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Buri Ram
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Buri Ram, known as the city of pleasantness, is one of the largest and most populated province in the Northeastern Region. It has an area of about 10,312.435 square kilometers. In the past it was covered with shady trees and the land was fertile. Even the name "Buri Ram" means the city of happiness or the city of joy. Approximately 1.75 million Rai of the area is forest land. The main occupation here is rice farming. The average per capita income is 14,343 Baht.Buri Ram is divided into 21 districts and 2 sub-districts: Muang Buri Ram, Ban Kruat, Ban Mai Chaipot, Huai Raj, Khu Muang, Krasang, Lahan Sai, Lamplaimat, Na Pho, Nang Rong, Noen Din Daeng, Noen Suwan, Nong Hong, Nong Ki, Pakham, Prakhonchai, Puttaisong, Satuk, Plabplachai, Chamni, Chalerm Prakiat and Ban Dan and Dan Dong sub-districts.
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Boundaries
North:
Khon Kaen and Maha Sarakham
South:
Prachin Buri and Cambodia
East:
Surin
West:
Nakhon Ratchasima
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Items
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Demographic characteristics
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Total population (’000)
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1,493.40
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Population in Municpal Area (%)
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13.8
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Sex ratio (Males per 100 females)
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99.5
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Median age
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27.3
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Population by age group
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0-14 years (%)
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28.2
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15-59 years (%)
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62.9
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60 years and over (%) |
8.9
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Age dependency ratio (per 100 adults 15-59 years) |
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Total |
58.9
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0-14 years
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44.8
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60 years and over
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14.2
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Singulate mean age at first marriage(SMAM) |
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Males
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26.6
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Females |
23
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Thai nationality (%) |
99.8
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Buddhism (%) |
99.4
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Minority population |
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Muslims (%) |
0.1
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Population Speaking Khmer (%)
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27.6
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Population Speaking Lao-Vietname (%)
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0.1
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Education
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Average years of education attainment of population aged 15 years and over
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6
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Population aged 6-24 years not attending school (%)
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41.1
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Employment characteristics of population aged 15 years and over
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During last year industry |
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Population in the agricultural sectors (%) |
84
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Work status (%) |
-
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Employers |
0.4
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Own account worker |
33.5
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Employees |
17.4
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Unpaid family workers |
48.7
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Members of producers’ cooperatives |
< 0.1
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Fertility |
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Mean number of children ever born (per ever married woman 15- 49 years)
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2.18
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Mean number of children still living (per ever married woman 15-49 years)
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2.12
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Migration |
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Five-year migration (1995-2000)
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Population who migrated within previous 5 years (%) |
2
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Lifetime migration
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Population who were not living in province of birth (%)
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12.1
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Housing characteristics
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Average household size |
4.2
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Female headed households(%) |
23.1
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Percentage
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Age group
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Total
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Males
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Females
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Total
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Males
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Females
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Total
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1,493,359
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744,910
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748,449
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100
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100
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100
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0-4
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136,634
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70,796
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65,838
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9.1
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9.5
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8.8
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5-9
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147,745
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76,953
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70,792
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9.9
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10.3
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9.5
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10-14 |
136,219
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69,387
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66,832
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9.1
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9.3
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8.9
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15-19
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135,270
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70,738
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64,532
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9.1
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9.5
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8.6
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20-24
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119,047
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61,949
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57,098
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8
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8.3
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7.6
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25-29
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126,717
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62,349
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64,368
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8.5
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8.4
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8.6
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30-34
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126,343
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61,589
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64,754
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8.5
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8.3
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8.7
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35-39
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115,850
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57,188
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58,662
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7.8
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7.7
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7.8
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40-44
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102,375
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50,569
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51,806
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6.9
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6.8
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6.9
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45-49
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85,342
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41,624
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43,718
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5.7
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5.6
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5.8
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50-54
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71,351
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34,631
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36,720
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4.8
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4.6
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4.9
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55-59
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57,491
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27,394
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30,097
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3.8
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3.7
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4
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60-64
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46,806
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21,795
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25,011
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3.1
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2.9
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3.3
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65-69
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35,822
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16,363
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19,459
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2.4
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2.2
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2.6
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70-74
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24,111
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10,878
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13,233
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1.6
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1.5
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1.8
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75-79
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13,897
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5,915
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7,982
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0.9
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0.8
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1.1
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80-84
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7,352
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2,939
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4,413
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0.5
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0.4
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0.6
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85 and over
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4,987
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1,853
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3,134
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0.3
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0.2
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0.4
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Total Population |
1,533,874
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Males
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765,853
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Females
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768,021
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Reproductive HealthStatistics (2001) :
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Family Planning
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Contraceptive Prevalence Rate
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83.52
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Maternal and Child Health
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Infant Mortality Rate
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9.16 : 1,000 live births
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Perinatal mortality rate
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10.89 : 1,000 total births
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Maternal mortality ratio
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26.11 : 100,000 live births
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Birth asphyxia rate
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26.10 : 1,000 live births
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Low birth weight
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8.75%
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Rate of anemia in pregnant women |
13.50%
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Rate of mothers aged less than 20 years |
8.63%
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HIV/AIDS
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Prevalence rate of HIV infection in pregnant women
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0.70%
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AIDS case rate
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16.99: 100,000 population
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