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Table 3 Disparity by rural-urban residence for infant mortality, child mortality, wasting, stunting, Acute Respiratory Infections, and immunization, Arab countries

From: Disparities in child health in the Arab region during the 1990s

 

IMR

U5M

Wasting

Stunting

ARI

Immunization

Country

Number of rural deaths per 100 urban

Number of rural deaths per 100 urban

Number of rural children wasted for 100 urban

Number of rural children stunted for 100 urban

Number of rural children with ARI for 100 urban

Number of urban children immunized for 100 rural

Algeria

167

161

118

169

90

104

Bahrain

-

-

-

-

-

-

Egypt

170

180

96

151

98

102

Jordan

146

146

117

214

83

-

Kuwait

-

-

-

-

-

-

Lebanon

-

-

-

-

-

-

Libya

147

132

132

130

84

101

Mauritania

117

-

146

95

148

125

Morocco

194

204

125

172

63

103

Occupied Palestinian Territory

-

-

88

107

79

-

Oman

128

129

120

121

85

99

Qatar

-

-

-

-

-

-

Saudi Arabia

152

135

88

106

91

96

Sudan

113

121

129

169

93

126

Syria

117

112

86

106

59

97

Tunisia

226

231

111

225

74

102

United Arab Emirates

128

145

91

108

90

97

Yemen

124

134

132

138

103

104