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Basic Health Indicators

The table below shows Basic Health Indicators (key statistic) for the Health Sector in Tanzania

Subject	Status
Leading disease from 1997 outpatients - 15 years	Malaria 37.7%
Leading disease from 1997 outpatient - Over 5	Malaria32.2%
Leading disease from 1997 outpatients - U5+	Malaria 32.4%
Leading disease from 1997 admission - U5 years	Malaria other than cerebral 44.0%
Leading disease from 1997 admission - Over 5	Malaria other than cerebral 34%
Leading cause of death from 1997 admission - U5	Malaria other than cerebral 27%
Leading cause of death from 1997 admission - 5+	Clinical AIDS 17%
Highest Case Fatality Rate in 1997 - U5 years	Per 1,000 live births 132.0
Highest Case Fatality Rate in 1997 - 5 years +	Neonatal Tetanus 66.7
Rate of AIDS per 100,000 population 1997 population	307
	Total 29.3 mill
	Male 14.1 mill
	Female 15.2mill
Life Expectancy at birth (years) for both sex	50
Female	51
Male	49
Population growth rate (percentage)	1.8 (1998 Census)
Total Fertility (Percentage)	6.5 (1998 Census)
Crude Birth rates per 1,000	46
Under Five Infant Mortality Rate per 1,000	161 (1994 estimates)
Maternal Mortality Rate per 100,000	200 - 400 (MCH / FP)
Crude death rates	46 (1998 Census)
Population per heath facility	7,431
Population per physician	23,188
Population per nursing staff	1,122
Birth attended by Health Personnel	74 (1985 estimates)
Babies with low birth weight	14 1985 (estimates)

Distribution of health facilities and ownership

	Number by ownership
Type of Facility	Government	Parastatal	Voluntary	Private	Other	Total
Specialized Regional Hospital District Hospital Other Hospitals Health Centres Dispensaries Specialized clinics Nursing Homes Private Laboratories Private x-ray units	4 17 55 2 49 2,450 75 0 18 5	0 0 2 6 6 202 0 0 3 3	2 0 13 56 48 612 4 0 9 2	0 0 0 20 16 665 22 6 184 16	0 0 0 2 0 28 0 0 0 1	6 17 70 86 479 3,955 101 6 214 27
Total	3,035	22	746	927	31	4,961

Distribution of inpatients beds-national total

	Number by ownership
Type of Facility	Government	Parastatal	Voluntary	Private	Other	Total
Specialized Regional Hospital District Hospital Other Hospitals Health Centres Dispensaries Specialized Clinics Nursing Homestt	1,105 3,834 5,764 150 4,528 256 0 0	0 0 391 286 75 3 0 0	1,290 0 1,924 6,766 1,328 713 0 0	0 0 70 902 121 42 0 11	0 0 0 81 15 0 0 0	2,396 3,834 8,149 8,163 6,087 977 0 11
Total	15,607	752	12,021	1,140	96	29,616

Source: MOH, Health Statistics Abstract, Dar es Salaam. June 1998 and November, 1999

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