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Sustaining Gains in Poverty Reduction and Human Development in the Middle East and North Africa
TABLE A.3
Life Expectancy at Birth, Female, Selected Years, 1960–2003 (Years) Country
1960
1965
1970
1975
1980
1985
1990
1995
2000
2003
Algeria Arab Republic of Egypt Islamic Republic of Iran Jordan Lebanon Libya Morocco Syria Tunisia Republic of Yemen
48.4 47.6 47.7 55.9 61.7 48.2 48.2 51.3 49.1 36.5
51.3 50.0 50.0 58.2 63.9 50.8 50.8 54.3 51.6 38.8
54.3 52.4 52.5 60.5 66.1 53.4 53.4 57.4 54.7 41.6
57.3 54.5 55.6 62.8 67.0 57.4 56.3 60.6 59.3 46.2
60.3 56.8 59.4 65.1 67.0 62.2 59.8 63.4 63.5 49.7
64.8 60.5 62.7 67.4 68.2 67.1 62.8 65.9 66.4 51.4
68.8 64.3 65.4 70.3 69.9 70.4 65.3 68.5 72.1 52.6
70.9 67.0 67.9 72.2 71.2 71.8 67.6 70.6 73.3 54.5
71.9 69.5 69.7 73.2 72.2 73.8 69.6 72.1 74.2 57.1
72.3 70.8 70.5 73.8 72.7 75.3 70.7 72.9 75.3 58.4
Source: World Development Indicators 2004. Note: —Not available.
TABLE A.4
Mortality Rate for Children under 5 Years of Age, Selected Years, 1960–2003 (Per 1,000 live births) Country Algeria Arab Republic of Egypt Islamic Republic of Iran Jordan Lebanon Libya Morocco Syria Tunisia Republic of Yemen
1960 280 278 281 139 85 270 211 201 254 340
1965 257 257 236 123 70 215 198 165 228 322
Source: World Development Indicators 2004. Note: —Not available.
1970 234 235 191 107 54 160 184 129 201 303
1975
1980
1985
1990
1995
2000
184 204 161 87 49 115 164 101 151 254
134 173 130 65 44 70 144 74 100 205
102 139 101 55 41 56 115 59 76 174
69 104 72 40 37 42 85 44 52 142
55 71 55 35 34 29 61 31 37 126
45 49 44 30 32 20 46 22 28 117
2003 41 39 39 28 31 16 39 18 24 113