Statistical Tables Under-Five mortality rankings The following list ranks countries in descend-ing order of their estimated 1998 under-five mortality rate (U5MR), a critical indicator of the well-being of children. Countries are listed alphabetically in the tables that follow. Under-5 mortality rate Country Value Rank Sierra Leone 316 1 Angola 292 2 Niger 280 3 Afghanistan 257 4 Mali 237 5 Liberia 235 6 Malawi 213 7 Somalia 211 8 Congo, Dem. Rep. 207 9 Mozambique 206 10 Guinea-Bissau 205 11 Zambia 202 12 Chad 198 13 Guinea 197 14 Nigeria 187 15 Mauritania 183 16 Burundi 176 17 Central African Rep. 173 18 Ethiopia 173 18 Equatorial Guinea 171 20 Rwanda 170 21 Benin 165 22 Burkina Faso 165 22 Cambodia 163 24 Madagascar 157 25 Djibouti 156 26 Cameroon 153 27 Cote d'Ivoire 150 28 Mongolia 150 28 Gabon 144 30 Togo 144 30 Tanzania 142 32 Lesotho 136 33 Pakistan 136 33 Uganda 134 35 Haiti 130 36 Iraq 125 37 Senegal 121 38 Yemen 121 38 Kenya 117 40 Bhutan 116 41 Lao People's Dem. Rep. 116 41 Sudan 115 43 Myanmar 113 44 Eritrea 112 45 Papua New Guinea 112 45 Congo 108 47 Bangladesh 106 48 Ghana 105 49 India 105 49 Nepal 100 51 Marshall Islands 92 52 Comoros 90 53 Swaziland 90 53 Zimbabwe 89 55 Maldives 87 56 Bolivia 85 57 South Africa 83 58 Gambia 82 59 Guyana 79 60 Sao Tome and Principe 77 61 Kiribati 74 62 Namibia 74 62 Tajikistan 74 62 Cape Verde 73 65 Turkmenistan 72 66 Morocco 70 67 Egypt 69 68 Kyrgyzstan 66 69 Uzbekistan 58 70 Indonesia 56 71 Tuvalu 56 71 Peru 54 73 Guatemala 52 74 Dominican Rep. 51 75 Vanuatu 49 76 Botswana 48 77 Nicaragua 48 77 China 47 79 Azerbaijan 46 80 Honduras 44 81 Philippines 44 81 Belize 43 83 Kazakhstan 43 83 Brazil 42 85 Turkey 42 85 Viet Nam 42 85 Algeria 40 88 Ecuador 39 89 Albania 37 90 Saint Kitts and Nevis 37 90 Thailand 37 90 Jordan 36 93 Lebanon 35 94 Moldova, Rep. Of 35 94 Suriname 35 94 El Salvador 34 97 Mexico 34 97 Palau 34 97 Iran 33 100 Paraguay 33 100 Syria 32 102 Tunisia 32 102 Armenia 30 104 Colombia 30 104 Cook Islands 30 104 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 30 104 Nauru 30 104 Grenada 28 109 Belarus 27 110 Samoa 27 110 TFYR Macedonia 27 110 Saudi Arabia 26 113 Solomon Islands 26 113 Russian Federation 25 115 Venezuela 25 115 Libya 24 117 Micronesia, Fed. States of 24 117 Romania 24 117 Fiji 23 120 Georgia 23 120 Lithuania 23 120 Mauritius 23 120 Saint Vincent/Grenadines 23 120 Tonga 23 120 Argentina 22 126 Estonia 22 126 Latvia 22 126 Ukraine 22 126 Bahamas 21 130 Saint Lucia 21 130 Yugoslavia 21 130 Antigua and Barbuda 20 133 Bahrain 20 133 Dominica 20 133 Panama 20 133 Bosnia and Herzegovina 19 137 Sri Lanka 19 137 Uruguay 19 137 Oman 18 140 Qatar 18 140 Seychelles 18 140 Trinidad and Tobago 18 140 Bulgaria 17 144 Costa Rica 16 145 Barbados 15 146 Kuwait 13 147 Chile 12 148 Hungary 11 149 Jamaica 11 149 Liechtenstein 11 149 Poland 11 149 Malaysia 10 153 Slovakia 10 153 United Arab Emirates 10 153 Brunei Darussalam 9 156 Croatia 9 156 Cyprus 9 156 Portugal 9 156 Cuba 8 160 United States 8 160 Greece 7 162 Ireland 7 162 Malta 7 162 Andorra 6 165 Belgium 6 165 Canada 6 165 Czech Rep. 6 165 Israel 6 165 Italy 6 165 New Zealand 6 165 San Marino 6 165 Spain 6 165 United Kingdom 6 165 Australia 5 175 Austria 5 175 Denmark 5 175 Finland 5 175 France 5 175 Germany 5 175 Iceland 5 175 Korea, Rep. of 5 175 Luxembourg 5 175 Monaco 5 175 Netherlands 5 175 Singapore 5 175 Slovenia 5 175 Switzerland 5 175 Japan 4 189 Norway 4 189 Sweden 4 189 Holy See no data - Niue no data - The Gambia is rated very high on the above table and as can be seen only 10 African countries are rated higher. Out of these ten countries, only 4 are within Sub-Saharan Africa. For more information go to www.unicef.org and check out THE STATE OF THE WORLD'S CHILDREN 2000. The report speaks for its self and tells where The Gambia stands among nations of the World, African nations in particular. PEACE TOMBONG SAIDY ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------