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SOUTH ASIA: CHILD SURVIVAL AND DEVELOPMENT PROFILE
| India | Pakistan | Bangladesh | Nepal | Sri Lanka | Bhutan | Maldives | South Asia (weighted average) | Developing Countries | |
| Population under 18, 1998 - number ( Millions) | 396 | 68(a) | 56 | 11 | 6.2 | 0.98 | 0.14 | 470 | 1844 |
| - a (%) of total population | 40 | 52 | 45 | 48 | 33 | 49 | 50 | 42 | 38 |
| Population under 5 1998 number ( Millions) | 116 | 19 | 15 | 3.4 | 1.6 | 0.33 | 0.04 | 155 | 536 |
| a (%) of total population | 12 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 11 |
| Infant mortality rate (per 1000 li births) - 1960 | 144 | 139 | 151 | 199 | 83 | 175 | 180 | 144 | 138 |
| - 1998 | 69 | 95 | 79 | 72 | 17 | 84 | 62 | 72 | 64 |
| Under 5 mortality rate - 1960 | 236 | 226 | 247 | 297 | 133 | 300 | 300 | 235 | 216 |
| - (per 1000 live births )1998 | 105 | 136 | 106 | 100 | 19 | 116 | 87 | 107 | 95 |
| One year olds fully immunized against | |||||||||
| Tuberculosis (%) - 1980 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 43 | 63 | 9 | 8 | 13 | - |
| - 1995-98 | 79 | 66 | 91 | 86 | 90 | 94 | 99 | 79 | 81 |
| One year olds fully immunized against | |||||||||
| measles (%)- 1980 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 30 | 1 | - |
| - 1995-98 | 66 | 55 | 62 | 73 | 91 | 71 | 98 | 65 | 72 |
| Births attended by trained health personal | |||||||||
| (%) 1990-99 | 34 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 94 | 15 | 90 | 30 | 54 |
| Low births weight infants (%)-1990-97 | 33 | 25 | 50 | - | 25 | - | 13 | 33 | 18 |
| Child economic activity rate (% age 10-14) 1997 | 13 | 17 | 29 | 44 | 2 | 55 (b) | 6 (c) | 15 | 16 |
| Child labour (millions) 1994 | 100 | 19 | 15 | - | - | - | - | 134 | - |
Note : a : Includes
age groups 0-19 ; b and c : Year 1995.
Report : Human Development in South Asia 2000 : The Gender Question,
Mahbub ul Haq Human Development Centre, OUP, Karachi, 2000