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SOUTH ASIA: FEMALE HEALTH AND NUTRITION
| India | Pakistan | Bangladesh | Nepal | Sri Lanka | Bhutan | Maldives | South Asia | |
| Female life expectancy | ||||||||
| Number of Years-1997 | 63.9 | 62.59 | 58.2 | 57.1 | 75.4 | 62 | 68 | 63.3 |
| Total fertility rate 1998 | 3.1 | 5 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 2.1 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 3.3 |
| Birth attended by trained health personnel (%)1990-99 | 34 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 94 | 15 | 90 | 30 |
| Pregnant women aged 15-49with anemia (%) 1975-91 | 88 | - | 58 | - | - | 30 | - | 84 |
| Maternal mortality rate( per 100000-) live birth,1990-98 | 410 | 340 | 440 | 540 | 60 | 1600 | 202 | 405 |
| Contraception prevalence rate (any method) 1990-99 | 41 | 17 | 49 | 30 | 66 | 19 | 17 | 39 |
| Number of malnourished Children under 5(% Female) 1995 | 52 | - | 55 | 50 | 25 | - | 26 | 46.6 |
| Annual number of deaths in | ||||||||
| 1000 (female children age Under-5) 1998 | 2590 | 722 | 368 | 78 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 2096.3 |
| Probability of dying (per 1000) | ||||||||
| under age 5 1998, Male | 82 | 108 | 106 | 110 | 22 | 98 | 53 | 86.7 |
| Female | 97 | 104 | 116 | 124 | 20 | 94 | 80 | 99 |
Note : Latest
available year.
Source Human Development in South Asia 2000 : The Gender Question,
Mahbub ul Haq, Human Development Centre , OUP , Karachi , 2000.