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Central African Republic Country Implementation Profile Population Dynamics and Household Structure Population 1990 2010 Total population by age group and sex, 2010 and 2050 Total population (000) 2,935 4,401 Male Female Male Female Population density (per km2) 57 Total fertility rate 5.8 4.6 Child dependency ratio 82 73 Old-age dependency ratio 8 7 Proportion of youth (%) 18 21 1990-1995 2005-2010 Annual population growth (%) 2.5 1.8 Life expectancy M F MF at birth 46 50 44 47 (thousands) (thousands) Source: Population pyramids are based on medium variant of the 2010 revision of the World Population at 60 15 16 15 16 Projections (WPP) by UN Population Division. Variant Population projections (000) Low Medium High Population growth and projections, 1950 - 2100 2030 6,038 6,365 6,693 2050 7,340 8,392 9,529 2100 6,868 10,954 16,765 Household structure One-person households (%) n.a. Female-headed households (%) n.a. Nuclear households (%) n.a. Orphans (000), due to all causes 370 (2009) Government policies and concern 2009 Government policy on population growth No intervention Government policy on level of fertility No intervention Source: The projections are based on the 2010 revision of WPP by UN Population Division. Level of government concern about population ageing n.a. Urbanization and Environment 1990 2010 Improved drinking water sources Improved sanitation facilities Urban population (%) 37 38 Proportion of population using improved drinking water sources Proportion of population using improved sanitation facilities Urban population living in slums (%) 88 96 * 92 Using improved drinking water (%) 58 67 85 78 Using improved sanitation (%) 11 34 ** CO2 emmission (000 tons) 198 260 Urban 3 ** 51 Rural 43 Air pollution: PM10 (mg/m ) 60 34 47 49 32 Urban Government view and policy 2009 21 28 Rural Government view on spatial distribution Major change desired 16 Government policy on migration from 5 Lower rural to urban areas 1990 2000 2010 1990 2000 2010 * Data year 2009 Source: UNICEF/WHO Source: UNICEF/WHO ** Data year 2008 Note: "n.a." stands for "not available". Page 1 July 2012 Central African Republic Country Implementation Profile Sexual and Reproductive Health Unmet need for family planning (%) 19 (1995) n.a. Unmet need for family planning, 1995 Contraceptive prevalence (%) Proportion of married women 15‐49 years whose family planning needs are not met by type and household wealth level any method (including traditional) 15 (1995) 19 (2006) modern method only 3 (1995) 9 (2006) Adolescent birth rate 157 (1993) 133 (2003) Government concerns and support 2009 5 Limiting Level of government concern about adolescent fertility Minor concern 14 Spacing Government has policies to reduce adolescent fertility Yes* * Type Lowest Second Middle Fourth Highest Type of government support for family planning Indirect support 20% 20% 20% 20% 20% *Assigning public health doctors to working in areas of sexual and reproductive health of adolescents; health and sex education for Source: UNFPA adolescents. HIV prevalence (%), 15-49 3.1 (1990) 4.7 (2009) Youth and HIV, 2009 HIV-related knowledge and behavior and HIV prevalence among people 15-24 years sex workers n.a. injecting drug users n.a. 60 Male Female 41 men having sex with men n.a. 26 All Children 17 1.0 2.2 Antiretroviral therapy (%) 24 7 (2010) Comprehensive HIV testing Condom use in last HIV Prevalence Level of government concern about HIV/AIDS Major concern (2009) knowledge of HIV higher-risk sex Source: UNAIDS Maternal and Child Health Births attended by trained 46 (1995) 44 (2009) Skilled attendant at birth, 2009 health professional (%) Maternal mortality ratio Proportion of births attended by a trained health professional Number of maternal deaths per 100,000 live births Antenatal care (%) by residence and household wealth level 1000 1000 1000 at least 1 visit 67 (1995) 69 (2006) 930 82 890 at least 4 visits 40 (1995) n.a. Births by C-section (%) n.a. n.a. Abortion rate n.a. 26 Legal grounds on which To save women's life. abortion is permitted (2009) Urban Rural Lowest Second Middle Fourth Highest 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 20% 20% 20% 20% 20% Source: UNICEF Source: MMEIG DPT3 immunization Stunting (%) 42 (1995) 43 (2006) Neonatal, infant and under-five mortality Proportion of children 12-23 months who have received three doses of DPT vaccine Stunting prevalence, 2006 Number of deaths per 1,000 live births 200 100 Proportion of children 0-59 months who are stunted by sex, residence and household wealth level 180 160 80 140 120 60 46 46 48 46 100 45 42 39 37 80 40 30 60 40 20 20 0 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 0 Boys Girls Urban Rural Lowest Second Middle Fourth Highest Under-five mortality Infant mortality 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 20% 20% 20% 20% 20% Neonatal mortality Source: UNICEF/WHO Source: UNICEF Source: IGME Number of doctors (per 100,000 population) 8 (2004) Number of nurses or midwives (per 100,000 population) 41 (2004) Page 2 July 2012 Central African Republic Country Implementation Profile Education Male Female Male Female Educational attainment among population 25+ Literacy rate (%) Proportion of population 25+ by level of education and sex Male Female Population 15+ 67 35 (2000) 69 43 (2010) Population 15-24 73 49 (2000) 72 58 (2010) No data Populatioin 65+ 23 4 (2000) n.a. n.a. Adjusted net enrollment rate (%), n.a. n.a. 78 60 (2011) primary Primary school completion rate (%) 34 20 (2003) 53 33 (2011) Transition rate from primary to 74 81 (2004) 59 59 (2009) secondary education (%) No schooling or Complete primary Secondary Post secondary or Public expenditure on education as % incomplete primary (ISCED 1) (ISCED 2-3) tertiary 1.6 (1999) 1.2 (2010) (ISCED 4-6) of GDP Source: UNESCO ISCED: International Standard Classification of Education Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women Seats in parliament held by 4 (1990) 10 (2010) women (%) Child marriage, 2006 Gender parity index Share of women in non- Proportion of females 20-24 years who were married by age 18 Ratio of number of female students enrolled to male students n.a. 47 (2003) by residence and household wealth level agricultural employment (%) 1990 2010 Women making decision on n.a. n.a. own health (%) 64 64 66 0.70 57 59 59 56 Women exposed to intimate 0.60 0.60 n.a. n.a. partner violence (%) Women 20-24 married by 18 0.40 57 (1994) 61 (2006) (%) 0.30 0.20 Legal age at marriage (2011) Urban Rural Lowest Second Middle Fourth Highest 20% 20% 20% 20% 20% Primary Secondary Tertiary Without parental consent With parental consent Source: UNICEF Source: UNESCO Male 22 Female 18 Male n.a. Female n.a. Poverty and Economic Development Population living below $1.25 83 (1992) 63 (2008) GDP per capita Labor force participation, 2010 per day (%) GDP per capita (Purchasing Power Parity 2005 international dollars) Ratio of labor force to working-age population by age group and sex Share of poorest quintile in 2 (1993) 5 (2003) $900 national consumption (%) 96 Male Female $800 92 Own account and family 82 84 n.a. n.a. $700 79 workers in employment (%) $600 68 68 Labor force participation (%) 78 (1990) 79 (2010) $500 57 $400 Unemployment rate (%) $300 $200 15+ n.a. n.a. $100 $0 15-24 n.a. n.a. 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 15-24 25-54 55-64 65+ Source: World Bank Source: ILO Page 3 July 2012 Central African Republic Country Implementation Profile Migration 1990 2010 International migration, 2010 Migrants by sex and age group (000) International migrants (000) 63 81 Male Female % female among migrants 0-19 49 49 65+ 1.8 1.5 % female among migrants 20-64 45 45 40-64 11.5 9.0 % female among migrants 65+ 46 46 Number of refugees 4,284 21,574 Number of internally n.a. 105000 (2011) 20-39 15.5 13.4 displaced persons Annual inflow of remittances ($000) 0 n.a. 10-19 6.9 6.4 Government policy on immigration No intervention (2009) 0-9 7.2 7.2 Government policy on emigration No intervention (2009) 20 15 10 5 0 5 10 15 Source: UN Population Division Glossary and Data Sources Population Dynamics and Household Structure Sexual and Reproductive Health (continued ) Education (continued) Total fertility rate – The mean number of children a woman would have by Adolescent birth rate – Annual number of births to women aged 15-19 Education attainment among population 25+ years – Percentage age 50 if she survived to age 50 and were subject to the age-specific fertility years per 1,000 women in that age group. Source: UNFPA distribution of population aged 25 years and above according to the rates observed in a given year. Source: UN Population Division Antiretroviral therapy (%) – Proportion of people with advanced HIV highest level of education attained or completed. Source: UNESCO Child dependency ratio – The ratio of the population aged 0-14 to the infection receiving antiretroviral therapy according to nationally approved Transition rate from primary to secondary education (%) – The population aged 15-64, percentized. Source: UN Population Division protocols (or WHO/UNAIDS standards). Source: UNAIDS number of pupils (or students) admitted to the first grade of secondary Old-age dependency ratio – The ratio of the population aged 65 or older to Comprehensive knowledge of HIV (%) – Proportion of people 15-24 years education in a given year, expressed as a percentage of the number of the population aged 15-64, percentized. Source: UN Population Division who correctly identified the two major ways of preventing the sexual pupils (or students) enrolled in the final grade of primary education in Life expectancy (at birth) – The number of years to be lived by a newborn, transmission of HIV, who rejected the two most common local mis- the previous year.
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