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African Health Stats Country Fact Sheet Downloaded 26 Sep 2021

Official Country Name: Central African Republic Capital: Bangui

Official Language: French Area: 622,984 (sq Km) Population: 4,745,185 ( 2019, UN, 2019 )

Latest values

Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health

Indicator Source Year Value Units

Life expectancy at birth WHO Observatory 2016 53 Age, years data repository

Maternal Mortality Ratio WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World 2017 829 per 100,000 live Bank Group and the United births Nations Population Division

Estimated stillbirth rate per 1,000 WHO Global Health Observatory 2015 34 per 1,000 total total births in 2015 data repository births

Neonatal UN Inter-agency Group for Child 2017 42 per 1,000 live births Mortality Estimation

Infant mortality rate UN Inter-agency Group for Child 2017 88 per 1,000 live births Mortality Estimation

Under-five mortality rate UN Inter-agency Group for Child 2017 122 per 1,000 live births Mortality Estimation

Percentage of pregnant women UNICEF data 2010 38 Percentage,% who had at least 4 antenatal care (ANC) visits

Percentage of pregnant women Select options below to see 2010 3.30 Percentage, % who had at least 8 antenatal care ‘More about indicator and sources’ (ANC) visits

Proportion of births attended by UNICEF & WHO joint database 2010 40 Percentage, % skilled health personnel on skilled birth attendance

Percentage of women age 15-49 UNICEF No data Percentage, % years who received a health check available within 2 days after delivery of their most recent in the last 2 years.

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Indicator Source Year Value Units

Percentage of newborns receiving a UNICEF No data Percentage, % health check within two days after available delivery

Percentage of infants 0?5 months UNICEF 2010 33 Percentage, % of age who received only breast milk during the previous day

Coverage of the first dose of the WHO/UNICEF estimates of 2017 49 Percentage, % measles containing-vaccine national immunization coverage, 2017 revision (MCV1)

Proportion of under-fives falling UNICEF/WHO/ Group 2012 40 Percentage, % below minus 2 standard deviations (moderate and severe) and minus 3 standard deviations (severe) from the median height-for-age of the reference population

Prevalence of wasting (weight for UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Group 2012 7.60 Percentage, % height less than two standard deviations from the median of the WHO Child Growth Standards) among children under five years of age

Prevalence of overweight (weight UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Joint 2012 1.90 Percentage, % for height greater than two standard Child Malnutrition Estimates Expanded Database deviations from the median of the World Health Organization (WHO) Child Growth Standards) for children under five years of age.

Sexual and

Indicator Source Year Value Units

Proportion of women aged 20-24 Global SDG Indicators Database 2010 29 Percentage, % years who were married or in a union before age 15

Proportion of women aged 20-24 Global SDG Indicators Database 2010 68 Percentage, % years who were married or in a union before age 18

Proportion of and women aged Global SDG Indicators Database 2010 24 Percentage, % 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation

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Proportion of young women aged Global SDG Indicators Database No data Percentage, % 18-29 years who experienced available sexual violence by age 18

Proportion of young men aged Global SDG Indicators Database No data Percentage, % 18-29 years who experienced available sexual violence by age 18

Percentage of women aged 20 to Atlas of Birth 2017 20.30 Percentage (%) 24 years who gave birth before age 16 years

Adolescent birth rate (ages 15 to 19 Global SDG Indicators Database 2010 229 per 1,000 girls years) per 1,000 women in that age aged 15-19 years group

Percentage of 15 years old girls UNICEF No data percentage, % who received the recommended available doses of papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine.

Contraceptive prevalence rate, UN Population Division 2011 11 Percentage, % modern methods (mCPR): survey- based estimates of the percentage of all women of reproductive age who are using a modern contraceptive method at a particular point in time.

Proportion of women of , Department of 2017 40 Percentage, % reproductive (aged 15 to 49) who Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division are married or in a union (sexually active) and have their need for planning satisfied with modern contraception

Communicable Diseases

Indicator Source Year Value Units

Percentage of children under-five UNICEF 2010 3.00 Percentage, % with diarrhoea receiving oral rehydration salts (ORS) in the last 2 weeks

Percentage of children born in the UNICEF 2010 30 Percentage, % five years preceding the survey with acute respiratory taken to a health facility

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HIV incidence per 1000 population Global SDG Indicators Database 2017 3.01 Per 1,000 (adults 15-49 years) population age 15-49y

Proportion of adults and children UNAIDS AIDSinfo 2017 32 Percentage, % living with HIV receiving antiretroviral treatment

Percentage of pregnant women UNAIDS AIDSinfo No data Percentage, % living with HIV who received available antiretroviral medicine to reduce the risk of -to-child transmission of HIV

Proportion of adults (15-49y) UNAIDS AIDSinfo No data Percentage, % reporting use at last higher- available risk sex (with a non-marital, non- cohabiting partner)

Tuberculosis incidence per 100,000 Global SDG Indicators Database 2017 423 Per 100,000 population population

Malaria incident cases per 1,000 WHO Global Strategy for 2017 387 Per 1,000 persons per year Women's, Children's and population Adolescents' Health (2016-2030) data portal

Percentage of children under five UNICEF 2010 36 Percentage, % years old who slept under an insecticide-treated mosquito net the previous night

Non-Communicable Diseases

Indicator Source Year Value Units

Probability of dying from any WHO Global Strategy for 2016 23 Percentage, % , cancer, Women's, Children's and Adolescents' Health (2016-2030) diabetes or chronic respiratory data portal disease between age 30 and exact age 70 (%)

Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 Global SDG Indicators Database 2016 7.70 per 100,000 population) population

Age-standardised prevalence of WHO Global Strategy for No data Percentage (%) current tobacco use among females Women's, Children's and available Adolescents' Health (2016-2030) 15 years and older data portal

Age-standardised prevalence of WHO Global Strategy for No data Percentage (%) current tobacco use among males Women's, Children's and available Adolescents' Health (2016-2030) 15 years and older data portal

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Indicator Source Year Value Units

Harmful use of alcohol, defined WHO Global Health Observatory 2015 1.68 litres of pure according to the national context as data repository alcohol alcohol per capita consumption (aged 15 years and older) within a calendar year in litres of pure alcohol

Health Financing

Indicator Source Year Value Units

Health expenditure from external WHO Global Expenditure 2016 41 Percentage, % sources (EXT) as % of current Database health expenditure (CHE)

Domestic General Government Global Health Expenditure 2016 15 Percentage, % Health Expenditure (GGHE-D) as % Database (WHO) of Current Health Expenditure (CHE)

Domestic General Government Global Health Expenditure 2016 0.64 Percentage, % Health Expenditure (GGHE-D) as % Database (WHO) of Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

Domestic General Government WHO Global Health Expenditure 2016 5.06 Percentage, % Health Expenditure (GGHE-D) as % Database of General Government Expenditure (GGE)

Domestic general government WHO Global Expenditure 2016 4.44 Purchasing power health expenditure (GGHE-D) per Database parity international capita in purchasing power parity $ international dollars

Out-of-pocket expenditure on health WHO Global Health Expenditure 2016 43 Percentage,% as a percentage of current Database expenditure on health (OOP % CHE)

Percentage (%) of national health Calculated from WHO Global No data Percentage, % budget allocated for reproductive Expenditure Database available health [preliminary]

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Health systems and policies

Indicator Source Year Value Units

Density of physicians per 10,000 WHO Global Health Workforce 2015 0.63 per 10,000 population Statistics population

Density of nurses and per WHO Global Health Workforce 2015 2.04 per 10,000 10,000 population Statistics population

Density of pharmaceutical staff per WHO Global Health Workforce 2015 0.04 per 10,000 10,000 population Statistics population

Number of licensed qualified WHO Global Health Workforce 2014 8.00 Total number obstetricians actively working Statistics database

Health facilities providing integrated Not yet available 2010 61 % sexual and reproductive health services

Death registration data that are at Global SDG Indicators Database ??? Tertiary least 75% complete (1=Yes, 0=No)

Proportion of population using WHO & UNICEF Joint Monitoring 2015 54 Percentage, % safely managed or basic drinking Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene water services

Proportion of population using WHO & UNICEF Joint Monitoring 2015 25 Percentage, % safely managed sanitation services, Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene including a handwashing facility with soap and water

Proportion of population practising WHO & UNICEF Joint Monitoring 2015 24 Percentage, % open defecation Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene

Health facilities providing integrated Not yet available No data % sexual and reproductive health available services

Implementation of the African New Partnership for Africa's 2017 ??? Tertiary Medicines Regulatory Development, NEPAD, the technical body of the African Harmonisation (AMRH) Initiative Union

Maternal Surveillence & UNFPA 2017 100 Percentage Response: proportion of maternal reviewed among all maternal deaths notified

Maternal Death Surveillence & Nominator: UNFPA; 2017 0.36 Percentage Response: proprotion of maternal Denominator: WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group and deaths reviewed among total the United Nations Population number of estimated maternal Division deaths

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