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Guatemala
Education
School age population in 2008, primary (
UIS
):
2,200,316
Gross enrolment ratio in 2007, primary (
UIS
):
113%
Net enrolment rate in 2007, primary (
UIS
):
95%
Gender parity index for gross enrolment ratio in 2007, primary (
UIS
):
0.94
Number of primary school age children out of school in 2006 (
UNESCO 2008
):
82,000
School age population in 2008, secondary (
UIS
):
1,595,892
Gross enrolment ratio in 2007, secondary (
UIS
):
56%
Net enrolment rate in 2006, secondary (
UIS
):
38%
HIV
Children (0-14 years) living with HIV: unavailable
Young women (15-24 years) living with HIV in 2007, rate (
UNAIDS 2008
):
1.5%
Young men (15-24 years) living with HIV in 2007, rate (
UNAIDS 2008
):
<0.1%
Orphans and Vulnerable Children
Children (0-17 years) who have lost one or both parents due to all causes, 2007 (
UNICEF 2008
):
360,000
Percent of children who have lost one or both parents due to all causes:
6%
Children (0-17 years) who have lost one or both parents due to AIDS: unavailable
Malaria
Estimated malaria cases in 2006, out of a total population of 13,029,000 (
WHO 2008
):
141,000
Estimated malaria deaths in 2006, total population (
WHO 2008
):
10
Estimated malaria cases in children under five in 2006, out of a under-five population of 2,036,000 (
WHO 2008
):
27,200
Estimated malaria deaths in 2006, children under five (
WHO 2008
):
4
Worms
Prevalence of soil-transmitted helminths among schoolchildren in a highland Indian town (
Watkins and Pollitt 1996
)
Ascaris
:
91%
Trichuris
:
82%
Prevalence of soil-transmitted helminths in total population (
de Silva et al. 2003
)
Ascaris
:
66.0%
Trichuris
:
71.0%
Hookworm:
25.0%
Schistosomiasis is not a public health problem in Guatemala.
Water and Sanitation
Percent of population using improved drinking water sources in 2006 (
UNICEF and WHO 2008
):
96%
Percent of population using improved sanitation facilities in 2006 (
UNICEF and WHO 2008
):
84%
Nutrition
Percent of under-fives suffering from (
UNICEF 2008
)
underweight:
18%
wasting:
2%
stunting:
49%
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