USAID Country Health Statistical Report for Paraguay

The population growth rate was 2.4% in 2009, with 28.2 births per 1,000 people and 4.5 deaths per 1,000 people. The number of live births in 2009 was 197,068. The life expectancy at birth was 75.8 years, with 64 years of healthy life expectancy for women and 60 years for men. The GNI per capita in Paraguay was $4,970 in 2005, with health expenditure accounting for 7.3% of the country's GDP in 2003. The adult literacy rate was 93.3% in 2000, with 90% for women and 93% for men. The gross enrollment ratio for primary school was 111.3% in 2006, with a gender parity index of 1.1. The total fertility rate in Paraguay was 3.8 in 2009, with 2.9 births per woman according to the CDC. The contraceptive prevalence rate was 41.9% for all women and 60.5% for married women in 2004. The median age of sexual debut among women was 19.2 years in 1990. The maternal mortality ratio in Paraguay was 192 deaths per 100,000 live births in 1995-1996, according to the CDC. Antenatal care was received by 92.9% of women, with 99.5% receiving assisted delivery by a health professional in 2004. The infant mortality rate was 24.7 per 1,000 live births in 2009, with 20.4 deaths per 1,000 live births for females and 28.8 deaths per 1,000 live births for males. The under-5 mortality rate was 31.1 per 1,000 live births in 2006, with 29 deaths per 1,000 live births according to UNICEF. The exclusive breastfeeding rate was 29.9% for children under 6 months in 2004, with 13.9% of children being stunted in 1990. The DPT3 vaccination rate was 82.8% in 2004, with 75.8% for measles vaccination.