Health in Somalia

Somalia's health care system is significantly underdeveloped. The following information provides an overview of the state of health in Somalia, with data sourced from the CIA ''World Factbook''.

Population: 12.3 million (2014 est.)

;Age structure
''0–14 years:'' 45.6% (male 2,881,283/female 2,740,209)

''15–64 years:'' 52.5% (male 3,219,425/female 3,226,432)

''65 years and over:'' 2% (male 144,056/female 105,407) (2014 est.)

Population growth rate: 3.8% (2014 est.)

Birth rate: 40.87 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

Death rate: 13.91 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.)

;Sex ratio
''at birth:'' 0.894 male(s)/female

''under 15 years:'' 1 male(s)/female

''15–64 years:'' 1.07 male(s)/female

''65 years and over:'' 0.66 male(s)/female

''total population:'' 1.028 male(s)/female (2014 est.)

;Infant mortality rate
100.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.)

''male:'' 108.89 deaths/1,000 live births

''female:'' 92.12 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.)

;Life expectancy at birth

''total population:'' 51.8 years

''male:'' 49.58 years

''female:'' 53.65 years (2014 est.)

;Total fertility rate
6.08 children born/woman (2014 est.)

;HIV/AIDS
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
0.5% (2009 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
31,200 (2009 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
2,500 (2009 est.)

;Major infectious diseases
''degree of risk'': high

''food or waterborne diseases'': bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever

''vectorborne diseases'': dengue fever, malaria, and Rift Valley fever

''water contact disease'': schistosomiasis

''animal contact disease'': rabies (2009)

References

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