United Nations ACC Task Force on Basic Social Services for All AFRICA Maternal mortality ratio Mortality Underweight (per rate Life prevalence 100,100 (per 1,000 expectancy under 5 live live births (years) (%) births) 1990-1995 1990-1995 1990-1996 1990 infant under 5 female male --------- --------- ------ ------- ------ ---- Algeria 13 160 55 63 68 66 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Angola .. 1,500 124 194 48 45 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Benin .. 990 90 129 56 51 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Botswana 15 (*) 250 55 92 56 52 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Burkina Faso 33 (*) 930 103 171 48 45 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Burundi 37 1,300 120 188 46 43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cameroon 15 550 65 117 56 53 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cape Verde 19 (*) .. 50 67 66 64 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Central African Republic 27 700 100 156 51 46 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chad .. 1,500 123 181 48 45 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Comoros 19 950 91 124 56 55 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Congo 24 (*) 890 89 138 54 49 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cote d'Ivoire 24 810 91 126 54 51 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Djibouti 23 570 115 174 50 47 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Egypt 17 170 67 80 65 62 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Equatorial Guinea .. 820 117 180 50 46 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eritrea 41 1,400 107 157 51 48 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ethiopia 48 1,400 119 186 49 46 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gabon .. 500 94 138 55 52 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gambia .. 1,100 132 205 47 43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ghana 27 740 81 119 58 54 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Guinea 26 1,600 134 212 45 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Guinea-Bissau 23 (*) 910 141 210 44 41 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kenya 23 650 71 105 55 53 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lesotho 21 610 81 105 59 56 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Liberia 20 (*) 560 200 332 41 38 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 5 220 68 94 65 62 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Madagascar 34 490 93 116 58 55 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Malawi 30 560 148 230 42 41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mali 31 (*) 1,200 159 198 48 44 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauritania 23 930 101 152 53 50 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauritius (1) 16 120 18 21 74 67 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morocco 10 610 62 81 66 63 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mozambique 27 1,500 118 182 48 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Namibia 26 370 64 106 57 55 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Niger 43 1,200 124 196 48 45 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nigeria 35 1,000 84 158 52 49 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reunion .. .. 8 9 79 69 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rwanda 29 1,300 139 233 23 22 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Senegal 22 1,200 68 168 50 48 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sierra Leone 29 1,800 195 281 36 33 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Somalia .. 1,600 122 189 49 45 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- South Africa 9 230 53 85 66 60 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sudan 34 660 85 131 52 50 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Swaziland 10 (*) 560 75 111 60 55 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Togo 24 (*) 640 91 139 53 49 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tunisia 9 170 43 56 69 67 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Uganda 27 1,200 122 194 42 40 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- United Rep. of Tanzania 29 770 86 135 52 49 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Western Sahara .. .. 75 100 61 57 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Zaire 34 870 95 142 54 50 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Zambia 28 940 111 153 45 43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Zimbabwe 16 570 70 115 52 50 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notes: Data are shown only for countries or areas with population size of 150,000 or more in 1995 as estimated by Population Division of Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis of the United Nations Secretariat (Population Division/DESIPA). Two dots (..) indicate that data are not available. (1) Including Agalesa, Rodrigues and St. Brandon. Underweight prevalence among preschool children The percentage of children under 5 years of age who have a weight that is more than two standard deviations below the median weight-for-age of the standard NCHS reference population. Data are for the latest available year, and those before 1990 are shown with an (*). Age ranges for preschool children vary by country, but the majority of data are for children under age 5. Variations in the age ranges do not have an important effect on the results shown here. From "The worldwide magnitude of protein-energy malnutrition: an overview from the WHO Global Database on Child Growth," Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 1993, vol. 71, pp. 703-712; the WHO Global Database on Child Growth and Malnutrition (WHO, WHO/NUT/96.11) and updates from the database; The State of the World's Children 1997 (UNICEF). Maternal mortality ratio The number of deaths of women occurring over a year while pregnant, or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the cause of death, per 100,000 live births in that year. The data were prepared by World Health Organization and United Nations Children's Fund, and are taken from Revised 1990 Estimates of Maternal Mortality: A New Approach (WHO/UNICEF). Infant mortality rate and under-5 mortality rate The probability of dying before age 1 and the probability of dying before age 5 per 1,000 newborns. Estimated by the Population Division/DESIPA. From World Population Prospects: the 1996 Revision (United Nations publication, forthcoming) and supplementary tabulations. Life expectancy at birth The average number of years that a newborn could expect to live, if he or she were to pass through life subject to the age-specific mortality rates of a given period, estimated by the Population Division/DESIPA. From World Population Prospects: the 1996 Revision (United Nations publication, forthcoming). United Nations publication, (ST/ESA/SER.A/160) Copyright (C) United Nations 1997