HEALTH HEALTH PROFILE¹

PUNJAB

1 Pakistan Economic Survey, 2017 and Population Welfare Department

PUNJAB

LIFE EXPECTANCY (2017)

INFANT MORTALITY (2017)

PAKISTAN PUNJAB

66 PER 100,000LIVE BIRTHS

58.4 PER 100,000LIVE BIRTHS

PAKISTAN

65.8% 68.2% 68.2% 67.2%

TOTAL FERTILITY RATES (2017)

MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIO

1990 2015

MMR

431

178

LIVE BIRTHS

PER 100,000

PAKISTAN

PAKISTAN PUNJAB

3.0 2.7

FAMILY PLANNING VISITS

ACCESS TO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE²

2015 984,513

2016 1,973,241

2017 2,080,127

ANEMIA IN WOMEN³

2015 2016 2017

718,615720,963

774,371

BIRTHS IN HEALTH FACILITIES

2015

566,627 29,163

2016

824,734 40,899

2017

1,024,221 64,699

LIVE BIRTHS CESARIAN SECTIONS CESARIAN SECTIONSLIVE BIRTHS LIVE BIRTHS CESARIAN SECTIONS

2 Population Welfare Department, IRMNCH and District Health Information System (DHIS)

3 Graph represents cases of Anemia detected in women at their first ANC visit

NURSES

SPECIALIZED MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS

GENERAL PRACTITIONERS

DENTAL SURGEONS

DOCTORS

354 13,347

2,018 874

8,036 3,635

409 239

5,534 3,473

HUMAN RESOURCE⁵

PRIMARY AND SECONDARY HEALTH SPECIALIZED HEALTH

NURSES 13,782

Faisalabad

Multan

Rahim Yar Khan

Dera Ghazi Khan

Gujranwala

Sahiwal

Available in

12 Districts only

In Punjab there are 6.4 beds/10,000

Population

HEALTH FACILITIES⁴

In 2017, there were Primary and Secondary4,603Health Institutes & Specialized Health Institutes 116

125 (3%)1,802 (39%)

Dispensaries/Rural Health Centers/

Mother & Child Health Centers157 (3%)

Tehsil Headquarters/District Headquarters

Teaching Health Facilities/Specialized Hospitals

2,519 (55%)

Basic Health Units

SPECIALIZED HEALTH INSTITUTES (2017)

45 (39%) 44 (38%) 20 (17%) 7 (6%)

Hospitals Nursing Schools Colleges/Universities

Other Teaching Facilities

2016

4,603

2017

4,719

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From 2016 to 2017,health facilities in Punjab

increased from to 4,603 4,719 (an increase of 2.5%)

INCREASE INHEALTH FACILITIES

43,826

70,341

2016 2017

1,333

1,410

Primary and Secondary Health

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4 Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department and Specialized Health and Medical Education Department

SPECIALIZED HEALTH (2017) NUMBER OF BEDS

PRIMARY AND SECONDARY HEALTH INSTITUTES (2017)

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