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HealthNet Tanzania—Mwanza
HealthNet Users Group Mwanza (HUG-M)
c/o NIMR Mwanza
P.O. Box 1462
Mwanza, Tanzania
Tel: 255-68-2458/50399
Fax: 255-68-50742/41726
Email:[email protected]
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PO Box 53
Ifakara, Tanzania
Fax: 255-51 30660
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Tanzania Health Statistics
General Information
Network Startup Resource Center (NSRC) - Tanzania
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Tanzania at a Glance: Health Statistics
compiled March, 1999
| Total Population |
31,507,000 |
| People per Physician |
22,900 |
| Per capita GNP ($US) |
120 |
| Total national health expenditure as a % of GNP |
4.7 (World Bank, 1990) |
| % of national health expenditure devoted to local health care |
37 (WHO, 1991-3) |
| Total government health expenditure as a % of GNP |
3.2 (World Bank, 1990) |
| Life Expectancy at birth (in years) |
Total population: 51 |
| Total Fertility Rate (children born/woman) |
5.5 |
| Infant Mortality Rate (deaths per 1,000 live births) |
81 |
| Probability of dying before 5th birthday (both sexes) |
12.3% |
| Maternal Mortality Rate (deaths per 100,000 live births) |
770 (UNICEF, 1998) |
| Child Malnutrition (% of children under age 5) |
28 (World Bank, 1997) |
| Immunization:
% of infants reaching their first birthday and have been fully immunized against: |
| diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis |
82 |
| poliomyelitis |
82 |
| measles |
78 |
| tuberculosis |
90 |
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% of women that have been immunized with tetanus toxoid (TT) during pregnancy |
31 |
| Access to safe drinking water (% of population) |
Total: 66, Urban: 92, Rural: 58 (UNICEF, 1998) |
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Access to sanitation (adequate excretia disposal facilities) |
Total: 86.2, Urban: 97, Rural: 83.4 (WHO, 1991-3) |
| Adult literacy rate (% of population age 15+ who can read and write) |
Total: 67.8 |
| Main Telephone Lines |
Source: Tam Tam to Internet, 1996
Total: 92,800
Per 100 inhabitants: 0.3
Households: 5,630,700
Residential main lines: 48,000
Per 100 households: 5.8
Main lines per 100 inhabitants: 2.2
Total payphones: 600
Payphones per 1,000 inhabitants: 0.6
Waiting list for telephones: 112,200
Waiting time: 10 years
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NOTE: All statistics are from The World Health Report 1998, published by the World Health Organization (WHO) unless otherwise noted.
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