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Sakon Nakhon
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Sakon Nakhon is in the upper Northeast. It is on the Phu Phan mountain range and has many forest temple retreats for meditation. Sakhon Nakhon is 647 kilometers from Bangkok and has an area of 9,605 squre kilometers. The province consists of 18 districts: Muang Sakhon Nakhon, Waritchaphum, Kutbak, Kusuman, Ban Muong, Phanna Nikhom, Sawang Daen Din, Wanon Niwat, Phang Khon, Akat Amnuai, Songdao, Kham Ta Kla, Toa-ngoi, Khok Si Suphan, Nikhom Nam-un, Charoen Sin, Phon Na Kaeo and Phu Phan.
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Boundaries
North:
Nong Khai and Nakhon Phanom
South:
Kalasin, Nakhon Phanom and Udon Thani
East:
Kalasin and Nakhon Phanom
West:
Nong Khai and Udon Thani
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Items
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Demographic characteristics
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Total population (’000)
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1,040.80
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Population in Municpal Area (%)
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14
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Sex ratio (Males per 100 females)
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99.3
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Median age
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26.9
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Population by age group
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0-14 years (%)
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27
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15-59 years (%)
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65.9
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60 years and over (%) |
7.1
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Age dependency ratio (per 100 adults 15-59 years) |
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Total |
51.8
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0-14 years
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41
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60 years and over
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10.8
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Singulate mean age at first marriage(SMAM) |
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Males
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26.3
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Females |
22.9
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Thai nationality (%) |
99.8
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Buddhism (%) |
96.8
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Minority population |
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Muslims (%) |
0.1
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Population Spaking Lao-Vietnam (%)
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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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6.4
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Population aged 6-24 years not attending school (%)
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45
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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 (%) |
81.1
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Work status (%) |
-
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Employers |
0.3
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Own account worker |
34.5
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Employees |
14.5
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Unpaid family workers |
50.6
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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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2.06
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Mean number of children still living (per ever married woman 15-49 years)
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2
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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 (%) |
2.5
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Lifetime migration
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Population who were not living in province of birth (%)
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9.9
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Housing characteristics
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Average household size |
4.2
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Female headed households(%) |
24
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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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1,040,766
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518,648
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522,118
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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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89,219
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45,781
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43,438
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8.6
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8.8
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8.3
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5-9
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97,683
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49,830
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47,853
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9.4
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9.6
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9.2
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10-14 |
94,371
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47,808
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46,563
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9.1
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9.2
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8.9
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15-19
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101,914
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52,141
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49,773
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9.8
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10.1
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9.5
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20-24
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90,258
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46,801
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43,457
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8.7
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9
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8.3
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25-29
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96,959
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48,350
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48,609
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9.3
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9.3
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9.3
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30-34
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94,210
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46,819
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47,391
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9.1
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9
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9.1
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35-39
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83,478
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41,535
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41,943
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8
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8
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8
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40-44
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74,512
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36,415
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38,097
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7.2
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7
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7.3
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45-49
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59,431
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28,984
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30,447
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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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47,487
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23,028
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24,459
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4.6
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4.4
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4.7
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55-59
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37,412
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17,888
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19,524
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3.6
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3.4
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3.7
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60-64
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26,911
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12,469
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14,442
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2.6
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2.4
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2.8
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65-69
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20,269
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9,090
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11,179
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1.9
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1.8
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2.1
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70-74
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12,974
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5,890
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7,084
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1.2
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1.1
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1.4
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75-79
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7,737
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3,440
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4,297
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0.7
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0.7
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0.8
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80-84
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3,606
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1,508
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2,098
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0.3
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0.3
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0.4
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85 and over
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2,335
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871
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1,464
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0.2
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0.2
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0.3
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Total Population |
1,101,608
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Males
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550,123
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Females
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551,485
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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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10.16 : 1,000 total births
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Maternal mortality ratio
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22.58 : 100,000 live births
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Birth asphyxia rate
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27.40 : 1,000 live births
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Low birth weight
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12.56%
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Rate of anemia in pregnant women |
13.29%
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Rate of mothers aged less than 20 years |
13.67%
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HIV/AIDS
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Prevalence rate of HIV infection in pregnant women
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3.68%
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AIDS case rate
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7.48: 100,000 population
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