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Summary: Unicef's 2005 key indicators for women and
children in Guinea.
UNICEF: THE STATE OF THE WORLD’S CHILDREN 2005
KEY INDICATORS FOR CHILDREN AND WOMEN IN GUINEA
Population Indicators:
Total population (2003): 8,480,000
Population under 18 (2003): 4,283,000
Population under 5 (2003): 1,471,000
Annual number of births (2003): 362,000
Nutrition Indicators:
Infants with low-birth weight (1998-2003): 12%
Children exclusively breast-fed (
Breastfed with complementary food (6-9 months): 28%
Children still breast-feeding (20-23 months): 73%
Under-5’s suffering from moderate and severe underweight (1995-2003):
23%
Under-5’s suffering from moderate and severe wasting, weight for height
indicator (1995-2003): 9%
Under-5’s suffering from moderate & severe stunting, height for age
indicator (1995-2003): 26%
Households consuming iodized salt (1997-2003): 68%
Education Indicators:
Primary school enrolment ratio (net), male: 69; female: 54
Net primary school attendance (1996-2003)
for males: 57%; for females: 51%
Primary school entrants reaching gr. 5 (1998-2001): 84%
Number of phones per 100 population (2002): 2
Number of internet users per 100 population (2002): 0
Orphan school attendance ratio (1998-2003): 113
Gross primary school enrolment ratio, females as a
percentage of males (1998-2002): 75
Female Indicators:
Lifetime risk of maternal death (2000): 1 in 18
Contraceptive prevalence (1995-2003): 6%
Antenatal care coverage (1995-2003): 71%
Skilled attendant at delivery (1995-2003): 35%
Child Protection Indicators:
Child labor, 5-14 years, (1999-2003) male:--%; female:--%
Child marriage (1986-2003) urban:--%; rural:--%
Birth registration (1999-2003) urban: 88%; rural: 56%
Female genital cutting (1998-03) women:99%;daughters:54%
Mortality Indicators:
Under-5 mortality global rank (2003): 23
Under-5 mortality rate, per 1,000 live births (2003): 160
Under-1 infant mortality rate, per 1,000 live births (2003): 104
Annual number of U-5 deaths (2003): 58,000
Malaria Indicators:
Under-5’s sleeping under a bed-net (1999-2003): 27%
Under-5’s sleeping under a treated bed-net (1999-2003): --%
Under-5’s with fever receiving anti-malarial drugs: --%
Health Indicators:
Total popul’n using improved drinking water sources (2002): 51%
Total popul’n using adequate sanitation facilities (2002): 13%
Routine EPI vaccines financed by government (2003): 20%
1-year old children immunized for TB (2003): 78%
1-year old children immunized for DPT3 (2003): 45%
1-year old children immunized for Polio3 (2003): 43%
1-year old children immunized for Measles (2003): 52%
Life expectancy at birth (2003): 49 years
Crude death rate (2003): 16%; Crude birth rate (2003): 43%
Vitamin A supplementation coverage rate, 6-59 months (2002):95%
HIV/AIDS Indicators:
HIV adult prevalence rate, 15-49 years (end-2003): 3.2%
# of adults & children living with HIV, 0-49 years (2003): 140,000
# of children living with HIV, 0-14 years (2003): 9.2
Median HIV prevalence among pregnant women (15-24 yrs):--%
Females (15-24 years) who know healthy-looking person can have
HIV (1998-2003): 60%; who know condom can prevent HIV:--%
Females who used a condom at last high-risk sex (15-24 yrs):17%
Children orphaned by AIDS, 0-17 years (2003): 35,000
Literacy Indicators:
Total adult literacy rate (2000): 41%
Adult male literacy rate (2000): 55%
Adult female literacy rate (2000): 27%
Adult literacy rate-females as a percentage of males (2000): 49%
Economic Indicators:
GNI per capita (2003): US$430
Average annual rate of inflation (1990-2003): 5%
Population living below $1/day (1992-2002): --%