Transcript Turkmenistan: Health Status Country Profile, 2012

Turkmenistan: Health Status
Country Profile, 2012
Lauren E.Valyo* and
Supercourse Developers
Population Statistics
Population: 4,997,503 (as of July 2011)
Population growth rate: 1.138% (2011)
Demographics:
Age structure:
0-14 years: 27.5% (male 696,749/female 679,936)
15-64 years: 68.4% (male 1,692,885/female 1,724,019)
65 years and over: 4.1% (male 88,590/female 115,324)
Infant Mortality Rate:
total: 42.34 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 50.42 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 33.85 deaths/1,000 live births (2011)
Life Expectancy at birth:
total population: 68.52 years
male: 65.57 years
female: 71.63 years (2011 est.)
Demographics Continued:
Birth/Death Rate:
Birth rate: 19.54 births/1,000 population (2011)
Death rate: 6.24 deaths/1,000 population (2011)
Urbanization:
Urbanization: urban population: 50% of total population (2010)
Rate of Urbanization: 2.2% annual rate of change (2010)
Sex ratio
Rate:
birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.77 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female
Total Fertility
2.16 children born/woman (2011)
Cultural Turkmenistan
Nationality:
noun: Turkmen
Ethnic Groups:
-Turkmen 85%, Uzbek 5%, Russian 4%, other 6%
(2003)
Religions:
-Muslim 89%, Eastern Orthodox 9%, unknown 2%
Cultural Turkmenistan Continued:
Languages:
-Turkmen (official) 72%, Russian 12%, Uzbek
9%, other 7%
Literacy:
male: 99.3%
female: 98.3% (1999 est.)
Health Information:
Health expenditures:
-2.3% of GDP (2009)
Physicians density:
-2.438 physicians/1,000 population (2007)
Hospital bed density:
-4.06 beds/1,000 population (2007)
Top Ten Causes of Death
Disease:
Ranking of
Relevance
Total Deaths/Year
Coronary Heart
Disease
1
11,665
Hypertension
2
5,203
Influenza and
Pneumonia
3
2,912
Stroke
4
2,195
Liver Disease
5
1,591
Diarrheal diseases
6
1,031
Tuberculosis
7
1,026
Low Birth Weight
8
900
Other Injuries
9
766
Suicide
10
719
HIV/AIDS Statistics:
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
-less than 0.1% (2007)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
-fewer than 200 (2007)
HIV/AIDS – deaths:
-fewer than 100 (2004)
According to statistics, Turkmenistan remains one
of the few countries of the world in which AIDS
spread risk rate is almost equal to zero.
Economy and Exports:
Turkmenistan's economy depends heavily on
production of natural gas, oil, petrochemicals and, to a
lesser degree, cotton and textiles.
The country remains one of the largest gas
producers among the former Soviet republics. The
country's key industries are still state-owned.
In May 2010, the government adopted the National
Program for Socio-Economic Development of
Turkmenistan for 2011-2030. The program visualizes
diversification of the economy and increased competition,
and recognizes the importance of further market and
institutional reforms. (US Dept. of State)
Communication
Since President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov's
policy of providing "Internet access to every home,
school and kindergarten," has taken effect, the
visibility of Turkmenistan's communication sector
has also risen. However, Turkmenistan still
struggles with their foreign communication due to
inconsistent regulatory practices, and unfamiliarity
with international business norms.
Communication Services:
Fixed-line services:
Total number of subscribers: 520,550,000
Annual change: 6%
Fixed-line penetration (population): 11%
Mobile Services:
Total number of subscribers (million): 3.24
Annual change: 41%
Mobile penetration (population): 63%-88%
Resources:
maps.google.com
International Monetary Fund- 2011 World Economic Outlook
CIA World Factbook
Index Mundi
http://www.state.gov/e/eb/rls/othr/ics/2011/157376.htm
worldlifeexpectancy.com
unescap.org
http://www.marketresearch.com/Paul-Budde-Communication-Pty-Ltdv1533/Turkmenistan-Telecoms-Mobile-Internet-6773524/
http://www.unescap.org/stat/data/syb2011/I-People/Financial-and-humanresources-for-health.asp
http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/centres/ecohost/public_health/turkmenistan/human_rig
hts_and_health_in_turkmenistan.pdf
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