CCA Indicators

Statistics

Index:

Population
Infant, Child and Maternal Mortality
Health
Nutrition
Education
Habitat, Water and Sanitation
Poverty, Income and Employment
Food and Agriculture
Environment
Governance
Economy

São Tomé and Príncipe: CCA indicators

	Indicators	Definition	Source of data	Date	Total	Female	Male	International comparisons
	Indicators	Definition	Source of data	Date	Total	Female	Male	Sub-Saharan Africa	Developing countries
	POPULATION
1	Total population	Number	Census	1981	96,611	48,580	48,031
			Census	1991	117,504	59,464	58,040
			MFP estimates	1995	127,621	64,735	62,886
				1996	130,150	65,980	64,170
				1997	132,678	67,299	65,379
2	Population 0-14 years old	% of total	Census	1981	46.3	45.2	47.5
2	Population 0-14 years old	% of total	Census	1991	46.9	45.0	47.8
3	Population 15-64 years old	% of total	Census	1981	48.8	49.3	48.3
3	Population 15-64 years old	% of total	Census	1991	48.7	49.3	48.1
4	Population 65+ years old	% of total	Census	1981	4.9	5.5	4.2
4	Population 65+ years old	% of total	Census	1991	4.4	4.7	4.1
5	Age dependency ratio	Ratio of population under age 15 and above 65 to those aged 15 to 64	Census	1981	104.94
5	Age dependency ratio		Census	1991	105.35
6	Urban population	As % of total population	Census	1981	40.9	42.2	39.6
			Census	1991	44.7	45.6	43.8
			UNICEF	1996				32	38
7	Total fertility rate	Average number of children that would be born alive to a woman during her lifetime if she were to bear children in accordance with prevailing age-specific fertility rates ("uncorrected")	Census	1981	6.9	6.9
			Census	1991	5.35	5.35
			UNICEF	1996				5.9	3.2
8	Masculinity ratio	Number of men per 100 women	Census	1981	98.87
			Census	1991	97.61
			MPF	1995	97.14
9	Crude birth rate	Number of births per 1,000 population	Census	1981	41.48
			Census	1991	34.88
			MFP estimate	1997	30.96
			UNICEF	1996				43	26
10	Crude death rate	Number of deaths per 1,000 population	Census	1981	7.73	7.18	7.67
			Census	1991	8.25	8.29	8.84
			MPF estmate	1997	7.81
			UNICEF	1996				15	9
11	Life expectancy at birth	Number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life	Census	1970	61.6
			Census	1981	64.6
			MPF estimates	1990-97	63.9	64.9	62.9
			UNICEF	1996				51	62

	Indicators	Definition	Source of data	Date	Total	Female	Male	International comparisons
	Indicators	Definition	Source of data	Date	Total	Female	Male	Sub-Saharan Africa	Developing countries
12	Population growth rate	Annual % population growth	Census	1970-81	2.50
			Census	1981-91	1.98
			MPF est	1991-97	1.88
			UNICEF	1980-96				2.9	2.0
		Annual % population growth, by districts: Água Grande Mé-Zochi Cantagalo Caué Lembá Lobata Pagué	Census	1981-91	2.7 2.1 0.9 1.5 1.3 1.9 0.4
13	Urban population growth	Annual % growth of urban population (10 year average)	Census	1981-91
13	Urban population growth	Annual % growth of urban population (10 year average)	UNICEF	1980-96				5.0	3.8
14	Population density	Population per square kilometre, by districts: Overall Água Grande Mé-Zochi Cantagalo Caué Lembá Lobata Pagué	MPF estimates	1997	132.5 3,001.0 275.6 102.5 21.8 42.9 151.9 40.2
15	Distribution of population by districts	% of population living in: Água Grande Mé-Zochi Cantagalo Caué Lembá Lobata Pagué	MPF estimates	1997	37.3 25.3 9.2 4.4 7.4 12.0 4.3
16	Distribution of population by types of settlement	% of population living in: "agglomerations" plantations (roças) small villages (luchans)	Census	1991	54.6 21.0 24.4
17	Civil status	Distribution of population aged 15 and above by civil status: single de facto union married separated divorced widowed	Census	1991	45.4 42.9 5.7 4.9 0.1 0.9	40.8 45.4 5.7 6.6 0.1 1.4	50.4 40.3 5.8 3.1 0.0 0.4
18	Start of marital life	Average age of 1^st marriage or de facto union	Census	1991	17.2	15.8	20.1

	Indicators	Definition	Source of data	Date	Total	Female	Male	International comparisons
	Indicators	Definition	Source of data	Date	Total	Female	Male	Sub-Saharan Africa	Developing countries
	INFANT, CHILD AND MATERNAL MORTALITY
19	Infant mortality rate	Number of deaths of infants under 1 year old per 1,000 live births	Census	1970	69.6
				1981	51.2
				1991	60.8
			MPF estimates	1995	63.4
				1996	64.4
				1997	63.5
			UNICEF	1996				105	66
20	Under-5 mortality rate	Number of deaths of children under 5 years old per 1,000 live births	Estimates by Sousa, 1993; Lima & Sousa, 1996	1981	67
				1981-90	117
				1990-94	108
				1993	106
				1994	138
			UNICEF	1996				170	97
21	Under-5 mortality as % of total mortality	Under-5 deaths as % of total number of deaths	Derived from MPF and Lima & Sousa, 1996	1990-94	54
				1993	52
				1994	73
22	Maternal mortality rate	Number of deaths of women from pregnancy-related causes per 100,000 live births	Estimates by Lima & Sousa, 1996	1991	79	79
				1992	155	155
				1993	209	209
				1994	131	131
			UNICEF	1996				980	470
	HEALTH
23	Main causes of morbidity	Number of notified cases of: malaria acute respiratory infections acute diarrhoeal diseases	MINSA	1996	21,350 5,148 3,210
23	Main causes of morbidity		MINSA	1997	39,137 6,380 3,514
24	Malaria cases	Number of malaria cases per 100,000 people per year	HDR	1994					954
			MINSA	1995	16,404
			MINSA	1996	29,498
25	HIV prevalence	HIV prevalence rate in pregnant women	MINSA	1994	5.7	5.7
				1995	0.2	0.2
				1996	5.5	5.5
		HIV prevalence rate among blood donors	MINSA	1997	7
26	AIDS cases	Cumulative number of registered AIDS cases	MINSA	March 1998	32
		Number of recorded AIDS cases per 100,000 population	HDR	1995				22.2
		Number of recorded AIDS cases per 100,000 population	HDR	1996					3.5
27	Prevalence of STDs	% of pregnant women with sexually transmitted diseases	UNICEF	1994	80	80
28	Prevalence of disabilities	% of population with physical or mental disabilities	Census	1991	4.0	3.6	4.3
28	Prevalence of disabilities	% of population with physical or mental disabilities	HDR	1985-92					2.6

	Indicators	Definition	Source of data	Date	Total	Female	Male	International comparisons
	Indicators	Definition	Source of data	Date	Total	Female	Male	Sub-Saharan Africa	Developing countries
29	Vaccination coverage	% of children 12-23 months old vaccinated against diphtheria, pertussis & tetanus (DPT 3), according to vaccination card and history (figures in parentheses for card only)	MINSA/WHO/UNICEF survey data	1983	28
				1987	66
				1990	66 (63)
				1993	71 (66)
				1995	83 (76)
				1998
			UNICEF	1995-96				52	79
		% of children aged 12-23 months vaccinated against measles, according to vaccination card and history (figures in parentheses for card only)	MINSA/WHO/UNICEF survey data	1983	22
				1987	59
				1990	57 (51)
				1993	75 (70)
				1995	88 (82)
				1998
			UNICEF	1995-96				56	78
		% of children aged 12-23 months vaccinated against poliomyelitis (OPV 3), according to vaccination card and history (figures in parentheses for card only)	MINSA/WHO/UNICEF survey data	1983	28
				1987	65
				1990	66 (63)
				1993	70 (66)
				1995	83 (76)
				1998
			UNICEF	1995-96				53	80
		% of children aged 12-23 months vaccinated against tuberculosis (BCG), according to vaccination card and history (figures in parentheses for card only)	MINSA/WHO/UNICEF survey data	1983	66
				1987	90
				1990	94 (92)
				1993	99 (98)
				1995	100 (99)
				1998
			UNICEF	1995-96				70	88
		% of children aged 12-23 months fully vaccinated (DPT 3, measles, polio 3 and TB), according to vaccination card and history (figures in parentheses for card only)	MINSA/WHO/UNICEF survey data	1983	15
				1987	53
				1990	49 (46)
				1993	61 (56)
				1995	80 (73)
				1998
		% of pregnant women vaccinated against tetanus (2 doses), according to vaccination card and history	MINSA/WHO/UNICEF survey data	1993	76	76
				1995	73	73
				1998
			UNICEF	1995-96				38	51

	Indicators	Definition	Source of data	Date	Total	Female	Male	International comparisons
	Indicators	Definition	Source of data	Date	Total	Female	Male	Sub-Saharan Africa	Developing countries
30	ORT use rate	% of children under 5 years old with diarrhoea who are treated with oral rehydration salts and/or recommended home fluids	MICS	1996
30	ORT use rate		UNICEF	1990-97	74			81	80
31	Proportion of births in health facilities	Institutional deliveries (in maternity units) as % of total deliveries	UNICEF; Sousa & Lima	1993	53
			UNICEF; Sousa & Lima	1994	49
			MINSA/PNSR	1996	51.1
			MINSA/PNSR	1997	49.4
32	Coverage of pre-natal services	% of women receiving at least 1 pre-natal consultation before giving birth	MINSA/PNSR	1994	62.9	62.9
				1995	66.5	66.5
				1996	65.4	65.4
				1997	71.2	71.2
		Average number of pre-natal consultations	MINSA/PNSR	1995	3.5	3.5
				1996	3.2	3.2
				1997	4.5	4.5
33	Average age of women at 1^st birth	Average age of women at time of 1^st birth	Sousa & Lima	1992	18.7	18.7
				1993	18.9	18.9
				1994	19.0	19.0
34	Contraceptive prevalence rate	% of women aged 15-49 using contraception	MINSA/PNSR	1994	10.3	10.3
				1995	11.8	11.8
				1996	14.2	14.2
				1997	15.5	15.5
			UNICEF	1990-97				15	54
35	Coverage of post-natal services	% of children less than 1 year old receiving at least 1 post-natal consultation	MINSA/PNSR	1994	78.2
				1995	79.7
				1996	74.2
				1997	85.5
		Average number of consultations for children less than 1 year old	MINSA/PNSR	1994	6.0
				1995	5.7
				1996	6.5
				1997	6.9
		% of women receiving consultation after delivery	MINSA/PNSR	1996	15.9
		% of women receiving consultation after delivery	MINSA/PNSR	1997	21.4
36	Inhabitants per basic health centre	Number of inhabitants per health centre or health post	WB	1992				7,852
			MINSA; WHO	1994	4,012
				1996	4,230
				1998	4,474
37	Population per bed	Population per hospital bed	Census	1991	235
			MINSA; WHO	1994	212
			WB	1995	265			900
			MINSA	1998	291

	Indicators	Definition	Source of data	Date	Total	Female	Male	International comparisons
	Indicators	Definition	Source of data	Date	Total	Female	Male	Sub-Saharan Africa	Developing countries
38	Availability of health personnel	Population per doctor	MINSA; WHO	1995	2,968
				1996	2,002
				1997	2,010
				1998	2,237
		Population per nurse	MINSA; WHO	1995	545
				1996	545
				1997	569
				1998	804
		Population per midwife	MINSA; WHO	1995	3,272
				1996	3,174
				1997	3,586
				1998	4,067
		Ratio of population to other health personnel: population per laboratory technician population per radiologist population per pharmacist population per pharmaceutical technician	MINSA; WHO	1997	2,249 18,954 132,678 5,528
39	Financial resources for health	Public health expenditure as % of total Government expenditure (including external financing)	WB	1994	5.2
				1995	9.6
				1996	14.9
			UNICEF	1990-96				5	4
		% of internally financed Government expenditure allocated to health	WB	1991-96	16.2
				1994	13.0
				1995	13.3
				1996	9.8
		% share of externally financed health expenditure in total health expenditure (including non-budgetary expenditure)	WB	1994	85
				1995	92
				1996	90
		Total health expenditure as % of GDP	WB; BCSTP (for GDP)	1994	8.9
				1995	18.0
				1996	14.7
			HDR	1990				2.5	2.0
		Internally financed health expenditure as % of GDP	WB; BCSTP (for GDP)	1994	1.3
				1995	1.4
				1996	1.5
		Total health expenditure per capita in US$	WB	1990	41			14
				1994	63
				1995	96
				1996	70
		Internally financed health expenditure per capita in US$	WB	1994	9.5
				1995	7.6
				1996	7.2

	Indicators	Definition	Source of data	Date	Total	Female	Male	International comparisons
	Indicators	Definition	Source of data	Date	Total	Female	Male	Sub-Saharan Africa	Developing countries
40	Distribution of health expenditure	% distribution of total health expenditure between: Administration Primary and secondary health Tertiary health Donor overheads	WB	Average 1994-96	4 38 49 9
	NUTRITION
41	Calorie intake	Average daily calorie intake per adult equivalent	HDR	1992				2,096	2,553
			HDR	1995					2,572
			FAO	1987	2,350
			FAO	1989	2,280
			UNDP est	1994	1,879
42	Proportion of children under 5 stunted (chronic malnutrition)	% of children under 5 stunted: moderate & severe (<-2 standard deviations from median height for age)	UNICEF	1990-97				42	37
			UNICEF	1986	25.8
			MICS	1996	32.6	33.5	31.9
		% of children under 5 stunted: severe (< -3 standard deviations from median height for age)	UNICEF	1986	8.6
			MICS	1996	12.6	12.5	12.8
43	Proportion of children under 5 underweight	% of children under 5 underweight: moderate & severe (< -2 standard deviations from median weight for age)	UNICEF	1990-97				30	30
			FAO; UNICEF	1986	17
			MICS	1996	16.1	16.0	16.2
		% of children under 5 underweight: severe (< -3 standard deviations from median weight for age)	UNICEF	1990-97				10	11
			MICS	1996	5.0	5.2	4.8
44	Proportion of children under 5 wasted (acute malnutrition)	% of children under 5 wasted: moderate & severe (< -2 standard deviations from median weight for height)	UNICEF	1990-97				8	11
			UNICEF	1986	4.8
			MICS	1996	7.8	9.7	5.9
		% of children under 5 wasted: severe (< -3 standard deviations from mean)	UNICEF	1986	1.6
			MICS	1996	3.8	5.8	1.7
45	Proportion of infants with low birth weight	% of infants weighing less than 2,500 grams at birth	UNICEF	1990-94				16	18
			MS	1993	12.3
			MS	1994	12.4
46	Breast-feeding	% of infants less than 4 months who are exclusively breast-fed	UNICEF	1990-96				32	44
46	Breast-feeding		MICS	1996
47	Iodine deficiency	% of children aged 6-12 with goitre (total goitre rate)	Ruiz, 1993	1993	49.5
		% of children aged 6-12 with goitre (total goitre rate)	UNICEF	1985-94				18	18
		% of children aged 6-12 with visible goitre	Ruiz, 1993	1993	3.1
48	Prevalence of anaemia	% of children 1-5 years old with anaemia (< 110 grams per litre): Me-Zochi Lembá	MS/PNN	1993	16 34
48	Prevalence of anaemia	% of pregnant women with anaemia (< 110 grams per litre)	MS/PNN	1994	84	84

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