Social determinants of health in Tunisia: the case-analysis of Ariana

Table 2 Demographic, economic and health indicators in Tunisia and Ariana

	Tunisia		Ariana
		unit
Population	10.1 (2005)^b	Millions	97 686 (2004)^a
Population growth rate	1.2 (2005)^b	%, annual	6.5 (2005)^a
Density of population	57 (2003)^c	Persons per km²	5 365 (2005)^a
Infant mortality	20 (2005)^b	Per thousand	22.1 (2005)^a
Total fertility rate	1.9 (2005)^b	Per woman	1.59 (2005)^a
Life expectancy at birth
Men	70 (2005)^b	Years	74 (2005)^a
Women	75 (2005)^b	Years	75 (2005)^a
Prevalence of obesity, adults
Men	6.4 (1997)^b	%	8.2 (2005)^a
Women	22.7 (1997)^b	%	24.4 (2005)^a
Physicians	2.58 (2004)^b	Per thousand	1.0 (2006)^d
Adult literacy rate
Men		%	96.0 (2005)^a
Women		%	88.5 (2005)^a
Total	74.3 (2004)^b	%

^aDirection Régionale de la Santé (Ariana)
^bWorld Health Organization, World Health Statistics, 2007
^cFAO, 2004
^dGovernment of Tunisia, Ministère de la Santé Publique, Direction des études et de la planification

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