The country I’m choosing to write about for the duration of our course is Haiti. Haiti has a population of around 10.1 million people (2012), with 4.1 million of them being under the age of 18. Haiti’s population from 1990-2012 had a 1.6% annual growth rate. Looking at crude death rates, starting in 1970 it was 17.8 (annual number of deaths per 1,000 population) and the number drops 13.1 in 1990, and then 8.7 in 2012. Correlation with this number dropping can easily be likened to modern medicine becoming more common and more accessible to all. Birth rates, again starting in 1970, were 39.1 (annual number of births per 1,000 population) while dropping slightly to 37.3 in 1990, then drop multiple points to 26 in 2012. Life expectancy in Haiti is about as you’d expect. In 1970, it was recorded the average life expectancy is about 47, rises to 55 in 1990, and is at 63 in 2012. Not great by any means but again, with the induction of modern medicine these rates are continually going up.
Haiti’s GNI per capita in 2012, in USD, was 760. From 1990-2012 Haiti had a GDP per capita average annual growth rate of about -1%. As of 2012, 62% of the population fell below the international poverty line of 1.25 US dollars per day. It’d be interesting to see the % prior to the 2010 earthquake and post-earthquake as one can imagine the number grew. Haiti’s ODA, official development assistance, inflow in millions of USD was 1,712.4 in 2010 which isn’t surprising given the stat about 62% of Haiti’s population makes under 1.25 USD a day. That’s another statistic that could be different because of the Haitian earthquake.
About 90% of Haitian women had at least one visit with a healthcare doctor before giving birth while 67% of women had at least four visits. 36% of women had institutional deliveries and 36% had a skilled attendant with them meaning if you’re looking for help during birth you’d better be at a health institution. That data all comes from 2008-2012. Thinking a little further on this it would conclude less access doctors and clinics are part of the cause of this. Contraceptive prevalence to women who are in union is only 35% meaning 65% of women in union don’t have immediate access to contraceptives.
From an education standpoint I found, in terms of primary school participation, women have 1% more primary school participation than males do. But also found the male youth literacy rate was at 74%, whereas the female youth literacy rate was at 71%. I think it’s interesting to look at the discrepancies between primary school participation and literacy rates based on sex.
Looking at progress in Haiti in terms of under-5 mortality rate it’s found that as the years go on less are dying. In 1970 246 out of every 1,000 children under 5 died in Haiti whereas in 2012 76 out of every 1,000 are dying showing a significant drop.
Source: https://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/haiti_statistics.html#118