USAID Country Health Statistical Report for Turkey

The population growth rate is 1.3% in the same year. Approximately 67% of the population resides in urban areas. The number of women aged 15-19 is 3,339,870, and the number of women aged 15-49 is 20,764,647. The life expectancy at birth is 72 years, and the crude birth rate is 18.7 per 1,000 people. The crude death rate is 6.1 per 1,000 people, and the number of live births is 1,433,191. Turkey's socioeconomic indicators show a GNI per capita of $8,420 in 2005. The health expenditure as a percentage of GDP is 7.6% in 2003. There are 1.3 physicians per 1,000 people, and the adult literacy rate is 87.4%. The adult literacy rate for females is 81%, and for males, it is 96%. The gross enrollment ratio for primary school is 94.2%, and the gender parity index for net enrollment ratio is 0.96. Access to an improved water source is 87% in rural areas and 96% in urban areas. The total fertility rate in Turkey is 2.2, and the contraceptive prevalence rate for modern methods among all women is 26.1%. The median age of sexual debut among women aged 25-49 is not available. The mean ideal family size is 2.4, and 26.2% of women aged 20-24 gave birth before the age of 20. The total fertility rate in rural areas is 3.1, and the unmet need for family planning in rural areas is 13.5%. The unmet need for family planning in urban areas is 8.5%. Turkey's maternal health indicators show a maternal mortality ratio of 44 per 100,000 live births in 2005. The antenatal care rate is 69.5%, and the assisted delivery rate by a health professional is 80.6%. The anemia prevalence among women of reproductive age is not available. The child survival indicators in Turkey show an infant mortality rate of 25.8 per 1,000 live births in 2009. The under-5 mortality rate is 48.8 per 1,000 live births in 2006. The exclusive breastfeeding rate is 9.4%, and the stunted rate is 16%. The wasted rate is 1.9%, and the underweight rate is 8.3%. Turkey's HIV/AIDS prevention indicators show an estimated number of people living with HIV of 2,000 in 2007. The HIV prevalence proportion among adults aged 15-49 is not available. The males reporting condom use with their last non-regular partner is not available, and the females reporting condom use with their last non-regular partner is also not available. The infectious diseases control indicators in Turkey show an estimated number of TB cases of 22,136 in 2007. The TB case detection rate is 80%, and the TB treatment success rate is 91%. The malaria cases per 100,000 people are 13.2 in 2003. The DOTS coverage is 100% in 2007, and the HIV-infected with active TB is less than 0.01%. The avian influenza cumulative number of confirmed human cases is less than 0.01 in 2009.