Gambia - Statisticals Health

Health AIDS and HIV

Prevalence of HIV		The World Bank
Total (15 - 49 years)		1.80 %	2014
Women (15 - 24 years)		0.70 %	2014
Men (15 - 24 years)		0.40 %	2014

HIV / AIDS - death
1,000	CIA	2013 *

People living with HIV/AIDS:
18,000	CIA	2013 *

Health Expenditure and investment

Health expenditure, public (% of government expenditure)
60.05 %	The World Bank	2013

Out-of-pocket health expenditure (% of private expenditure on health)
52.69 %	The World Bank	2013

Health expenditure, total (% of GDP)
5.95 %	The World Bank	2013

Health Life expectancy

Life expectancy at birth - total
60	The World Bank	2013

Life expectancy at birth of female
61	The World Bank	2013

Life expectancy at birth of male
59	The World Bank	2013

Health Mortality

Crude death rate (per 1,000 people)
8.87	The World Bank	2013

Mortality infant rate (per 1,000 live births)
47.90	The World Bank	2015

Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births)
360	CIA	2013 *

Health Birth

Mother’s mean age at first birth
-	CIA	*

Teenage mothers (% of women ages 15-19)
- %	The World Bank

Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total)
56.60 %	The World Bank	2010

Contraceptive prevalence
13.30 %	CIA	2013 *

Birth rate (per 1,000 people)
42.53	The World Bank	2013

Fertility rate (births per woman)
3.98	CIA	2013 *

Health Obesity and malnutrition

Obesity - Adult prevalence rate
7.90 %	CIA	2013 *

Malnutrition prevalence, height for age (% of children under 5)
25.00 %	The World Bank	2013