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<strong>African</strong> <strong>Water</strong> <strong>Development</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2006</strong>Fig. 5.10: Life Expectancy at Birth by Sub RegionsSource: Africa Facts: http://www.nationmaster.comBox 5.2Incidence of HIV/AIDS and Life Expectancy – The Case of MalawiGovernment estimates in 2004 put the median age in Malawi at 16.4 years, 16.1 years as male median age and16.7years as female. The population growth rate is at 2.14 % compared to the 1987 population census whichgave a growth rate of 3.2%. Despite a birth rate of 44.35 per 1,000 persons, the mortality rate is also high at23.01 per 1,000, and there is a zero migration rate This and other life-reducing factors have put life expectancyat birth at 37.48 years, male life expectancy at 37.08 years and female at 37.88 years. The life expectancy wasin the range of 60 years some 15 years ago before HIV/AIDS took its toll on the county’s population. HIV/AIDSprevalence among adults is at a rate of 14.2 % as estimated in 2003. The number of people living with HIV/AIDSis estimated at 900,000. In 2003, HIV/AIDS-related deaths were put at 84,000.(National AWDR <strong>Report</strong>, 2005)92

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