HC Deb 29 March 1994 vol 240 c635W
Dr. Lynne Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information he has on(a) the child mortality rates and (b) the average life expectancy of inhabitants of (i) El Salvador, (ii) Nepal, (iii) Paraguay, (iv) Benin, (v) Togo, (vi) Sierra Leone, (vii) Mauritius, (viii) Burundi, (ix) Rwanda, (x) Haiti, (xi) Chad, (xii) Albania, (xiii) Barbados, (xiv) Malta, (xv) Botswana, (xvi) Ukraine, (xvii) The Gambia and (xviii) Mongolia.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

The latest information we have on child mortality and average life expectancy rates in the countries listed, based on data contained in the World Bank Atlas 1994, is as follows:

Country Infant mortality rate (per 1000 live births) as at 1992 Average life expectancy at birth (years) as at 1992
El Salvador 46 66
Nepal 99 54
Paraguay 47 67
Benin 110 51
Togo 85 54
Sierra Leone 143 43
Mauritius 18 70
Burundi 106 48
Rwanda 110 46
Haiti 93 55
Chad 122 47
Albania 28 73
Barbados 10 75
Malta 10 76
Botswana 35 68
Ukraine 18 70
The Gambia 142 45
Mongolia 60 64

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