§ Sir John StanleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) what information is available to his Department country by country on life expectancy rates in those countries that are actual or potential recipients of British overseas aid.
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Expectation of life at birth (years) Deaths per 1000 live births Males Females Infants under 1 year old Children under5 years old Europe Cyprus 72.3 77.0 16.5 17 Gibraltar 71.2 78.1 9.8 — Greece 72.2 76.4 12.3 18 Malta 70.8 76.0 13.6 — Portugal 68.4 75.2 17.8 22 Turkey 60.0 63.3 92.1 104 Yugoslavia 67.7 73.2 27.3 31 Africa—North of the Sahara Algeria 58.5 61.4 88.0 117 Egypt 56.8 59.5 70.5 136 Libya 56.6 60.0 96.5 130 Morocco 56.6 60.0 96.5 130 Tunisia 60.1 61.1 85.3 110 Africa—South of the Sahara Angola 40.4 43.6 148.5 242 Benin 42.4 45.6 120.1 193 Botswana 52.7 59.3 76.2 99 Burkina Faso 43.7 46.8 150.3 245 Burundi 44.9 48.1 124.1 200 Cameroon 49.2 52.6 103.2 162 Cape Verde 59.0 61.0 76.5 95 Central African Republic 41.4 44.6 142.0 232 Chad 41.4 44.6 142.8 232 Comoros 48.3 51.7 88.3 135 Congo 44.9 48.1 81.1 122 Djibouti — — — — Equatorial Guinea 42.4 45.6 137.3 223 Ethiopia 39.3 42.5 154.9 257 Gabon 47.4 50.7 111.9 178 Gambia 33.5 36.5 174.1 292 Ghana 50.3 53.8 98.3 153 Guinea 38.7 41.8 159.1 259 Guinea-Bissau 41.4 44.6 1428 232 Ivory Coast 48.8 52.2 109.9 157 Kenya 51.2 54.7 80.2 121 Lesotho 46.3 52.3 111.1 144 Liberia 47.4 50.7 132.5 215 Madagascar 48.9 50.4 67.0 97 Malawi 38.1 41.2 130.0 275 Mali 46.9 49.7 120.9 302 Mauritania 42.4 45.6 137.3 223 Mauritius 64.4 71.2 26.3 32 Mayotte — — — — Mozambique 44.4 46.2 153.5 252 Namibia 46.6 49.9 115.6 — Niger 40.9 44.1 145.7 237 Nigeria 46.9 50.2 114.2 182 Reunion 65.5 74.0 13.1 — Rwanda 45.1 47.7 132.0 214 St. Helena — — 29.7 — Sao Tome and Principe — — 61.7 — Senegal 41.7 44.9 142.2 231 Seychelles 66.2 73.5 17.4 — Sierra Leone 32.5 35.5 179.5 302 Somalia 39.3 42.5 154.9 257 Sudan 46.6 49.0 117.8 187 Swaziland 46.9 50.2 129.2 182 Tanzania 49.3 52.7 114.8 183 Togo 48.8 52.2 102.3 160 (2) what information is available to his Department country by country on child mortality rates in those countries that are actual or potential recipients of British overseas aid.
§ Mrs. ChalkerInformation on life expectancy and infant mortality rates is included in the "United Nations Demographic Yearbook" for 1986, published in 1988. Information on child mortality is included in the UNICEF report on "The State of the World's Children", 1987, also published in 1988. The rates for all developing countries are given in the following table.
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Expectation of life at birth (years) Deaths per 1000 live births Males Females Infants under 1 year old Children under5 years old Uganda 47.4 50.7 111.9 178 Zaire 48.3 51.7 107.3 170 Zambia 49.6 53.1 88.3 135 Zimbabwe 54.0 57.6 80.2 121 America—North and Central Anguilla — — 33.9 — Antigua — — 7.7 — Bahamas — — 26.4 — Barbados 67.2 72.5 13.1 16 Belize — — 21.5 — Bermuda 68.8 76.3 7.1 — Cayman Islands — — 10.9 — Costa Rica 70.5 75.7 18.9 23 Cuba 72.7 76.1 13.6 19 Dominica — — 19.6 — Dominican Republic 60.7 64.6 74.5 88 El Salvador 62.6 67.1 35.1 91 Grenada — — 15.4 — Guadeloupe 66.4 72.4 15.3 — Guatemala 55.1 59.4 56.0 109 Haiti 51.2 54.4 127.8 180 Honduras 53.4 56.9 81.5 116 Jamaica 70.3 75.7 10.0 25 Martinique 67.0 73.5 14.1 — Mexico 62.1 66.0 53.0 73 Montserrat — — 7.7 — Netherlands Antilles — — — — Nicaragua 58.7 61.0 76.4 104 Panama 69.2 72.9 25.6 35 St. Kitts—Nevis — — 27.8 — St. Lucia 67.3 73.1 17.6 — St. Pierre et Miquelon — — — — St. Vincent — — 26.5 — Trinidad and Tobago 66.9 71.6 12.7 26 Turks and Caicos Islands — — 24.5 — Virgin Islands (Br) — — 12.2 — America—South Argentina 65.5 72.7 35.3 40 Bolivia 48.6 53.0 124.4 184 Brazil 60.9 66.0 70.6 91 Chile 61.3 67.6 19.5 26 Colombia 61.4 66.0 50.0 72 Ecuador 59.5 61.8 69.5 92 Falkland Islands — — — — French Guiana — — 20.1 — Guyana 65.8 70.8 36.2 41 Paraguay 62.8 67.5 45.0 64 Peru 56.8 60.5 98.6 133 Suriname 65.6 70.6 36.2 41 Uruguay 65.7 72.4 30.4 32 Venezuela 64.9 70.7 26.1 45 Asia—Middle East Bahrain 65.9 68.9 31.6 35 Iran 55.8 55.0 108.1 — Iraq 61.5 63.3 77.1 101 Israel 73.1 76.6 11.4 16 Jordan 64.6 71.0 54.1 65 Kuwait 69.6 73.7 18.5 25 Lebanon 63.1 67.0 48.0 56 Oman 51.0 53.7 117.2 172 Qatar 65.4 69.8 37.8 43 Saudi Arabia 59.2 62.7 66.1 109 Syria 63.8 64.7 58.8 71 United Arab Emirates 65.4 69.8 37.8 43 Yemen 46.9 49.9 134.9 210 Yemen (Democratic) 46.9 49.9 134.9 210 Asia—South Afghanistan 36.6 37.3 181.6 329 Bangladesh 55.3 54.4 128.2 196 Bhutan 46.6 45.1 138.7 206 Burma 55.8 59.3 70.0 91 India 55.6 55.2 104.9 158
Expectation of life at birth (years) Deaths per 1000 live births Males Females Infants under 1 year old Children under 5 years old Maldives 53.4 49.5 57.5 — Nepal 50.9 48.1 138.7 206 Pakistan 59.0 59.2 94.5 174 Sri Lanka 67.8 71.7 30.5 48 Asia—Far East Brunei 70.1 72.7 12.0 — China 66.7 68.9 39.3 50 Hong Kong 73.8 79.2 7.5 II Indonesia 522 54.9 84.4 126 Kampuchea 42.0 44.9 159.9 216 Korea (DPR) 64.6 71.0 29.7 35 Korea (Republic) 62.7 69.1 29.7 35 Laos 48.3 51.2 122.5 170 Macao — — 12.6 — Malaysia 67.6 72.7 17.0 38 Mongolia 60.0 64.1 53.0 64 Philippines 60.2 63.7 50.6 78 Singapore 68.7 74.0 9.1 12 Taiwan — — — — Thailand 57.6 61.6 47.5 55 Timor 39.2 40.7 183.3 — Viet Nam 56.7 61.1 75.8 98 Oceania Cook Islands 63.2 67.I 8.1 — Fiji 67.0 71.0 18.5 34 Kiribati — — — — Nauru — — 19.0 — New Caledonia 71.0 76.8 16.8 — Niue Island — — — Pacific Islands (United States) — — 23.2 — Papua New Guinea 51.2 537 74.4 94 Pitcairn Island — — — — Polynesia, French — — 20.5 — Solomon Islands — — — — Tokelau Islands — — — — Tonga — — 5.0 — Tuvala — — — — Vanuatu — — — 75 Wallis and Futuna — — — — Western Samoa 61.0 64.3 33.0 — Sources:
Life expectancy at birth and infant mortality are taken from the UN Demographic Yearbook for 1986, published in 1988.
Child mortality statistics are taken from a report by UNICEF called The State of the World's Children 1987, also published in 1988.
Data is the most recent that is readily available.
Data that is not available is shown by—.
Note:
The list of countries is taken from the Development Assistance Committee's list of Developing Countries.
§ Sir John StanleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information is available to his Department for each of those countries that are actual or potential recipients of British overseas aid as to the numbers of people who would be considered to be in a state of starvation or semi-starvation by international bodies such as the World Health Organisation.
§ Mrs. ChalkerFew developing countries have nutritional monitoring systems. Statistics on nutritional status are therefore unreliable. The United Nations sub-committee on nutrition has used data from many sources to produce the world nutrition situation report, which provides a regional perspective on nutritional status. The World Bank also publishes national estimations of daily per capita calorie supply as a percentage of calorie requirement. This gives an indication of the proportion of people in any country who have too few calories to maintain health.