United Nations ACC Task Force on Basic Social Services for All ASIA 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 --------- --------- ------ ------- ------ ---- Afghanistan .. 1,700 163 258 44 43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Armenia .. 50 25 27 74 67 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Azerbaijan 10 22 33 40 75 67 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bahrain 7 (*) 60 20 27 74 70 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bangladesh 67 850 91 106 56 56 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bhutan 38 (*) 1,600 117 160 52 49 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brunei Darussalam .. 60 9 16 77 72 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cambodia 40 900 116 150 53 50 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- China 16 95 44 47 70 67 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cyprus .. 5 9 10 79 75 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dem. People's Rep. of Korea .. 70 24 30 74 68 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- East Timor .. .. 149 194 46 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gaza Strip .. .. 44 59 68 64 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Georgia .. 33 23 25 77 69 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hong Kong .. 7 6 7 81 76 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- India 53 570 78 100 61 60 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Indonesia 35 650 58 72 65 61 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 16 120 43 71 68 67 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Iraq 12 310 127 143 60 58 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Israel .. 7 9 11 79 75 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Japan .. 18 4 6 82 76 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jordan 9 150 36 46 70 66 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kazakstan .. 80 34 37 72 63 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kuwait 6 (*) 29 18 20 77 73 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kyrgyzstan .. 110 39 46 72 63 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lao People's Dem. Rep. 40 650 97 161 53 50 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lebanon .. 300 34 41 71 67 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Macau .. .. 9 10 79 74 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Malaysia 20 80 13 25 73 69 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Maldives 39 .. 60 79 61 63 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mongolia 12 65 59 75 65 62 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Myanmar 43 580 90 105 59 56 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nepal 49 1,500 96 129 54 55 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oman 14 190 30 37 72 68 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pakistan 38 340 85 115 63 61 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Philippines 30 280 40 54 68 65 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Qatar 6 .. 20 26 74 69 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Republic of Korea .. 130 11 15 75 67 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saudi Arabia .. 130 29 35 71 68 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Singapore .. 10 5 7 79 74 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sri Lanka 38 140 18 21 74 70 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Syrian Arab Republic 12 180 39 45 69 65 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tajikistan .. 130 56 72 70 64 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thailand 25 (*) 200 32 39 72 66 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Turkey 10 180 53 71 70 65 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Turkmenistan .. 55 57 74 68 61 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- United Arab Emirates .. 26 19 21 75 73 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Uzbekistan .. 55 43 57 71 64 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Viet Nam 45 160 42 64 67 63 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yemen 39 1,400 92 128 56 55 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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