THE STATE OF THE WORLD'S CHILDREN 2004 - Unicef

…TABLE 3
% of population
using improved
drinking water
sources
2000
total urban rural
% of population
using adequate
sanitation facilities
2000
% of routine
EPI
vaccines
financed by
government
2002
total
% immunized 2002
1-year-old children
total urban rural TB DPT3 polio3 measles hepB3
Trinidad and Tobago 90 - - 99 - - 100 - 89 89 88 - - 3 74 6 - - -
Tunisia 80 92 58 84 96 62 100 97 96 96 94 94 - - - - - - -
Turkey 82 81 86 90 97 70 100 77 78 78 82 72 37 12x 37x 15 - - -
Turkmenistan - - - - - - 100 99 98 99 88 96 - 1 51 31 - - -
Tuvalu 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 99 98 98 99 99 - - - - - - -
Uganda 52 80 47 79 93 77 100 96 72 73 77 42 50 23 65 - 7 0 -
Ukraine 98 100 94 99 100 98 100 98 99 99 99 48 - - - - - - -
United Arab Emirates - - - - - - 100 98 94 94 94 92 - - - - - - -
United Kingdom 100 100 100 100 100 100 - - 91 91 83 - - - - - - - -
United States 100 100 100 100 100 100 56 - 94 90 91 88 - - - - - - -
Uruguay 98 98 93 94 95 85 100 99 93 93 92 93 - - - - - - -
Uzbekistan 85 94 79 89 97 85 25 98 98 99 97 92 - 0 57 19 - - -
Vanuatu 88 63 94 100 100 100 100 90 54 53 44 54 - - - - - - -
Venezuela 83 85 70 68 71 48 100 90 63 77 78 60 - 9 72 10 - - -
Viet Nam 77 95 72 47 82 38 50 97 75 92 96 65 89 9 60 20 96 16 7
Yemen 69 74 68 38 89 21 100 74 69 69 65 34 39 23x 32x - - - -
Zambia 64 88 48 78 99 64 0 92 78 79 85 - 60 15 69 28 6 1 58
Zimbabwe 83 100 73 62 71 57 100 80 58 74 58 58 77 16 50 50 3 - -
%
underfives
with ARI
%
underfives
with ARI
taken to
health
provider
pregnant
women
tetanus 1998-2002*
Oral
rehydration
rate (%)
1994-2002*
%
underfives
sleeping
under a
bednet
Malaria, 1999-2001
%
underfives
sleeping
under a
treated
bednet
% underfives
with
fever
receiving
antimalarial
drugs
REGIONAL SUMMARIES
Sub-Saharan Africa 57 83 44 53 73 43 66 73 55 55 58 24 51 15 43 24 16 2 41
Middle East and North Africa 87 95 77 83 93 70 85 89 86 86 87 70 - 12 73 - - - -
South Asia 85 94 80 34 67 22 95 80 71 71 67 0 75 19 58 - - - -
East Asia and Pacific 76 93 67 48 73 35 89 79 78 79 80 23 - - - 25 - - -
Latin America and Caribbean 86 94 66 77 86 52 95 95 88 89 91 66 - - - 19 - - -
CEE/CIS and Baltic States 91 95 82 91 97 81 73 92 91 92 92 79 - - - - - - -
Industrialized countries 100 100 100 100 100 100 - - 95 91 90 77 - - - - - - -
Developing countries 78 92 69 52 77 35 87 81 73 73 73 26 66 16 54 25 - - -
Least developed countries 62 82 55 44 71 35 54 77 63 63 63 14 56 15 37 28 17 2 37
World 82 95 71 61 85 40 - 81 75 75 75 30 66 16 54 25 - - -
Countries in each region are listed on page 136.
DEFINITIONS OF THE INDICATORS
Government funding of vaccines – Percentage of vaccines routinely administered in a country to
protect children that are financed by the national government (including loans).
EPI – Expanded Programme on Immunization: The immunizations in this programme include those
against TB, DPT, polio and measles, as well as protecting babies against neonatal tetanus by
vaccination of pregnant women. Other vaccines (e.g. against hepatitis B or yellow fever) may be
included in the programme in some countries.
DPT3 – Percentage of infants that received three doses of diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough)
and tetanus vaccine.
HepB3 – Percentage of infants that received three doses of hepatitis B vaccine.
% under-fives with ARI – Percentage of children (0-4 years) with acute respiratory infection (ARI)
in the last two weeks.
% under-fives with ARI taken to health provider – Percentage of children (0-4 years) with ARI
in the last two weeks taken to an appropriate health provider.
Oral rehydration rate – Percentage of children (0-4 years) with diarrhoea in the last two weeks
who received increased fluids and continued feeding during the episode.
Malaria
% under-fives sleeping under a bednet – Percentage of children (0-4 years) who slept under a
bednet.
% under-fives sleeping under a treated bednet – Percentage of children (0-4 years) who slept
under an insecticide-impregnated bednet.
% under-fives with fever receiving anti-malarial drugs – Percentage of children (0-4 years)
who were ill with fever in the last two weeks and received any appropriate (locally defined)
antimalarial drugs.
MAIN DATA SOURCES
Use of improved drinking water sources and adequate sanitation facilities – UNICEF, World
Health Organization (WHO), Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) and Demographic and
Health Surveys (DHS).
Government funding of vaccines – UNICEF and WHO.
Immunization – UNICEF and WHO.
Acute respiratory infection – DHS, MICS and other national household surveys
Oral rehydration – DHS, MICS and other national household surveys
Malaria – MICS and DHS.
NOTES - Data not available.
x Indicates data that refer to years or periods other than those specified in the column heading, differ from the standard definition or refer to only part of a country.
* Data refer to the most recent year available during the period specified in the column heading.
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