Some chilling statistics...


Afghanistan Health Stats
Infant mortality rate:
Total: 154.67 deaths/1,000 live births
Male: 158.88 deaths/1,000 live births
Female: 150.24 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
Total population: 44.21 years
Male: 44.04 years
Female: 44.39 years

Birth rate:
45.82 births/1,000 population

Death rate:
19.56 deaths/1,000 population

Total fertility rate:
6.58 children born/woman
Every 30 minutes, an Afghan woman dies during childbirth

Major infectious diseases:
degree of risk: high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever vectorborne disease: malaria animal contact disease: rabies note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in Afghanistan.