Friend of the Human Race

Sri Lanka

All figures from the World Health Organization Global Health Observatory, 2007, unless otherwise stated.

Population – 19,299,000
Life expectancy at birth – 71
Healthy life expectancy at birth - 63
Maternal mortality, per 100,000 live births – 58 (2005)
Child mortality aged 0-5, per 100,000 births – 15 (Unicef, 2008)
Per capita government expenditure on health in international dollars – 81 (2006)

Water and sanitation

Proportion of population of using improved drinking-water sources urban/rural/total (%) – 98/79/82 (2006)
Proportion of population of using improved sanitation facilities urban/rural/total (%) – 89/86/86 (2006)

HIV and AIDS

Prevalence of HIV among adults aged 15 and over, per 100,000 – 25
Antiretroviral therapy coverage among HIV-infected pregnant women for preventing mother to child transmission – no data available
Antiretroviral therapy coverage among people with advanced HIV infection – 14

Other communicable diseases

Mumps, reported cases – 1153
TB, reported cases – 4528
Prevalence of TB per 100,000 - 79
TB detection rate under directly observed therapy, short course (DOTS) – 85%
TB treatment success under directly observed therapy, short course (DOTS) – 87% (2006)