State of the World's Children 2013 - Unicef

TABLE 13
dISpARITIES By HOuSEHOLd WEALTH
Countries
and areas
Birth registration (%)
2005–2011*
poorest
20%
richest
20%
ratio of
richest to poorest
poorest 20%
Skilled attendant at
birth (%)
2007–2012*
richest
20%
ratio of
richest to poorest
poorest 20%
Underweight prevalence
in children under 5 (%)
2007–2011*
richest
20%
ratio of
poorest to poorest
richest 20%
Diarrhoea treatment
with oral rehydration
salts (ORS) (%)
2007−2012*
Primary school net
attendance ratio
2007−2011*
Comprehensive
knowledge of HIV
(%) Females 15−24
2007−2011*
Comprehensive
knowledge of HIV
(%) Males 15−24
2007−2011*
United Arab Emirates – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
United Kingdom – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
United Republic of Tanzania 4 56 12.7 31 90 2.9 22 9 2.3 41 38 0.9 68 93 1.4 39 55 1.4 34 56 1.7
United States – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Uruguay – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Uzbekistan 100 100 1.0 100 x 100 x 1.0 x 5 x 3 x 1.5 x – – – 94 x 96 x 1.0 x 25 x 33 x 1.3 x – – –
Vanuatu 13 41 3.1 55 90 1.6 12 10 1.2 – – – 74 76 1.0 9 23 2.7 – – –
Venezuela
(Bolivarian Republic of) 87 x 95 x 1.1 x 95 x 92 x 1.0 x – – – 39 x 55 x 1.4 x 86 x 99 x 1.2 x – – – – – –
Viet Nam 87 98 1.1 72 99 1.4 21 3 6.6 – – – 95 99 1.0 38 68 1.8 – – –
Yemen 5 50 9.3 17 x 74 x 4.3 x – – – 31 x 37 x 1.2 x 44 x 73 x 1.6 x 0 x 4 x – – – –
Zambia 5 31 5.8 27 91 3.4 16 11 1.5 61 61 1.0 73 96 1.3 24 48 2.0 24 51 2.1
Zimbabwe 35 75 2.1 48 91 1.9 – – – 18 28 1.6 84 91 1.1 31 x 52 x 1.7 x 37 x 51 x 1.4 x
MEMORANDUM
Sudan and South Sudan s – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
richest
20%
ratio of
richest to poorest
poorest 20%
richest
20%
ratio of
richest to poorest
poorest 20%
richest
20%
ratio of
richest to poorest
poorest 20%
richest
20%
ratio of
richest to
poorest
SUMMARY INDICATORS #
Sub-Saharan Africa 25 60 2.4 27 82 3.0 30 12 2.5 27 42 1.5 53 80 1.5 16 36 2.2 22 45 2.0
Eastern and
Southern Africa 23 50 2.2 28 77 2.7 26 12 2.2 34 44 1.3 62 86 1.4 – – – – – –
West and Central Africa 26 65 2.5 28 88 3.1 31 11 2.7 21 42 2.0 43 73 1.7 10 30 3.0 17 38 2.2
Middle East and
North Africa – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
South Asia 23 63 2.7 22 82 3.7 55 19 2.8 29 46 1.6 – – – 4 44 11.7 15 55 3.8
East Asia and the Pacific 48 ** 89 ** 1.9 ** 54 ** 92 ** 1.7 ** 24 ** 10 ** 2.5 ** 36 ** 41 ** 1.1 ** – – – 14 ** 35 ** 2.4 ** – – –
Latin America
and Caribbean – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
CEE/CIS 94 98 1.0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Least developed countries 25 52 2.1 30 78 2.6 33 15 2.3 40 47 1.2 61 83 1.4 – – – – – –
World 32 ** 68 ** 2.1 ** 31 ** 85 ** 2.7 ** 39 ** 14 ** 2.7 ** 29 ** 44 ** 1.5 ** – – – – – – – – –
s Due to the cession in July 2011 of the Republic of South Sudan by the Republic of the Sudan, and its subsequent admission to the United Nations on 14 July 2011, disaggregated data for the Sudan
and South Sudan as separate States are not yet available for all indicators. Aggregated data presented are for the Sudan pre-cession (see Memorandum item).
# For a complete list of countries and areas in the regions, subregions and country categories, see page 98.
DEFINITIONS OF THE INDICATORS
Birth registration – Percentage of children under age 5 who were registered
at the moment of the survey. This includes children whose birth certificate was
seen by the interviewer or whose mother or caretaker says the birth has been
registered.
Skilled attendant at birth – Percentage of births attended by skilled health
personnel (doctor, nurse or midwife).
Underweight prevalence in children under 5 – Percentage of children
under age 5 who are below minus two standard deviations from median weightfor-age
of the World Health Organization (WHO) Child Growth Standards.
Diarrhoea treatment with oral rehydration salts (ORS) – Percentage
of children under age 5 who had diarrhoea in the two weeks preceding the
survey and who received oral rehydration salts (ORS packets or pre-packaged
ORS fluids).
Primary school net attendance ratio – Number of children attending
primary or secondary school who are of official primary school age, expressed
as a percentage of the total number of children of official primary school age.
Because of the inclusion of primary-school-aged children attending secondary
school, this indicator can also be referred to as a primary adjusted net
attendance ratio.
Comprehensive knowledge of HIV – Percentage of young men and women
(aged 15–24) who correctly identify the two major ways of preventing the
sexual transmission of HIV (using condoms and limiting sex to one faithful,
uninfected partner), who reject the two most common local misconceptions
about HIV transmission and who know that a healthy-looking person can be
HIV-positive.
MAIN DATA SOURCES
Birth registration – Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS), other
national surveys and vital registration systems.
Skilled attendant at birth – DHS, MICS and other nationally representative sources.
Underweight prevalence in children under 5 – DHS, MICS, other national household surveys, WHO
and UNICEF.
Diarrhoea treatment with oral rehydration salts (ORS) – DHS, MICS and other national household surveys.
Primary school attendance – DHS, MICS and other national household surveys.
Comprehensive knowledge of HIV – AIDS Indicator Surveys (AIS), DHS, MICS and other national household
surveys; HIV/AIDS Survey Indicators Database, .
Italicized disparity data are from different sources than the data for the same indicators presented
elsewhere in the report: Table 2 (Nutrition – Underweight prevalence), Table 3 (Health – Diarrhoea
treatment), Table 4 (HIV/AIDS – Comprehensive knowledge of HIV) and Table 8 (Women – Skilled
attendant at birth).
NOTES
− Data not available.
x Data refer to years or periods other than those specified in the column heading. Such data are not included in
the calculation of regional and global averages, with the exception of 2005–2006 data from India. Estimates
from data years prior to 2000 are not displayed.
y Data differ from the standard definition or refer to only part of a country. If they fall within the noted
reference period, such data are included in the calculation of regional and global averages.
* Data refer to the most recent year available during the period specified in the column heading.
** Excludes China.
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