Table 3. Health indicator rankings before and during the implementation of the United Republic of Tanzania’s national plan for 2009–2015.

Health indicator	Before implementation of plan					Middle of plan’s implementation
	Year	Valuea	Median for 10 countriesb	United Republic of Tanzania’s rankc		Year	Valuea	Median for 10 countriesb	United Republic of Tanzania’s rankc
Gross national income per capita, PPP international dollars	2008	1370	880	3		2012	1650	1240	3
Total health expenditure per capita, PPP international dollars	2008	68	65	5		2011	107	77	3
Health workforce, health professionals per 10 000 population	NA	NA	NA	NA		2012	5.9	7.5	5d
Mortality rate among children younger than five years, deaths per 1000 live births	2005	90	114	1		2012	55	83	1
Maternal mortality ratio, maternal deaths per 100 000 live births	2005	650	698	4		2012	454	523	2
Stunting among children younger than five years, %	2005	38	47	4		2011	42	43	5
Family planning, % of married women with demand satisfied	2005	52	52	5		2011	61	64	6
Skilled birth attendance, % of births	2005	44	43	5		2011	49	59	8
Third dose of diphtheria–tetanus–pertussis–Hib for children, % coverage	2008	86	85	5		2012	92	78	4
Tuberculosis treatment success rate, %	2008	88	87	2		2012	90	86	1
Antiretroviral coverage, %	NA	NA	NA	NA		2012	65	64	5

Hib: Haemophilus influenzae type b; NA: not available; PPP: parity purchasing power.

^a Not including Zanzibar.

^b Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

^c United Republic of Tanzania’s position among the total 11 countries.

^d The relevant data were only available for eight of the 11 countries included in the comparison.

Data sources: World Health Organization,¹⁸ the Global Health Observatory database²² and Demographic and Health Surveys.²³