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SOUTH ASIA: HEALTH AND
NUTRITION
|
Year |
India |
Pakistan |
Bangla-desh |
Nepal |
Sri
Lanka |
Bhutan |
Maldives |
South
Asia (weighted average) |
Live
expectancy at
Birth |
1960 |
44 |
43 |
40 |
38 |
62 |
37 |
44 |
44 |
1998 |
63 |
64 |
58 |
58 |
73 |
61 |
65 |
63 |
Infant
Mortality
( Per 1000 Births ) |
1960 |
144 |
139 |
151 |
212 |
90 |
175 |
158 |
144 |
1998 |
69 |
95 |
79 |
72 |
17 |
84 |
62 |
72 |
Daily
Caloric Supply( as a % of
requirement ) |
1966 |
89 |
76 |
91 |
87 |
100 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
1997 |
114 |
107 |
97 |
108 |
99 |
n/a |
82 |
111 |
Under
Weight Children
Under
age 5 (%) |
1975 |
71 |
47 |
84 |
63 |
58 |
n/a |
n/a |
69 |
1997 |
53 |
38 |
56 |
47 |
37 |
38 |
43 |
51 |
Source :Human
Development in South Asia 2000: The Gender Question, Mahbub ul Haq
Human Development Centre, OUP, 2000 Karachi.
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