USAID Country Health Statistical Report for Georgia

The population growth rate is less than 0.01% in 2010. Approximately 52% of the population resides in urban areas, with 162,458 women aged 15-19 and 1,168,498 women aged 15-49. The life expectancy at birth is 76.9 years, with a crude birth rate of 10.7 per 1,000 and a crude death rate of 9.8 per 1,000. The number of live births in 2010 is 49,229. Georgia's GNI per capita (PPP) is $3,270 as of 2005. Health expenditure as a percentage of GDP is 4% in 2003. The country has 3.9 physicians per 1,000 people, with an adult literacy rate of 99% for primary school enrollment. Access to an improved water source is 61% in rural areas and 90% in urban areas. The population living below $1 a day is 6.5% from 1990-2004, with a human development index of 0.75 in 2005. The total fertility rate in Georgia is 1.4 as of 2010, with a contraceptive prevalence rate of 16.1% for all women and 26.6% for married women. The median age of sexual debut among women aged 25-49 is 21.3 years. Women 20-24 who gave birth before age 20 account for 20.1% of the population. The maternal mortality ratio is 66 per 100,000 live births as of 2005, with an antenatal care rate of 94.3% and an assisted delivery rate of 96.3%. The infant mortality rate in Georgia is 15.7 per 1,000 live births as of 2010, with an under-5 mortality rate of 17.1 per 1,000 live births. The DPT3 vaccination rate is 92% as of 2008, with a measles vaccination rate of 96% and a polio vaccination rate of 90%. The HIV prevalence proportion among adults aged 15-49 is 0.1% as of 2007, with an estimated 2,700 people living with HIV. Georgia has 3,703 estimated cases of tuberculosis in 2007, with a case detection rate of 110% and a treatment success rate of 75%. The country has 7 malaria cases per 100,000 people in 2003, with 100% DOTS coverage in 2007.