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MAPS AND TABLES
Fig.1: Map of Cameroon.
Fig.2: Map of the outskirts of Kumba (South-western province)
TAB 1: Comparison of the indicators in Cameroon, Sub-saharian Africa (averages), Italy.
SOCIAL-DEMOGRAFICAL INDICATORS |
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CAMEROON |
SUBSAHARIAN
AFRICA |
ITALY |
Total population |
16063678 (2004, est.) |
650452000 |
57482000 |
Growth rate, % |
2.5 |
2.6 |
0.1 |
Fertility rate/women |
4.7 born/women |
5.5 |
1.2 |
Urban population, % |
51 |
35 |
67 |
Population < 5 years |
2423000 |
110560000 |
2590000 |
Life expectancy at birth |
47 years |
46 |
79 |
Maternal mortality/100.000 |
430 |
940 |
7 |
Infants mortality/1000 born alive |
95 |
106 |
4 |
Mortality under 5 years/1000 |
166 |
174 |
6 |
GNI per capita (USD) |
560 |
460 |
18960 |
HEALTH |
|
CAMEROON |
SUBSAHARIAN
AFRICA |
ITALY |
Total health expenditure (GDP%) |
4.3 |
/ |
11 |
Total health expenditure per capita (USD) |
55 |
|
|
Government health expenditure (USD) |
13 |
|
|
Health facilities access, % |
62 |
|
|
Hygienic facilities access, % population |
79, tot
92, urban
66, rural |
53, tot
73, urban
43, rural |
-
-
- |
Child immunization, % (es: polio) |
48 |
55 |
96 |
Chidren < 5 underweight, % |
21, mild/hard
4, hard |
29, mild/hard
8, hard |
-
- |
HIV/AIDS adult incidence rate |
11.8
|
9 |
0.4 |
People living with HIV/AIDS (est) |
920000 |
28500000 |
100000 |
MALARIA |
|
CAMERUN |
AFRICA
SUBSAHARIANA |
ITALIA |
Malaria cases/100.000 |
2900 (1998) |
|
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Population at endemic risk |
93.57% |
|
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Children < 5 years sleeping under bednet, % |
11 |
16 |
|
Children < 5 years sleeping under isecticide treated bednet, % |
1 |
2 |
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Fonts: WHO, Roll Back Malaria Department; CIA, The World Factbook 2004, UNICEF, World Bank.
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