USAID Country Health Statistical Report Angola

The country's population growth rate is 2.1% per year, with 36% of the population residing in urban areas. Women aged 15-19 make up 703,170 of the population, while women aged 15-49 account for 3,044,506 individuals. Life expectancy at birth is 38.5 years, with a crude birth rate of 43.3 per 1,000 people and a crude death rate of 23.7 per 1,000 people. The country's socioeconomic indicators reveal a GNI per capita of $2,210 in 2005, with health expenditure accounting for 2.8% of the GDP in 2003. There are 0.1 physicians per 1,000 people, and the adult literacy rate is 67.4%, with 54% of women and 82% of men able to read and write. The gross enrollment ratio for primary school is 73.6%, with a gender parity index of 0.91. The total fertility rate in Angola is 6.1 children per woman, with 7.8 children per woman in rural areas. However, data on contraceptive prevalence rates, median age of sexual debut, and mean ideal family size are not available. The maternal mortality ratio is 1,400 deaths per 100,000 live births, with antenatal care and assisted delivery rates also not available. Child survival indicators show an infant mortality rate of 178.1 per 1,000 live births, with 130 deaths per 1,000 live births reported by UNICEF. The under-5 mortality rate is 268.9 per 1,000 live births, with exclusive breastfeeding rates and vaccination coverage data not available. The HIV prevalence proportion among adults aged 15-49 is 2.1%, with an estimated 190,000 people living with HIV. Infectious disease control indicators reveal 48,777 estimated cases of tuberculosis in 2007, with a case detection rate of 80% and a treatment success rate of 18%. Malaria cases per 100,000 people are 8,841, with 63% of the population having access to DOTS coverage.