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Healthcare
- Infant mortality rate is 252/1,000 live births
- Life expectancy is 44 years
- 53.7% of children under 5 are malnourished
- Almost 1 in 5 Afghan children die before the age of 5
- There are 250,000 childhood deaths a year, mostly from malnutrition, diarrhea, tuberculosis and malaria
- 34% of the population uses adequate sanitation facilities
- 39% of the population uses improved drinking water sources
- 34% of pregnant women are immunized for tetanus
- 44% of infants are immunized for measles
- Total health expenditure of GDP is only 4.4%
- < 1 physician for every 1,000 people
- < 1 hospital bed for every 1,000 people
- Widespread use of mines during more than two decades of conflict has turned Afghanistan into one of the most heavily contaminated countries in the world
- Mines and UXO (Unexploded Ordinance) technology kill or injure an average of two Afghans every day; 50% of victims are children
Orphans
- 12% of children are orphans
- 60% of children have lost at least one member of their family or close relatives
- 35% of children have lost one of their parents
- Over 600,000 children sleep on the streets
Education
- Literacy rate is 28%
- Female literacy rate is 12.6%
- The net primary school enrollment is 53%
- Female completion rate of primary school is 17.73%
- Male completion rate of primary school is 45.84%
- Female secondary school enrollment is 5%
- Male secondary school enrollment is 25%
Refugees
- There are 3.2 million refugees living outside of Afghanistan: the largest refugee population in the world followed by Iraq and Sudan
- More than 20,000 families have been displaced due to the fighting in the provinces of Helmand, Kandahar and Uruzgan as of November 2006
Infrastructure and Housing
- Almost half the population of Kabul lives in squatter settlements
- Piped city water reaches only 18% of the population of Kabul
- Only 6% of Afghans have electricity
- Housing market can't keep up with millions of returning refugees
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