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Bangladesh
HEALTH
Bangladesh
HEALTH
Although Bangladesh had a basic health care infrastructure in
the 1980s, much remained to be done, particularly in rural areas,
where the majority of the people faced critical health problems.
The main dangers to health in the late 1980s were much the same as
they were at the time of independence. The incidence of
communicable disease was extensive, and there was widespread
malnutrition, inadequate sewage disposal, and inadequate supplies
of safe drinking water. The fertility rate was also extremely high.
Only 30 percent of the population had access to primary health care
services, and overall health care performance remained unacceptably
low by all conventional measurements (see
table 9, Appendix). Life
expectancy at birth in FY 1985, according to official Bangladesh
statistics was estimated at 55.1 years, as opposed to 61 years in
comparable developing countries. Morbidity and mortality rates for
women and children were high. Infant mortality rates exceeded 125
deaths per 1,000 live births, the maternal mortality rate was 6 per
1,000 live births, and 56.1 percent of infants suffered from
chronic malnutrition. More than 45 percent of rural families and 76
percent of urban families were below the acceptable caloric intake
level. About two-thirds of all families received insufficient
protein and vitamins.
Data as of September 1988
