Tajikistan: Health Profile 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 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%

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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 Maternal mortality (2008) – 64/100,000 live births

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