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HEALTH PROFILE
| Year | India | Pakistan | Bangladesh | Nepal | Sri Lanka | Bhutan | Maldives | South Asia (weighted average) | Developing Countries | |
| Population with access to | ||||||||||
| health Services (%) | 1995 | 85 | 55 | 45 | - | 93 | 65 | 75 | 78 | 80 |
| Population with access to | 1985-87 | 57 | 44 | 46 | 29 | 40 | - | - | 54 | 55 |
| Safe water (%) | 1990-96 | 81 | 60 | 84 | 44 | 46 | 58 | 96 | 82 | 71 |
| Population with access to | 1985-87 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 45 | - | - | 11 | 32 |
| Sanitation | 1990-96 | 16 | 30 | 35 | 6 | 52 | 70 | 66 | 22 | 29 |
| Population for Doctor | 1984 | 2520 | 2910 | 6730 | 32710 | 5520 | 23310 | 20300 | 3720 | 4590 |
| 1993 | 2083 | 1923 | 5555 | 20000 | 4348 | 5000 | 5263 | 2273 | 1316 | |
| Population for Nurse | 1980 | 4674 | 5870 | 14750 | 7783 | 1262 | 2990(a) | 600(b) | 4162 | - |
| 1993 | 3323 | 3330 | 11549 | 2257 | 1745 | 6667 | - | 4091 | 4715 | |
| Daily Calorie Supply per capita | 1996 | 2415 | 2408 | 2105 | 2339 | 2263 | - | 2495 | 2379 | 2628 |
| Maternal mortality rate | ||||||||||
| ( per 1,00,000, Live births) | 1990-98 | 410 | 340 | 440 | 540 | 60 | 1600 | 202 | 405 | - |
| Women using Contraception | 1970 | 12 | 4 | 22 | -1 | 8 | - | - | 12 | 18 |
| { (&) age 15-49} | 1990-98 | 41 | 17 | 49 | 30 | 66 | 19 | 17 | 39 | - |
| Public expenditure on health | 1960 | 0.5 | 0.3 | - | 0.2 | 2 | - | 2.4 | 0.5 | 0.9 |
| ( as % of GDP ) | 1990-98 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 4 | 5.3 | 0.8 | 1.9 |
| Pregnant women aged 15-49 with anemia (%) I, | 1975-91 | 88 | - | 58 | - | - | 30 | - | 84 | - |
Note : a, b
: Year 1984
Source : Human Development in South Asia 2000 :The Gender
Question, Mahbub ul Haq Human Development Centre, OUP, Karachi 2000.