Table 1 Population and health indicators for Kenya
Population | Total population | 46,050,414 |
Population density (pop/km2) | 73.9 | |
Life expectancy at birth [years] | 53 | |
Median age [years] | 19.5 | |
Employment rate [%] | 60 | |
Literacy rate (aged 15 and older) [%] | 87 | |
Poverty gap at $1.90 a day [%] | 11.7 | |
Gini index | 48.51 | |
Nutrition | Underweight (weight for age) [%] | 11 |
Stunted (height for age) [%] | 26 | |
Child health | Under-five mortality rate (deaths per 1000 live births) | 49 |
Infant mortality rate (dying between birth and age 1 per 1000 live births) | 36 | |
Immunization among children (12–23 months) [%] | 97 | |
Maternal health | Total fertility rate (children/woman) | 3.14 |
Maternal mortality rate (per 1000 live births) | 0.510 | |
General health | Health expenditures [% of GDP] | 5.7 |
Total government health funding (per capita) [KES] = USD? | 1585 | |
National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) coverage [%] | 26.7 | |
Physicians density (per 100,000 population) | 0.20 |