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The total population of Aruba in 2005 is estimated at 72,000; 44.7% live in urban areas. [1] Women represent 51.4% of the total population. [2] It is estimated that 18,401 women were 15 to 49 years old in the year 2004, that is, around 50% of the total number of women. [3] The average annual rate of population growth was slightly over 1% in 1985, but it decreased and is holding at less than half of that value (Figure 1).
Among the population aged 15 years and over, literacy in 1998 was 96.6% for women and 97.4% for men. [4] Gross enrollment rates at the primary and secondary levels were at least 100% in 2002-2003, for men as well as women (Figure 2).
In 2005, life expectancy at birth was 82.7 years for women and 75.8 years for men. [5] Additional gains in life expectancy are projected for both sexes, but the gap between men and women is expected to remain almost 7 more years for women (Figure 3).
There were 3 infant deaths and 1 maternal death in 2004. [6] No other mortality data from Aruba are available, by sex, age, or cause of death.
In 2004 the total fertility rate in Aruba was 1.8 children per woman. [7] There was 1 maternal death in 2004. [8] A total of 52 cases of AIDS were reported in Aruba through the year 2002; however, the sex distribution of cases is not available. [9] In September 2005 there were 49 people under treatment with antiretroviral drugs [10] ; the number of people 15 to 49 years old who need such treatment is unknown. [11]
In 2002, 96.0% of births were attended by trained personnel and all pregnant women received at least one consultation for prenatal care, provided by a trained health worker. [12] Although this topic is an essential element in the analysis of gender-based inequalities related to the participation of women and men in the health sector, the statistics that would allow such analyses are not currently available.
[1] PAHO/AIS. Health Situation in the Americas. Basic Indicators 2005. Washington, DC, 2005. [2] Based on: PAHO/AIS. Technical Information System. Table Generator. http://www.paho.org , 26 January 2006. [3] U.S. Census Bureau. International Data Base. http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/ipc/ , 14 March 2006. [4] PAHO/AIS. Health Situation in the Americas. Basic Indicators 2005. Washington, DC, 2005. [5] PAHO/AIS. Health Situation in the Americas. Basic Indicators 2005. Washington, DC, 2005. [6] Ibid. [7] PAHO/GE. Gender, Health and Development in the Americas. Basic Indicators 2005. Washington, DC, 2005. [8] PAHO/AIS. Health Situation in the Americas. Basic Indicators 2005. Washington, DC, 2005. [9] PAHO/AI and National AIDS Program. [10] Ibid. [11] UNAIDS/WHO. [12] PAHO/AIS. Health Situation in the Americas. Basic Indicators 2005. Washington, DC, 2005. |
