) and 351,396 (7.09%) pregnant women in
2003 to 2007, respectively.
However, the number of deaths resulting from malaria, while increasing,
is doing so at a much lower pace, as follows: 4,911, 5,020, 5,258, 5,206 and
6,090 reported deaths from malaria in 2003 to 2007, respectively. This is further
evidence of the poor health status of the country, which, for some people, could
act as a driving force behind migration (NBS, 2006a).
Moreover, the incidence of tuberculosis is high in Nigeria, with values of
554, 541 and 536 per 100,000 persons in 2003, 2004 and 2005, respectively. In
2005, Nigeria was ranked the thirteenth highest country in the world and fifth
highest in Africa in terms of the level of tuberculosis. The tuberculosis death
rates for the same three years were also high, namely 77.9, 76.4, and 76.0 per
100,000 persons in 2003, 2004 and 2005, respectively, as shown in Table 9 (see
annex) (NBS, 2006a).
Goal 8: Develop a global partnership for development
The official development assistance received, that is, the net disbursement
as a percentage of the GDP, increased from 0.9 per cent in 1990 to 6.5 per cent in
2005. This is an indication of an ailing economy (UNDP, 2008).
Human development index
The human development index (HDI) – 0.47 in 2005 (UNDP, 2008) and 0.51
in 2007 (UNDP, 2009) – also shows a low level of development in the country.
The low HDI value indicates that Nigeria scores low in all the three summary
dimensions of human development: that is, living a long and healthy life, being
educated and having a decent standard of living.
Life expectancy index 2
Furthermore, the life expectancy index, which was 0.378 in 2007 (UNDP,
2009), indicates that the average Nigerian has a short lifespan. This is derived
from the low life expectancy at birth recorded in the country as 46.7 years in
2000–2005 and projected to be 47.8 years in 2005–2010. 3 In the later period,
2 The life expectancy index is a statistical measure to determine the average lifespan of the population of a
certain nation or area. Life expectancy is one of the factors in measuring the human development index of
each nation, along with adult literacy, education and the standard of living.
3 Estimates from the United Nations Population Division which represent annual averages for a five-year
period.
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