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Nong Bua Lamphu
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Nong Bua Lamphu became the 76th province of Thailand in 1993. It has an area of 3,859.626 square kilometers. Most of Nong Bua Lamphu is situated on the northeastern plateau and the province has large forested areas. There is a long range of mountains in the northeast that level off to the west and to the southwest in Na Klang and Sriboonreung Districts making these areas suitable for rice cultivation.The province is administrative divided into 6 districts: Muang Nong Bua Lamphu, Noen Sung, Suwan Khuha, Sriboonreung, Na Klang and Na Wang.
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Boundaries
North:
Udon Thani
South:
Khon Kaen
East:
Udon Thani
West:
Loei
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Items
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Demographic characteristics
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Total population (’000)
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482.2
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Population in Municpal Area (%)
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22.9
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Sex ratio (Males per 100 females)
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100.2
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Median age
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27
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Population by age group
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0-14 years (%)
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27.8
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15-59 years (%)
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65
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60 years and over (%) |
7.2
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Age dependency ratio (per 100 adults 15-59 years) |
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Total |
53.8
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0-14 years
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42.7
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60 years and over
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11.1
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Singulate mean age at first marriage(SMAM) |
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Males
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26.2
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Females |
22.2
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Thai nationality (%) |
99.9
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Buddhism (%) |
99.9
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Minority population |
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Muslims (%) |
-
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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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6.1
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Population aged 6-24 years not attending school (%)
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45.2
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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 (%) |
84.3
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Work status (%) |
-
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Employers |
0.2
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Own account worker |
34
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Employees |
12.5
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Unpaid family workers |
53
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Members of producers’ cooperatives |
0.3
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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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2.03
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Mean number of children still living (per ever married woman 15-49 years)
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1.97
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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 (%) |
1.8
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Lifetime migration
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Population who were not living in province of birth (%)
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17.5
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Housing characteristics
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Average household size |
4.3
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Female headed households(%) |
21.9
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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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482,207
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241,314
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240,893
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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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42,689
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21,901
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20,788
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8.9
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9.1
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8.6
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5-9
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46,148
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23,897
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22,251
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9.6
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9.9
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9.2
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10-14 |
44,981
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22,938
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22,043
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9.3
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9.5
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9.2
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15-19
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44,263
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22,767
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21,496
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9.2
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9.4
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8.9
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20-24
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41,276
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21,046
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20,230
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8.6
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8.7
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8.4
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25-29
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44,161
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21,715
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22,446
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9.2
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9
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9.3
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30-34
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43,992
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21,827
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22,165
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9.1
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9
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9.2
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35-39
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38,424
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19,308
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19,116
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8
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8
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7.9
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40-44
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33,898
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16,872
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17,026
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7
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7
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7.1
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45-49
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28,205
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14,005
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14,200
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5.8
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5.8
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5.9
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50-54
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22,379
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11,039
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11,340
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4.6
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4.6
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4.7
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55-59
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16,951
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8,254
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8,697
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3.5
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3.4
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3.6
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60-64
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12,404
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5,875
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6,529
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2.6
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2.4
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2.7
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65-69
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9,479
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4,308
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5,171
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2
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1.8
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2.1
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70-74
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6,103
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2,788
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3,315
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1.3
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1.2
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1.4
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75-79
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3,791
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1,644
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2,147
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0.8
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0.7
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0.9
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80-84
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1,809
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698
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1,111
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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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1,254
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432
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822
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0.3
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0.2
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0.3
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Total Population |
496,519
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Males
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250,760
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Females
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245,759
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Reproductive HealthStatistics (2001) :
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Maternal and Child Health
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Infant Mortality Rate
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-
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Perinatal mortality rate
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7.62 : 1,000 total births
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Maternal mortality ratio
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0.00 : 100,000 live births
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Birth asphyxia rate
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24.56 : 1,000 live births
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Low birth weight
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8.24%
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Rate of anemia in pregnant women |
15.84%
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Rate of mothers aged less than 20 years |
12.57%
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HIV/AIDS
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Prevalence rate of HIV infection in pregnant women
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0.71%
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AIDS case rate
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17.80: 100,000 population
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