State of World Population 2012 - UNFPA Haiti

Monitoring ICPD Goals – Selected IndicatorsNotes for indicators* Most recent data available used for each country inthe period specified.1 Including Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islandsand Norfolk Island.2 Formerly Zaire.3 Including Agalesa, Rodrigues and St. Brandon.4 Due to the formation in July 2011 of the Republicof South Sudan and its subsequent admission tothe United Nations on 14 July 2011, disaggregateddata for Sudan and South Sudan as separateStates are not yet available for most indicators.Aggregated data presented are for Sudan prior tothe independence of South Sudan.5 Does not include South Sudan6 More-developed regions comprise North America,Japan, Europe and Australia-New Zealand.7 Less-developed regions comprise all regionsof Africa, Latin America and Caribbean, Asia(excluding Japan), and Melanesia, Micronesia andPolynesia.8 Least-developed countries according to standardUnited Nations designation.9 Comprising Algeria, Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq,Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya,Morocco, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Oman,Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syrian ArabRepublic, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.10 Includes only UNFPA programme countries,territories or other areas: Afghanistan, Bangladesh,Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Cook Islands,Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Fiji, India,Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Kiribati, LaoPeople's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Maldives,Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Mongolia, Myanmar,Nauru, Nepal, Niue, Pakistan, Palau, Papua NewGuinea, Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Islands,Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tokelau, Tonga,Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Viet Nam.11 Includes only UNFPA programme countries,territories or other areas: Albania, Armenia,Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina,Bulgaria, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation,Serbia, Tajikistan, the former Yugoslav Republic ofMacedonia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.12 Includes only UNFPA programme countries,territories or other areas: Anguilla, Antiguaand Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados,Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia (Plurinational State of),Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands,Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica,Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador,Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras,Jamaica, Mexico, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles,Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Kitts andNevis, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines,Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos,Uruguay, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of).13 Includes only UNFPA programme countries,territories or other areas: Angola, Benin, Botswana,Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde,Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo,Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo,Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia,Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho,Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania,Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria,Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, SouthAfrica, South Sudan, Swaziland, Togo, Uganda,United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe.14 Regional aggregations are weighted averagesbased on countries with available data.Technical notes:Data sources and definitionsThe statistical tables in The State of World Population 2012 includeindicators that track progress toward the goals of the Programme ofAction of the International Conference on Population and Development(ICPD) and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the areas ofmaternal health, access to education, reproductive and sexual health. Inaddition, these tables include a variety of demographic indicators.Different national authorities and international organizations mayemploy different methodologies in gathering, extrapolating or analyzingdata. To facilitate the international comparability of data, UNFPA relieson the standard methodologies employed by the main sources of data,especially the Population Division of the United Nations Department ofEconomic and Social Affairs. In some instances, therefore, the data inthese tables differ from those generated by national authorities.Regional averages are based on data about countries and territorieswhere UNFPA works, rather than on strict geographical definitionsemployed by the Population Division of the United Nations Departmentof Economic and Social Affairs. For a list of countries included in eachregional category in this report, see the “Notes for indicators.”Monitoring ICPD GoalsMaternal and Newborn HealthMaternal mortality ratio, per 100,000 live births. Source: WorldHealth Organization (WHO), UNICEF, UNFPA and World Bank. 2010.Trends in maternal mortality: 1990 to 2010: WHO. This indicator presentsthe number of deaths to women per 100,000 live births which resultfrom conditions related to pregnancy, delivery, the postpartum period,and related complications. Estimates between 100-999 are rounded tothe nearest 10, and above 1,000 to the nearest 100. Several of the estimatesdiffer from official government figures. The estimates are basedon reported figures wherever possible, using approaches that improvethe comparability of information from different sources. See the sourcefor details on the origin of particular national estimates. Estimates andmethodologies are reviewed regularly by WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, academicinstitutions and other agencies and are revised where necessary,as part of the ongoing process of improving maternal mortality data.Because of changes in methods, prior estimates for 1995 and 2000may not be strictly comparable with these estimates. Maternal mortalityestimates reported here are based on the global database on maternalmortality, which is updated periodically.Births attended by skilled health personnel, per cent, 2000/2010Source: WHO global database on maternal health indicators, 2012 update.Geneva, World Health Organization (http://www.who.int/gho). Percentageof births attended by skilled health personnel (doctors, nurses or midwives)is the percentage of deliveries attended by health personneltrained in providing life-saving obstetric care, including giving the necessarysupervision, care and advice to women during pregnancy, labourand the post-partum period; conducting deliveries on their own; andcaring for newborns. Traditional birth attendants, even if they receive ashort training course, are not included.Adolescent birth rate, per 1,000 women aged 15-19, 1991/2010Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs,Population Division (2012). 2012 Update for the MDG Database:Adolescent Birth Rate (POP/DB/Fert/A/MDG2012). The adolescentTHE STATE OF WORLD POPULATION 2012115