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Khon Kaen
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Khon Kaen lies in the geographical heart of Thailand's sprawling northeast plateau, and are known among Thai as I-San. Khon Kaen was established in 1783 and is a major regional development center and university city. The provincial capital is 449 kilometers northeast of Bangkok. The province covers an area of 10,886 square kilometers, parts of which contain national and forest parks.
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Boundaries
North:
Udon Thani and Loei
South:
Nakhon Ratchasima
East:
Kalasin and Maha Sarakham
West:
Phetchabun and Chaiyaphum
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Items
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Demographic characteristics
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Total population (’000)
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1,733.40
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Population in Municpal Area (%)
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21.7
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Sex ratio (Males per 100 females)
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99.2
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Median age
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29
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Population by age group
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0-14 years (%)
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25.1
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15-59 years (%)
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66.2
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60 years and over (%) |
8.7
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Age dependency ratio (per 100 adults 15-59 years) |
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Total |
51.1
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0-14 years
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38
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60 years and over
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13.2
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Singulate mean age at first marriage(SMAM) |
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Males
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27
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Females |
23.3
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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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Education
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Average years of education attainment of population aged 15 years and over
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6.9
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Population aged 6-24 years not attending school (%)
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37.2
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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 (%) |
69.6
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Work status (%) |
-
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Employers |
0.8
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Own account worker |
33.7
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Employees |
23.7
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Unpaid family workers |
41.8
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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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1.96
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Mean number of children still living (per ever married woman 15-49 years)
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1.91
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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 (%) |
4.5
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Lifetime migration
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Population who were not living in province of birth (%)
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12.6
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Housing characteristics
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Average household size |
4
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Female headed households(%) |
22.3
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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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1,733,434
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863,007
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870,427
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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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134,104
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69,218
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64,886
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7.7
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8
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7.5
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5-9
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151,541
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78,230
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73,311
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8.7
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9.1
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8.4
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10-14 |
149,704
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76,926
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72,778
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8.6
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8.9
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8.4
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15-19
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155,701
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80,362
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75,339
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9
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9.3
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8.7
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20-24
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142,649
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73,663
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68,986
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8.2
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8.5
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7.9
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25-29
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146,999
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72,017
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74,982
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8.5
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8.3
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8.6
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30-34
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158,158
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77,050
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81,108
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9.1
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8.9
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9.3
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35-39
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143,456
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70,817
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72,639
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8.3
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8.2
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8.3
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40-44
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130,777
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64,582
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66,195
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7.5
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7.5
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7.6
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45-49
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107,942
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53,367
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54,575
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6.2
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6.2
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6.3
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50-54
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90,727
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44,626
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46,101
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5.2
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5.2
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5.3
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55-59
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70,803
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34,264
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36,539
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4.1
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4
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4.2
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60-64
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54,827
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25,808
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29,019
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3.2
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3
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3.3
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65-69
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40,262
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18,145
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22,117
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2.3
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2.1
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2.5
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70-74
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27,003
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12,010
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14,993
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1.6
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1.4
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1.7
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75-79
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15,768
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6,850
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8,918
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0.9
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0.8
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1
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80-84
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7,698
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3,081
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4,617
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0.4
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0.4
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0.5
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85 and over
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5,315
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1,991
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3,324
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0.3
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0.2
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0.4
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Total Population |
1,756,995
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Males
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876,223
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Females
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880,772
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Reproductive HealthStatistics (2001) :
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Maternal and Child Health
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Perinatal mortality rate
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7.93 : 1,000 total births
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Maternal mortality ratio
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17.73 : 100,000 live births
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Birth asphyxia rate
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49.82 : 1,000 live births
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Low birth weight
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8.66%
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Rate of anemia in pregnant women |
10.33%
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Rate of mothers aged less than 20 years |
9.9
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HIV/AIDS
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Prevalence rate of HIV infection in pregnant women
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1.17%
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AIDS case rate
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20.82: 100,000 population
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