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. 2014 Oct 10:821–866. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-415766-8.00016-1

TABLE 16.2.

Health Status Indicators by Country Income Group, Selected Years, 1990–2009

Low Income Lower Middle Income Upper Middle Income High Income
GNI per capita 2009 (PPP, US$) $1,457 4,696 12,447 36,708
Life expectancy at birth (years)
1990 52 63 68 76
2009 57 68 71 80
Adolescent fertility rate (per 1000 girls aged 15–19 years), 2000–2008 115 37 53 21
Total fertility rate (per 1000 adult women)
1990 5.4 3.4 2.8 1.8
2009 3.9 2.5 2.0 1.7
Adult literacy rate (%)
1990–1999 40 63 87 NA
2000–2008 63 80 92 NA
Births attended by trained attendant 2000–2010 (%) 40 64 96 100
Maternal mortality ratio (confidence interval)
1990 850 (590–1300) 400 (290–590) 120 (95–160) 15 (14–19)
2008 580 (420–840) 230 (170–330) 82 (66–110) 15 (14–18)
Infant mortality rate (per 1000 live births)
1990 108 64 40 10
2009 75 42 19 6
Under-5 mortality rate (per 1000 live births)
1990 170 90 50 12
2009 117 57 22 7
Low birth weight, 2000–2009 (%) 15 17 8 7
Immunization (%)
Measles
1990 57 73 78 84
2009 78 79 93 93
DPT3
1990 58 78 74 88
2009 80 79 93 95

Note: GNI = gross national income; PPP = purchasing power parity; DPT3 = diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus vaccine, three doses.

Source: World Health Organization. World health statistics. 2011. Geneva: WHO. Available at: http://www.who.int/whosis/whostat/EN_WHS2011_Full.pdf [Accessed 12 June 2013].