[nukkad] UN Woman's Health Statistical Summary - 2001

["Samira Razdan" <>]

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To do great work a man must be very idle as well as very industrious. 
-Samuel Butler, poet (1612-1680)
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Social Indicator    India  World  Developing-World  Kerala  Sri Lanka
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Infant Mortality      73     60           66         16      17
Rate, per 1000
live births

Maternal Mortality   570    430          470          --     140
Rate, per 100,000
live births

Female                58    77.6         70.4        86.93   90.2
Literacy %

Female School         47    62           57          63      67
Enrollment

Earned Income by      26    58.0         53.0        49.8    35.5
females %

Underweight           53    30           30          --      38
Children %

Total Fertility       3.2   2.9          3.2         1.9     2.1
Rate

Women in              6     7            5           --      9
Government %

Contraception         44    56           54          56      66
usage %

Low birth             33    17            7          --      25
weight
babies %

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Kerala and Sri Lanka are added for comparison as they are recognized as 
having made exceptional efforts in the field of female education.
Blanks indicate data unavailable.








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