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Table 1 Selected health-related indicators

From: Getting by on credit: how district health managers in Ghana cope with the untimely release of funds

Indicators

Ghana

Zambia

Malaysia

Population (millions 2003)

20.4

10.4

24.8

GNI per capita (US$ 2003)

320

380

3,780

Life expectancy (2002)

55

37

73

Under-5 mortality/1000 (2002)

97

182

8

Adult literacy (% 15 and above- 2002)

74

80

89

Malaria cases/100000 (2000)b

15,344

34,204

57

TB cases/100 000 (2003)b

369

508

135

HIV prevalence rate (% 2003)b

3.1

16.5

0.4

Government Health spending % GDP (2002)b

2.3

3.1

2.0

Health spending per capita (PPP US$ 2002)b

73

51

349

Physicians/100,000 people (1990–2004)b

9

7

70

  1. Source: World Development Report 2005.
  2. b Human Development Report 2005