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Maha Sarakham
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Maha Sarakham is situated in the heart of northeast Thailand having peaceful atmosphere and being the center of education in the northeast so the name "Taksila of Isan" (Taksila was a city where education of all branches were centered in the ancient India) is given to it. Maha Sarakham is 470 kilometers, along highways, from Bangkok. It occupies an area of 5,291.68 square kilometers being a rolling plain without mountain or hill with the Chi River flows through. The majority of the area is rice fields. It is administrative divided into 11 districts and 2 sub-districts: Muang, Kosum Phisai, Na Koon, Chiang Yuen, Borabue, Na Chuak, Phayakhaphum Phisai, Kae Dam, Yang Sisurat, Wapipathum, Kantharawichai, Kudrang sub-district and Chuenchom sub-district. The principal occupations of Maha Sarakham people are cultivation and animal raising. Outstanding home industry of Maha Sarakham is sericulture and silk fabric production.
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Boundaries
North:
Kalasin
South:
Surin and Buri Ram
East:
Roi Et
West:
Khon Kaen
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Items
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Demographic characteristics
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Total population (’000)
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947.3
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Population in Municpal Area (%)
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12.2
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Sex ratio (Males per 100 females)
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97.1
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Median age
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29.4
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Population by age group
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0-14 years (%)
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25.7
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15-59 years (%)
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65.8
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60 years and over (%) |
8.5
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Age dependency ratio (per 100 adults 15-59 years) |
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Total |
52
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0-14 years
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39.1
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60 years and over
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12.9
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Singulate mean age at first marriage(SMAM) |
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Males
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26.9
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Females |
22.8
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Thai nationality (%) |
99.9
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Buddhism (%) |
99.8
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Minority population |
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Muslims (%) |
0.1
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Population speaking Khmer (%)
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0.3
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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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6.5
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Population aged 6-24 years not attending school (%)
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35.9
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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 (%) |
84.1
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Work status (%) |
-
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Employers |
0.3
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Own account worker |
36
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Employees |
12.6
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Unpaid family workers |
51.1
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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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1.93
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Mean number of children still living (per ever married woman 15-49 years)
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1.89
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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 (%) |
2.3
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Lifetime migration
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Population who were not living in province of birth (%)
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6.9
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Housing characteristics
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Average household size |
4.1
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Female headed households(%) |
26.6
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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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947,313
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466,700
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480,613
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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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75,288
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38,881
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36,407
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7.9
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8.3
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7.6
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5-9
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86,277
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44,582
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41,695
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9.1
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9.6
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8.7
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10-14 |
82,112
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42,189
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39,923
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8.7
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9
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8.3
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15-19
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79,820
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41,395
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38,425
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8.4
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8.9
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8
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20-24
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71,793
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36,488
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35,305
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7.6
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7.8
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7.3
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25-29
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80,164
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38,718
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41,446
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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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84,755
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41,007
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43,748
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8.9
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8.8
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9.1
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35-39
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77,036
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37,940
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39,096
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8.1
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8.1
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8.1
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40-44
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70,838
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34,977
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35,861
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7.5
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7.5
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7.5
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45-49
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61,922
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30,027
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31,895
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6.5
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6.4
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6.6
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50-54
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54,568
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26,082
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28,486
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5.8
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5.6
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5.9
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55-59
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42,501
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20,026
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22,475
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4.5
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4.3
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4.7
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60-64
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29,777
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13,261
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16,516
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3.1
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2.8
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3.4
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65-69
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22,653
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9,793
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12,860
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2.4
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2.1
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2.7
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70-74
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13,690
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5,871
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7,819
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1.4
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1.3
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1.6
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75-79
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8,058
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3,211
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4,847
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0.9
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0.7
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1
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80-84
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3,663
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1,438
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2,225
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0.4
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0.3
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0.5
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85 and over
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2,398
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814
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1,584
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0.3
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0.2
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0.3
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Total Population |
939,920
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Males
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467,710
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Females
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472,210
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Reproductive HealthStatistics (2001) :
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Contraceptive Prevalence Rate
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86.2
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Maternal and Child Health
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Infant Mortality Rate
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7.05 : 1,000 live births
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Perinatal mortality rate
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7.47 : 1,000 total births
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Maternal mortality ratio
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33.62 : 100,000 live births
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Birth asphyxia rate
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35.94 : 1,000 live births
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Low birth weight
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7.08%
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Rate of anemia in pregnant women |
9.70%
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Rate of mothers aged less than 20 years |
10.70%
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HIV/AIDS
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Prevalence rate of HIV infection in pregnant women
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0.40%
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AIDS case rate
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9.26: 100,000 population
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