# of people living on less than $1 a day¹

>1 billion

# of people living on less than $2 a day¹

2.7 billion

Maternal & Child Health

# of maternal deaths annually²

529,000

% of maternal deaths that occur in developing countries³

98%

Chance a woman living in sub-Saharan Africa has of dying in pregnancy¹

1 in 16

Chance a woman living in North America has of dying in pregnancy¹

1 in 3,700

# of newborns who die within the first month of life3

4 million

% of newborn deaths that occur in developing countries³

99%

Regions with highest rates and numbers of neonatal deaths⁴

Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia

# of neonatal deaths that could be prevented annually by improving access to low-cost, low-tech interventions⁵

2.5 million

Infectious Diseases

Malaria⁶

# of countries & territories with malaria prevalence

105

% of global population at risk for acquiring malaria

>41%

# of people who get sick with malaria annually

350-500 million

# of people who die from malaria annually

1 million

% of malaria deaths occurring in sub-Saharan Africa

90%

TB⁷

# of people who die from TB annually

2 million

# of people becoming sick with infectious TB annually

>8 million

# of new TB infections annually resistant to major TB drugs

300,000

Regions most affected by TB

SE Asia; Eastern Europe; sub-Saharan Africa

HIV/AIDS⁸

# of people living with HIV

39.5 million

# of people newly infected with HIV

4.3 million

# of deaths due to AIDS

2.9 million

% of new HIV infections in people under 25

50%

# of people under 25 infected with HIV every day

6,000

% of HIV+ people who are women

48%

% of all HIV+ people living in sub-Saharan Africa

70%

# of AIDS orphans in Africa

12 million

# of people infected with HIV over the last 25 years

65 million

# of deaths due to AIDS-related illnesses in last 25 years

25 million

# of people in developing and transitional countries in immediate need of life-saving AIDS drugs

6.8 million

# of these people actually receiving the drugs

1.65 million

Chronic/Non-communicable Diseases & Conditions⁹

% of global disease burden represented by non-communicable diseases

60%

# of deaths from chronic disease (2005)

35 million

# of people who will die prematurely in 2007 from a chronic disease

17 million

% of chronic disease deaths in low- and middle- income countries

80%

% of chronic disease deaths in people under the age of 70 (2005)

~ 50%

Major risk factors for chronic disease

unhealthy diet; physical inactivity; tobacco

# of children under five who are overweight

22 million

10/90 Gap & Equitable Access

% of global health burden in developing countries¹⁰

90%

% of global health research resources applied to health problems in developing countries¹⁰

10%

Money spent worldwide on health research (2001)¹⁰

US$105.9 billion

# of deaths annually from water-borne diseases¹

5 million

% of Africans suffering from water-borne diseases¹

>50%

# of children in the developing world who die annually as a result of severe diarrhea¹¹

2-3 million

# of children under 5 who die annually from acute lower respiratory infections¹¹

2 million

# of deaths annually of vaccine-preventable diseases¹¹

2 million

# of children annually not vaccinated against basic illnesses¹¹

27 million

Human Resources for Health

# of full-time, paid health workers worldwide¹²

59.2 million

Health workforce density (per 1,000), by region¹²

Africa  2.3; SE Asia 4.3; Western Pacific 5.8; Europe 18.9; Americas 24.8; World 9.3

Estimated world shortage of health workers¹³

4.2 million

Main reasons people leave the health workforce¹²

migration; risk of violence, illness or death; change of occupation; retirement

% of the world’s physicians employed by the US¹⁴

11%

% of physicians in the U.S., U.K., Canada, and Australia who are international medical graduates¹⁵

23-38%

% of IMGs supplied by lower-income countries¹⁵

40-75%

Indicator

Latin America & Caribbean

Sub-Saharan Africa

Industrialized Countries

Developing Countries

Least Developed Countries

% of population living on less than $1 a day

9

46

-

22

41

Life expectancy at birth

72

46

79

65

53

% of population with sustainable access to improved water source*^

91

55

100

80

59

% of population using improved sanitation facilities**^

77

37

100

50

36

Total health expenditures (% of GDP)***^^

6.9

5.2

10.7

5.6

4.6

Maternal and Child Health

Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births

26

101

5

57

97

Under-5 mortality rate per 1,000 live births

31

169

6

83

153

% of low birth weight infants

9

14

7

16

19

% of under-5s moderately or severely underweight

7

28

-

27

35

Maternal mortality rate (per 100,000 live births)

190

940

13

440

890

% of births with skilled attendant at delivery

87

43

99

60

35

% of 1-year-olds immunized

Tuberculosis (BCG)

96

76

-

83

81

Diptheria/pertussis/tetanus (DPT3)

91

66

96

75

76

Polio

91

68

94

76

76

Measles

92

65

92

75

72

Hepatitis B (hepB3)

85

37

64

54

41

HIV/AIDS

Adult prevalence (15+ years)

0.6

6.1

0.4

1.1

2.7

Estimated # of children (0-14 years) living with HIV

54,000

2,000,000

13,000

2,300,000

1,100,000

Estimated # of people (all ages) living with HIV

1,900,000

24,500,000

2,000,000

35,100,000

11,700,000