1. Tajikistan Health Profile Eugene Shubnikov, Eugene Shubnikov, MD, coordinator for the FSU, Novosibirsk, Russia for Supercourse’s Program, Pittsburgh, USASupercourse’s

3. Population Statistics by gender and age Total population: 6,440,732

4. Crude Birth Rate Per thousand persons Preliminary data

5. Life Expectancy at Birth (years)

6. Crude Death Rate Per thousand persons Preliminary data

7. Main reasons of the deaths Per 100 000 persons

8. Standardized death rate(SDR) per 100 000 population (1995) All Cause of Death 1157.5 CVD diseases592.6 Malignant neoplasms65.9 Injuries and poisoning57.6 Diseases of Respiratory organs181.4 Infectious and parasitic Diseases21.7 Diseases of the Digestive System47.5

9. Infant Mortality Rate Per 1000 of life births Preliminary data for 1999

10. - Inpatient care beds (2000): 658 per 100 000 population - Number of Physician (2000): 218 per 100 000 - GNP (2000) : 1140 of US dollars per capita - Total expenditure on Health (1999): 1,1 per cent to GNP (including physical culture) Economics and Health Indicators

11. HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: less than 0.01% (1999 est.) HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:less than 100 (1999 est.) HIV/AIDS - deaths:less than 100 (1999 est.)

12. Internet country code:.tj Internet Service Providers (ISPs): NA Internet users:2,000 (2000) Telephones - main lines in use: 363,000 (1997) Telephones - mobile cellular: 2,500

13. This lecture is based on http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbpyr.html http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html Statistical data: Health in Russia, Russian Goskomstat, 2001, Moscow, 356P.( info@gks.ru or http://www.info.gks.ru) info@gks.ru http://www.info.gks.ru http://www.who.dk/document/e72505.pdf http://www.ldb.org/vl/geo/asia/3tad.htm http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/tjtoc.html www.worldbank.org/data/countrydata/countrydata.html

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