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Yasothon
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Yasothon is in the northeast Thailand. The province was elevated under a Revolutionary order No. 70 on February 6, 1972. At present, Yasothon administrative divided into 8 districts and 1 sub-district: Muang Yasothon, Sai Mun, Kud Chum, Kham Khuen Kheo, Pa Tue, Maha Chanachai, Lueng Nokta, Khor Wang and Thai Charoen sub-district.
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Boundaries
North:
Mukdahan
South:
Si Sa Ket
East:
Ubon Ratchathani
West:
Roi Et
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Items
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Demographic characteristics
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Total population (’000)
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561.4
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Population in Municpal Area (%)
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11.1
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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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27.5
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15-59 years (%)
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62.8
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60 years and over (%) |
9.7
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Age dependency ratio (per 100 adults 15-59 years) |
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Total |
59.3
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0-14 years
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43.8
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60 years and over
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15.5
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Singulate mean age at first marriage(SMAM) |
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Males
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26.4
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Females |
22.2
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Thai nationality (%) |
99.9
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Buddhism (%) |
98.7
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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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6.2
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Population aged 6-24 years not attending school (%)
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36.5
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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 (%) |
84.7
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Work status (%) |
-
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Employers |
0.4
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Own account worker |
36.9
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Employees |
10.4
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Unpaid family workers |
52.3
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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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2.04
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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 (%) |
3.2
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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
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Female headed households(%) |
25.1
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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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561,430
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279,549
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281,881
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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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48,229
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25,052
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23,177
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8.6
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9
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8.2
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5-9
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53,898
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27,908
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25,990
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9.6
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10
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9.2
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10-14 |
52,355
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27,051
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25,304
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9.3
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9.7
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9
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15-19
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47,425
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24,553
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22,872
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8.4
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8.8
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8.1
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20-24
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38,151
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20,039
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18,112
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6.8
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7.2
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6.4
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25-29
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44,993
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21,860
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23,133
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8
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7.8
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8.2
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30-34
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48,552
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23,714
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24,838
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8.6
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8.5
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8.8
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35-39
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43,681
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22,013
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21,668
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7.8
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7.9
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7.7
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40-44
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41,387
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20,545
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20,842
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7.4
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7.3
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7.4
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45-49
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33,527
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16,549
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16,978
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6
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5.9
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6
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50-54
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29,849
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14,555
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15,294
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5.3
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5.2
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5.4
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55-59
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24,777
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11,750
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13,027
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4.4
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4.2
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4.6
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60-64
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19,146
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8,717
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10,429
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3.4
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3.1
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3.7
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65-69
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15,255
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6,729
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8,526
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2.7
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2.4
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3
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70-74
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9,806
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4,325
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5,481
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1.7
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1.5
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1.9
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75-79
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5,836
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2,428
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3,408
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1
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0.9
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1.2
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80-84
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2,717
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1,084
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1,633
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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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1,846
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677
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1,169
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0.3
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0.2
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0.4
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Total Population |
552,714
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Males
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277,538
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Females
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275,176
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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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10.44 : 1,000 total births
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Maternal mortality ratio
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33.87 : 100,000 live births
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Birth asphyxia rate
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30.14 : 1,000 live births
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Low birth weight
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10.79%
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Rate of anemia in pregnant women |
10.91%
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Rate of mothers aged less than 20 years |
12.94%
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HIV/AIDS
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Prevalence rate of HIV infection in pregnant women
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0.89%
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Prevalence rate of HIV infection in Children aged
less than 2 years
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11.11%
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AIDS case rate
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18.58: 100,000 population
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