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UNDER -5 MORTALITY RATES

Country Male Female          Ratio (female/male)
Bangladesh 106 116 1.09
Bhutan 98 94 0.96
India 82 97 1.18
Maldives 53 80 1.51
Nepal 110 124 1.13
Pakistan 108 104 0.96
Sri Lanka 22 20 0.91
South Asia 86.9 99 1.14

Source : UNFPA 1999
Report : Human Development in South Asia,
2000 : The Gender Question ; Mahbub ul
Haq Human Development Centre, OUP Karachi , 2000.

 
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