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Tajikistan: Health Profile - 2012

Tajikistan: Health Profile - 2012. By: Moulika Baireddy and Supercourse developers. Map of the Country. Population Statistics. Total Population: 6,952,000 In 1960, the population was around 2 million, and since then it gradually increased with 4 million in 1980 and up to 6 million in 2010.

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Tajikistan: Health Profile - 2012

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  1. Tajikistan: Health Profile - 2012 By: MoulikaBaireddy and Supercourse developers

  2. Map of the Country

  3. Population Statistics • Total Population: 6,952,000 • In 1960, the population was around 2 million, and since then it gradually increased with 4 million in 1980 and up to 6 million in 2010. • Growth Rate: 1.85% • In the year 2000, the growth rate in Tajikistan was around 2.15%, and it decreased drastically in the year 2007 to 1.9% and it didn’t change much by the year 2011 with 1.85%

  4. Major Demographics • Birth Rate (2011) – 26.29 births/ 1000 population • Death Rate (2011) – 6.6 deaths/ 1000 population • Life Expectancy – 66.03 years • Males: 62.97 • Females: 69.25 • Total Adult Literacy Rate (15 and above) – 99.7%

  5. Economy Indicators • Average Annual Rate of Inflation (2010) – 6% • Government Expenditures on Health (2009) – 5.3% • Government Expenditures on Military (2010) – 2% • Debt – External (2011) - $2 billion (US)

  6. Distribution of Employed Population • Labor Force (2009): 2,100,000 • Unemployment Rate (2009): 2%

  7. Leading Causes of Death • Heart Disease • Cancer • Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease • Stroke • Accidents • Alzheimer’s Disease • Diabetes • Influenza & Pneumonia • Nephritis • Suicide

  8. HIV/AIDS • Deaths from HIV/AIDS (2009) – 500 deaths • People Living with HIV/AIDS (2011) – 9,100 • HIV/AIDS – adult prevalence rate – 0%

  9. Communication Facilities • Telephones –main lines in use(2010) – 367,600 • Telephones – mobile cellular (2010) – 5.941 million • Radio Broadcast Stations (2009) – 16 stations (10 licensed stations) • Internet users (2009) – 200,000 users

  10. Transportation • Roadways (2000) – 27, 767 km • Railroads (2010) – 680 km • Waterways (2010) – 200 km (along Vakhsh River) • Airports (2010) - 26

  11. Human Resources in Health • Physicians Density (2006): 2.0128 physicians/ 1000 population • Hospital Bed Density (2008): 5.41 beds/1000 population

  12. Family Planning • Condom use (among married women aged 15 – 49 years) in 2000 started off only being 0.4%, but slowly increased to about 1.3% in 2007. • Contraception using modern methods (among married women aged 15 – 49 years) in 2000 started off being 27.3 % and increased to about 31.7% in 2007. • Maternal mortality (2008) – 64/100,000 live births

  13. References • http://www.projecthope.org/where-we-work/europe-eurasia/tajikistan.html • http://www.unicef.org/tajikistan/health_nutrition_4676.html • http://www.indexmundi.com/tajikistan/

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