USAID Country Health Statistical Report for Namibia

The population growth rate is 0.95 percent per year, and the percent urban is 33 percent. The total population of women aged 15-19 is 124,700, and the total population of women aged 15-49 is 539,800. The life expectancy at birth is 51.2 years, and the crude birth rate is 22.5 per 1,000 people. The crude death rate is 13.3 per 1,000 people, and the number of live births is 47,466. The GNI per capita (PPP) is $7,910, and the health expenditure as a percentage of GDP is 6.7 percent. The number of physicians per 1,000 people is 0.35, and the adult literacy rate is 85 percent. The adult literacy rate for females is 81 percent, and the adult literacy rate for males is 81 percent. The gender parity index for enrollment ratio is 1.56, and the access to an improved water source in rural areas is 72 percent. The total fertility rate is 2.7, and the contraceptive prevalence rate for all women is 45.7 percent. The median age of first marriage among women aged 25-49 is 18.2 years, and the mean ideal family size is 3.1. The women aged 20-24 who gave birth before age 20 is 35.1 percent, and the unmet need for family planning in rural areas is 3.6 percent. The maternal mortality ratio is 210 per 100,000 live births, and the antenatal care coverage is 86 percent. The assisted delivery by a health professional is 81.4 percent, and the anemia prevalence among women of reproductive age is not available. The equity in skilled attendance at delivery is 0.6. The infant mortality rate is 45.5 per 1,000 live births, and the under-5 mortality rate is 76.9 per 1,000 live births. The neonatal mortality rate is 24.4 per 1,000 live births, and the under-5 mortality rate is 69 per 1,000 live births. The exclusive breastfeeding rate is 35.4 percent, and the stunted rate is 29 percent. The DPT3 vaccination rate is 83.2 percent, and the measles vaccination rate is 83.8 percent. The polio vaccination rate is 78.6 percent, and the tetanus toxoid vaccination rate is 32.9 percent. The equity in DPT3 coverage is 0.8, and the improved sanitation and hygiene practices is 66.8 percent.