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Table 1 Millennium Development Goals, health and national health accounts indicators

From: Assessment of productivity of hospitals in Botswana: a DEA application

 

Botswana

African Region

Health-related Millennium Development Goals Indicators

  

Low birth weight newborns (percent)

10

14

Children aged <5 years underweight for age (percent)

10.7

21.3

Under-5 mortality rate (probability of dying by age 5 per 1000 live births

40

145

Measles immunization coverage among 1-year-olds (percent)

90

74

Maternal mortality ratio (per 100 000 live births)

380

900

Births attended by skilled health personnel (percent)

94

46

Contraceptive prevalence (percent)

44.4

24.4

Adolescent fertility rate (per 1000 girls aged 15-19 years)

51

117

Antenatal care coverage (percent): at least 1 visit

97

73

Prevalence of HIV among adults aged > = 15 years per 100 000 population

22757

4735

Antiretroviral therapy coverage among people with advanced HIV infection (percent)

79

30

Malaria mortality rate per 100 000 population

2

104

Tuberculosis treatment success under DOTS (percent)

72

75

Access to improved drinking-water sources (percent)

96

59

Access to improved sanitation (percent)

47

33

Global Health Indicators

  

Life expectancy at birth in years

56

52

Healthy life expectancy (HALE) at birth (years)

49

45

Neonatal mortality rate (per 1000 live births)

46

40

Infant mortality rate (probability of dying between birth and age 1 per 1000 live births)

32

88

Adult mortality rate (probability of dying between 15 and 60 years per 1000 population)

514

401

HIV/AIDS -specific mortality rate (per 100 000 population)

585

198

Malaria -specific mortality rate (per 100 000 population)

2

104

TB among HIV-negative people (per 100 000 population)

37

45

TB among HIV-positive people (per 100 000 population)

156.5

47.6

Age-standardized mortality rates from non-communicable diseases (per 100 000 population)

594

841

Prevalence of tuberculosis (per 100 000 population)

622

475

Incidence of tuberculosis (per 100 000 population per year)

731

363

Prevalence of HIV among adults aged >15 years (per 100000 population)

22757

4735

Health service coverage

  

Antenatal care coverage (percent) - at least 1 visit

97

73

Antenatal care coverage (percent) - at least 4 visit

97

45

Births attended by skilled health personnel (percent)

94

46

Births by caesarean section (percent)

7.7

3.3

Neonates protected at birth against neonatal tetanus (percent)

78

31

Immunization coverage among 1-year-olds (percent) - MDG 4 Measles

90

74

Immunization coverage among 1-year-olds (percent) - MDG 4 DPT3

97

74

Immunization coverage among 1-year-olds (percent) - MDG 4 HepB3

85

69

Antiretroviral therapy coverage (percent) - Pregnant women (PMTCT)

95

34

Antiretroviral therapy coverage (percent) - People with advanced HIV infection

79

30

Tuberculosis detection rate under DOTS (percent)

57

47

Tuberculosis treatment success under DOTS (percent)

72

75

Health workforce and infrastructure

  

Physicians

715

150708

Physicians - Density (per 10 000 population)

4

2

Nursing and midwifery personnel

4753

792361

Nursing and midwifery personnel (per 10 000 population)

27

11

Dentistry personnel

38

23964

Dentistry personnel (per 10 000 population)

<1

1

Other health service providers

1611

257520

Other health service providers (per 10 000 population)

9

4

Hospital beds (per 10000 population)

24

10

Health expenditure (2008)

  

Total expenditure on health as percent of Gross domestic product

5.6

5.7

General government expenditure on health as percent of total expenditure on health

74.3

50.5

Private expenditure on health as percent of total expenditure on health

25.7

49.5

General government expenditure on health aspercent of total government expenditure

11.7

10.1

External resources for health as percent of total expenditure on health

5.7

20.8

Social Security expenditure on health as percent General government expenditure on health

0.0

3.4

Out-of-Pocket expenditure as percent of private expenditure on health

27.3

73.3

Private prepaid plans as percent of private expenditure on health

5.2

7.1

Per capita total expenditure on health at average exchange rate (US$)

392.5

101.8

Per capita total expenditure on health (PPP int.$)

779.3

172.1

Per capita government expenditure on health at average exchange rate (US$)

291.5

59.8

Per capita government expenditure on health (PPP int.$)

578.8

99.8

  1. Source: WHO [3].