Table 1.
Selected health-related indicators
| Indicators | Ghana | Zambia | Malaysia |
| Population (millions 2003) | 20.4 | 10.4 | 24.8 |
| GNI per capita (US$ 2003) | 320 | 380 | 3,780 |
| Life expectancy (2002) | 55 | 37 | 73 |
| Under-5 mortality/1000 (2002) | 97 | 182 | 8 |
| Adult literacy (% 15 and above- 2002) | 74 | 80 | 89 |
| Malaria cases/100000 (2000)b | 15,344 | 34,204 | 57 |
| TB cases/100 000 (2003)b | 369 | 508 | 135 |
| HIV prevalence rate (% 2003)b | 3.1 | 16.5 | 0.4 |
| Government Health spending % GDP (2002)b | 2.3 | 3.1 | 2.0 |
| Health spending per capita (PPP US$ 2002)b | 73 | 51 | 349 |
| Physicians/100,000 people (1990–2004)b | 9 | 7 | 70 |
Source: World Development Report 2005.
b Human Development Report 2005