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Infant mortality rate:(1)
Total: 154.67 deaths/1,000 live births
Male: 158.88 deaths/1,000 live births
Female: 150.24 deaths/1,000 live births
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Life expectancy at birth:(1)
Total population: 44.21 years
Male: 44.04 years
Female: 44.39 years
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Birth rate:(1)
45.82 births/1,000 population
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Death rate:(1)
19.56 deaths/1,000 population
- Total fertility rate:(1)
6.58 children born/woman
- Every 30 minutes, an Afghan woman dies
during childbirth (2)
- Major infectious diseases:(1)
degree of risk: high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and
protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne disease: malaria
animal contact disease: rabies
note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has
been identified in Afghanistan.
Sources:
(1)
CIA World Factbook (2008 estimates)
(2)
IRIN |
