—from Epidemiological
Bulletin, Vol. 21 No. 4, December 2000—
Basic Indicators 2000
Basic Indicators 2000: Selected Indicators by subregion: Population
|
|
Total Population
(Thousands)
2000
|
Annual
Population
Growth rate (%)
1995-00
|
Urban
Population
(%)
2000
|
Crude
birth rate
(1,000 pop)
|
Annual
births average
(thousands)
1995-00
|
Crude
death rate
(1,000 pop)
1995-00
|
Annual
deaths average
(thousands)
1995-00
|
Total fertility rate
per woman
1995-00
|
Infant
mortality
91,000 lb)
1995-00
|
Life expectancy
at birth
(years)
1995-00
|
|
|
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
|
|
Population with access
to services of
|
National health expenditures
as % of GDP
1996
|
Human resources per 10,000
pop
|
Hospital beds per 1,000 pop.
1996
|
Immunization coverage
in under 1 year old
(percentage)
|
|
drinking water
1998
|
|
|
|
|
|
OPV 3
1999
|
BCG
1999
|
|
|
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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