—from Epidemiological Bulletin, Vol. 21 No. 4, December 2000—
Basic Indicators 2000
Basic Indicators 2000: Selected Indicators by subregion: Population
|
Subregion |
Total Population |
Annual |
Urban |
Crude |
Annual |
Crude |
Annual |
Total fertility rate |
Infant |
Life expectancy |
Literate |
|
The Americas |
823,255 |
1.3 |
76.0 |
19.4 |
15,416 |
7.2 |
5,791 |
2.4 |
24.8 |
72.4 |
92 |
|
North America (a) |
308,569 |
0.8 |
77.2 |
13.6 |
4,113 |
8.6 |
2,597 |
1.9 |
7.0 |
76.9 |
99 |
|
Latin America & The Caribbean |
514,686 |
1.5 |
75.3 |
22.9 |
11,303 |
6.4 |
3,194 |
2.7 |
35.5 |
69.8 |
87 |
|
Latin America |
506,814 |
1.5 |
75.6 |
22.9 |
11,149 |
6.4 |
3,145 |
2.7 |
35.7 |
69.7 |
87 |
|
Mexico |
98,881 |
1.6 |
74.4 |
24.6 |
2,338 |
5.1 |
481 |
2.8 |
31.0 |
72.5 |
91 |
|
Central American Isthmus (b) |
36,616 |
2.5 |
48.3 |
31.6 |
1,089 |
5.8 |
199 |
3.9 |
36.0 |
69.7 |
75 |
|
Latin Caribbean (c) |
31,390 |
1.2 |
63.4 |
21.7 |
662 |
8.0 |
244 |
2.7 |
45.0 |
68.3 |
80 |
|
Brazil |
169,202 |
1.2 |
81.3 |
19.6 |
3,210 |
7.1 |
1,173 |
2.2 |
42.0 |
67.1 |
85 |
|
Andean Area (d) |
109,711 |
1.8 |
75.0 |
25.1 |
2,628 |
5.9 |
619 |
3.0 |
35.0 |
69.7 |
90 |
|
Southern Cone (e) |
61,014 |
1.4 |
85.3 |
20.7 |
1,222 |
7.3 |
429 |
2.7 |
22.0 |
73.3 |
96 |
|
Non-Latin Caribbean (f) |
7,872 |
1.0 |
58.9 |
20.1 |
154 |
6.4 |
49 |
2.3 |
22.0 |
72.6 |
91 |
Basic Indicators 2000: Selected Indicators by subregion: Resources, access and coverage
|
Subregion |
Population with access
to services of
|
National health expenditures
as % of GDP |
Human resources per 10,000
pop
|
Hospital beds per 1,000 pop. |
Immunization coverage
in under 1 year old
(percentage) |
||||||
|
drinking water |
sewerage |
Physicians |
nursing professionals |
dentists |
|
OPV 3 |
BCG |
measles |
|||
|
The Americas |
91 |
80 |
9.9 |
21.3 |
40.5 |
5.3 |
2.9 |
90 |
88 |
94 |
91 |
|
North America (a) |
100 |
100 |
14.4 |
27.4 |
96.4 |
6.0 |
4.0 |
95 |
91 |
i |
92 |
|
Latin America & The Caribbean |
85 |
68 |
7.2 |
17.6 |
6.9 |
4.8 |
2.2 |
87 |
87 |
94 |
90 |
|
Latin America |
85 |
68 |
7.2 |
17.7 |
6.7 |
4.9 |
2.2 |
87 |
87 |
94 |
90 |
|
Mexico |
89 |
72 |
4.1 |
15.6 |
10.8 |
1.0 |
1.1 |
96 |
96 |
99 |
94 |
|
Central American Isthmus (b) |
77 |
78 |
7.6 |
10.2 |
5.1 |
2.3 |
1.4 |
90 |
91 |
89 |
91 |
|
Latin Caribbean (c) |
74 |
70 |
6.6 |
28.5 |
12.4 |
5.6 |
2.8 |
80 |
81 |
84 |
93 |
|
Brazil |
94 |
59 |
8.4 |
21.0 |
4.5 |
9.4 |
3.1 |
83 |
84 |
99 |
90 |
|
Andean Area (d) |
77 |
65 |
7.1 |
11.7 |
5.4 |
3.7 |
1.5 |
85 |
82 |
85 |
85 |
|
Southern Cone (e) |
80 |
85 |
9.1 |
22.0 |
6.1 |
1.9 |
3.0 |
89 |
91 |
97 |
94 |
|
Non-Latin Caribbean (f) |
90 |
87 |
5.0 |
7.1 |
23.7 |
1.2 |
3.9 |
86 |
85 |
88 |
86 |
(a) Bermuda, Canada, United States of America; (b) Belize, Costa
Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama; (c) Cuba, Dominican
Republic, Haiti, Puerto Rico; (d) Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela;
(e) Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay;(f) Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba,
The Bahamas, Barbados, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Frech Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe,
Guyana, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Saint Kitts &
Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago,
Turks & Caicos Islands, Virgin Islands (UK), Virgin Islands (US). i= not applicable
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