USAID Country Health Statistical Report for Vietnam

The population growth rate was 1.1% in 2010, and the percentage of the population living in urban areas was 26% in 2004. The number of women aged 15-19 was 4,232,634 in 2010, and the number of women aged 15-49 was 25,637,431 in 2010. The life expectancy at birth was 71.9 years in 2010, and the crude birth rate was 17.3 per 1,000 people in 2010. The crude death rate was 6 per 1,000 people in 2010, and the number of live births was 1,548,685 in 2010. The GNI per capita (PPP) in Vietnam was $3,010 in 2005, and the health expenditure as a percentage of GDP was 5.4% in 2003. The number of physicians per 1,000 people was 0.5 in 1997-2004, and the adult literacy rate was 90.3% in 2004. The adult literacy rate for females was 89% in 1995, and the adult literacy rate for males was 94.2% in 1995. The gross enrollment ratio for primary school was 94.5% in 2005, and the gender parity index for net enrollment ratio was 0.94 in 2000. The total fertility rate in Vietnam was 1.9 in 2010, and the contraceptive prevalence rate for modern methods among all women was 52.6% in 1997. The contraceptive prevalence rate for modern methods among married women was 56.7% in 2002, and the median age of sexual debut among women aged 25-49 was not available. The mean ideal family size was 2.4 in 2002, and the percentage of women aged 20-24 who gave birth before age 20 was 15.9% in 2002. The maternal mortality ratio in Vietnam was 150 per 100,000 live births in 2005, and the antenatal care rate was 86.8% in 2002. The assisted delivery rate by a health professional was 85% in 2002, and the assisted delivery rate by a doctor was 49.7% in 2002. The assisted delivery rate by other health professionals was 35.3% in 2002. The infant mortality rate in Vietnam was 21.6 per 1,000 live births in 2010, and the under-5 mortality rate was 32.7 per 1,000 live births in 2010. The acute respiratory infection and oral rehydration therapy care-seeking rate among children under 5 was 71.3% in 2002, and the oral rehydration therapy use rate was 74% in 2002. The DPT3 vaccination rate was 72.4% in 2002, and the measles vaccination rate was 83.2% in 2002. The HIV prevalence proportion among adults aged 15-49 was 0.5% in 2007, and the estimated number of people living with HIV was 290,000 in 2007. The estimated number of people living with HIV among women aged 15+ was 76,000 in 2007, and the estimated number of people living with HIV among children aged 0-14 was not available.