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Contact Information:
Makerere University Medical School, Mulago
Albert Cook Library
PO Box 7062
Kampala, Uganda
Tel: +256 (41) 541-036
Fax: +256 (41) 530-024
Email:support@uga.healthnet.org


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Uganda Health Statistics
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Network Startup Resource Center (NSRC) - Uganda

Uganda at a Glance: Health Statistics
compiled March, 1999

Total Population 20,791,000
People per Physician N/A
Per capita GNP ($US) 240
Total national health expenditure as a % of GNP 6.5 (WHO, 1991-3)
% of national health expenditure devoted to local health care 6.0 (WHO, 1991-3)
Total government health expenditure as a % of GNP 1.6 (World Bank, 1990)
Life Expectancy at birth (in years) Total population: 41
Total Fertility Rate (children born/woman) 7.1
Infant Mortality Rate (deaths per 1,000 live births) 114
Probability of dying before 5th birthday (both sexes) 18%
Maternal Mortality Rate (deaths per 100,000 live births) 1,200 (UNICEF, 1998)
Child Malnutrition (% of children under age 5) 26 (World Bank, 1997)
Immunization:
% of infants reaching their first birthday and have been fully immunized against:
  • diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis
    		• 79
  • poliomyelitis
    		•  79
  • measles
    		•  77
  • tuberculosis
    		•  100
    % of women that have been immunized with tetanus toxoid (TT) during pregnancy 77
    Access to safe drinking water (% of population) Total: 46, Urban: 77, Rural: 41 (UNICEF, 1998)
    Access to sanitation (adequate excreta disposal facilities) Total: 60, Urban: 78, Rural: 58 (WHO, 1994)
    Adult literacy rate (% of population age 15+ who can read and write) Total: 61.8
    Main Telephone Lines Source: Tam Tam to Internet, 1996

    Total: 47,900
    Per 100 inhabitants: 0.2

    Households: 4,259,500
    Residential main lines: 13,600

    Per 100 households: 0.3
    Main lines per 100 inhabitants: 0.2

    Total payphones: 800
    Payphones per 1,000 inhabitants: 0.0

    Waiting list for telephones: 6,300
    Waiting time: 0.7 years

    NOTE: All statistics are from The World Health Report 1998, published by the World Health Organization (WHO) unless otherwise noted.

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