Sri Lanka Human Development Report 2012.pdf
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Table A14: Health Awareness<br />
Percentage of households Dengue, 2007 Awareness of HIV and<br />
with at least one,<br />
AIDS among ever-married<br />
2006-2007 women aged 15-49, %,<br />
2006-2007<br />
Province District/sector Any mosquito Ever-treated Suspected Confirmed Deaths Have heard of Have<br />
net mosquito net* cases cases HIV and AIDS comprehensive<br />
knowledge of<br />
HIV and AIDS**<br />
<strong>Sri</strong> <strong>Lanka</strong> 63.8 5.7 3250 2417 24 91.8 22.4<br />
Sector Urban 55.1 2.5 n.a. n.a. n.a. 94.4 22.5<br />
Rural 67.8 6.5 n.a. n.a. n.a. 93.9 23.4<br />
Estate 15.8 0.8 n.a. n.a. n.a. 47.7 3.5<br />
Western Colombo 57.6 0.6 1198 565 10 97.4 31.4<br />
Gampaha 75.5 0.8 618 305 1 97.8 29.4<br />
Kalutara 57.1 0.5 267 309 0 91.8 38.3<br />
Central Kandy 50 0.7 35 92 1 88.6 13.6<br />
Matale 56.7 1.9 24 30 0 91.3 16<br />
Nuwara Eliya 22.8 0.2 5 10 0 64 8.5<br />
Southern Galle 69.5 2 40 25 0 93.6 33.4<br />
Matara 65.6 1.1 64 31 0 94.4 20.4<br />
Hambantota 76.7 15.5 47 61 0 93.5 25.1<br />
Northern Jaffna n.a. n.a. 192 55 1 n.a. n.a.<br />
Killinochchi n.a. n.a. 0 0 0 n.a. n.a.<br />
Mannar n.a. n.a. 0 4 0 n.a. n.a.<br />
Vavuniya n.a. n.a. 9 0 1 n.a. n.a.<br />
Mullativu n.a. n.a. 0 0 0 n.a. n.a.<br />
Eastern Batticaloa 22.7 6 21 50 0 88.6 0<br />
Ampara 61.9 21.7 2 1 0 85.9 6<br />
Trincomalee 59.6 16.7 27 52 2 83.4 20.5<br />
North Western Kurunegala 83.6 15.3 72 227 1 98.1 23.3<br />
Puttalam 76.2 6.5 106 101 1 89.1 17.8<br />
North Central Anuradhapura 93.6 20.6 263 33 1 92.7 23.2<br />
Polonnaruwa 93.2 24.8 40 25 0 96 20<br />
Uva Badulla 42 2.4 26 13 2 83.3 10.5<br />
Monaragala 63.2 15.4 15 34 0 87.6 24.2<br />
Sabaragamuwa Ratnapura 54.2 0.3 39 162 1 87.6 16.3<br />
Kegalle 57.9 1.2 83 232 2 93.5 20.2<br />
Notes:* an ever-treated net is a pretreated net or a non-pretreated net that has subsequently been treated with insecticide at any time;**<br />
comprehensive knowledge means knowing that consistent use of condoms during sexual intercourse and having just one uninfected faithful partner<br />
canreduce the chance of getting the HIV virus, knowing that a healthy-looking person can have the HIV virus, and rejecting the two most common local<br />
misconceptions about HIV transmission or prevention.<br />
Sources: Department of Census and Statistics of <strong>Sri</strong> <strong>Lanka</strong> 2011e and Ministry of Health 2007.<br />
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