Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Indicators

1. Infant and Maternal Mortality

Table 7.1-1. Infant Mortality in Iraq and

Comparator Countries (Per 1,000 live births)

Kuwait 9

Oman 10

Syrian Arab Republic 12

Libya 17

Tunisia 19

West Bank and Gaza 20

Saudi Arabia 21

Jordan 21

Turkey 24

Lebanon 26

Lower middle income 28

Egypt, Arab Rep. of 29

Iran, Islamic Rep. of 30

Algeria 33

Middle East & North Africa 34

Morocco 34

Iraq 35

Yemen, Republic of 75

Djibouti 86

Sources: WDI (2008: CD version); MICS3 for Iraq

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Table 7.1-2. Under-Five Mortality in Iraq and

Comparator Countries (Per 1,000 in cohort)

Kuwait 11

Oman 12

Syrian Arab Republic 14

Libya 18

West Bank and Gaza 22

Tunisia 23

Jordan 25

Saudi Arabia 25

Turkey 26

Lebanon 30

Iran, Islamic Rep. of 34

Egypt, Arab Rep. of 35

Lower middle income 36

Morocco 37

Algeria 38

Iraq 41

Middle East & North Africa 42

Yemen, Republic of 100

Djibouti 130

Sources: WDI (2008: CD version), MICS3 for Iraq

Table 7.1-3. Infant Mortality in Iraq (Probability of dying by age five for five years preceding survey)

Birth

order

1st child 40

2nd or 3rd child 36

4th–6th child 39

7th child or higher birth order 58

Birth

interval

< 2 years 58

2 years 30

3 years 22

Source: Iraq MICS3

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Table 7.1-4. Maternal Mortality in Iraq and Comparators

(Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births)

Country/Region

No. per

100,000

live births

Djibouti 650

Yemen, Republic of 430

Iraq 300

Morocco 240

Middle East & North Africa 200

Algeria 180

Lower middle income 180

Lebanon 150

Iran, Islamic Rep. of 140

Egypt, Arab Rep. of 130

Syrian Arab Republic 130

Tunisia 100

Libya 97

Oman 64

Jordan 62

Turkey 44

Saudi Arabia 18

Kuwait 4

Source: WDI (2008: CD version) Note: The table shows modeled estimates based on an

exercise by the World Health Organization (WHO), United

Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), and the World Bank.

For countries with complete vital registration systems with

good attribution of cause-of-death information, the data are

used as reported. For countries with national data either

from complete vital registration systems with uncertain or

poor attribution of cause-of-death information, or from

household surveys, reported maternal mortality was

adjusted, usually by a factor of underenumeration and

misclassification. For countries with no empirical national

data (about 35 percent of countries), maternal mortality was

estimated with a regression model using socioeconomic

information, including fertility, birth attendants, and GDP.

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2. Newborn and Child Heath

Table 7.1-5. Low-Birthweight Babies in Iraq and

Comparators (Percent of births)

Algeria 6

Lebanon 6

East Asia & Pacific 6

Europe & Central Asia 6

Tunisia 7

Lower middle income 7

West Bank and Gaza 7

Oman 8

Latin America & Caribbean 9

Syrian Arab Republic 9

Djibouti 10

Middle East & North Africa 12

Jordan 12

Sub-Saharan Africa 13

Egypt, Arab Rep. of 14

Iraq 15

Morocco 15

Source: WDI (2008: CD version)

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Table 7.1-6. Newborns Inoculated against Tetanus in

Iraq and Comparators (Percent of births)

Saudi Arabia 56

Iraq 61

Turkey 67

Algeria 70

Lebanon 72

Egypt, Arab Rep. of 86

Syrian Arab Republic 87

Tunisia 89

Kuwait 90

Oman 94

Sources: WDI (2008: CD version); MICS3 for Iraq

Table 7.1-7. Pregnant Women Receiving

Prenatal Care in Iraq and Comparators (Percent)

Yemen, Republic of 41

Djibouti 67

Morocco 68

Egypt, Arab Rep. of 70

Middle East & North

Africa 76

Turkey 81

Iraq 84

Syrian Arab Republic 84

Lower middle income 89

Algeria 89

Tunisia 92

Lebanon 96

Jordan 99

West Bank and Gaza 99

Oman 100

Sources: WDI (2008: CD version), IHSES for Iraq

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Table 7.1-8. DPT3 Immunization of Infants Aged

12–23 Months in Iraq and Comparators (Percent)

Iraq 60

Djibouti 72

Yemen, Republic of 85

Lower middle income 89

Turkey 90

Lebanon 92

Middle East & North Africa 93

Algeria 95

Saudi Arabia 96

Morocco 97

Egypt, Arab Rep. of 98

Jordan 98

Libya 98

Oman 98

Iran, Islamic Rep. of 99

Kuwait 99

Syrian Arab Republic 99

Tunisia 99

Source: WDI (2008: CD version)

Table 7.1-9. Measles Immunization of Infants

12–23 Months Old in Iraq and Comparators (Percent)

Djibouti 67

Yemen, Republic of 80

Iraq 84

Lower middle income 90

Algeria 91

Middle East & North Africa 92

Morocco 95

Saudi Arabia 95

Lebanon 96

Oman 96

Egypt, Arab Rep. of 98

Libya 98

Syrian Arab Republic 98

Tunisia 98

Turkey 98

Iran, Islamic Rep. of 99

Jordan 99

Kuwait 99

Sources: WDI (2008: CD version), IHSES for Iraq

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Table 7.1-10. Incidence of Diarrhea Treatment in

Iraq and Comparators (Percent of children under five

receiving oral rehydration and continued feeding)

Yemen, Republic of 18

Algeria 24

Egypt, Arab Rep. of 27

Djibouti 33

Syrian Arab Republic 34

Jordan 44

Morocco 46

Iraq 64

Source: WDI (2008: CD version)

Table 7.1-11. Consumption of Iodized Salt in Iraq

and Comparators (Percent of households)

Djibouti 0

Iraq 28

Yemen, Republic of 30

Morocco 59

Algeria 61

Turkey 64

Middle East & North

Africa 72

Egypt, Arab Rep. of 78

Syrian Arab Republic 79

Lower middle income 81

West Bank and Gaza 86

Jordan 88

Lebanon 92

Tunisia 97

Iran, Islamic Rep. of 99

Source: WDI (2008: CD version)

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3. Child Malnutrition

Table 7.1-12. Children under Five in Iraq and Comparators Who

Are Moderately or Severely Underweight (Percent)

Algeria 4

Jordan 4

Lebanon 4

Tunisia 4

Turkey 4

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 5

Egypt, Arab Rep. of 6

Iraq 8

Kuwait 10

Morocco 10

Syrian Arab Republic 10

Iran, Islamic Rep. of 11

Saudi Arabia 14

Middle East and North Africa 17

Oman 18

Djibouti 29

Yemen, Republic of 46

Source: MICS Web site

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Table 7.1-13. Children under Five in Iraq and Comparators Suffering

from Moderate or Severe Stunting (Percent)

Jordan 9

Oman 10

Algeria 11

Lebanon 11

Tunisia 12

Turkey 12

Iran, Islamic Rep. of 15

Libya 15

Egypt, Arab Rep. of 18

Morocco 18

Saudi Arabia 20

Iraq 21

Syrian Arab Republic 22

Kuwait 24

Middle East and North Africa 26

Djibouti 33

Yemen, Republic of 53

Source: MICS Web site

Table 7.1-14. Children under Five in Iraq and Comparators

Suffering from Moderate or Severe Wasting (Percent)

Turkey 1

Jordan 2

Tunisia 2

Algeria 3

Libya 3

Egypt, Arab Rep. of 4

Iraq 5

Iran, Islamic Rep. of 5

Lebanon 5

Oman 7

MENA 8

Morocco 9

Syrian Arab Republic 9

Kuwait 11

Saudi Arabia 11

Yemen, Republic of 12

Djibouti 21

Source: MICS Web site

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Table 7.1-15. Malnutrition by Poverty Status and Geographic Area

Nonpoor Poor

Metropolitan

weight for age 6.1 6.1

height for age 15.8 24.6

weight for height 4.3 2.8

Urban other

weight for age 7.9 10.6

height for age 21.6 30.8

weight for height 5.3 5.4

Rural

weight for age 7.1 10.7

height for age 23 25.8

weight for height 3.7 6.4

Iraq

weight for age 6.9 9.7

height for age 19.6 26.4

weight for height 4.4 5.5

Source: IHSES and MICS (combined data)

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4. Health indicators and Poverty

Figure 7.1-2. Correlation of Under-Five Mortality Rates and Poverty, by Governorate

Sources: IHSES and Iraq MICS3

DuhoukNineveh

Suleimaniya

Karkouk

Erbil

Diala

Al-Anbar

Baghdad

Babil

Kerbala

Wasit

Salahuddin

Al-Najaf

Al-Qadisiya

Al-Muthanna

Thi-QarMissanBasrah

Iraq

20

30

40

50

60

70

Und

er

Fiv

e M

ort

alit

y R

ate

0 10 20 30 40 50

Headcount Ratio

Source: IHSES and MICS data

Under Five Mortality Rates / Headcount Ratio

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Figure 7.1-3. Correlation of Underweight at Birth and Poverty, by Governorate

Sources: IHSES and Iraq MICS3

Duhouk

Nineveh

Suleimaniya

Karkouk

Erbil

Diala

Al-Anbar

Baghdad

Babil

Kerbala

Wasit

Salahuddin

Al-NajafAl-Qadisiya

Al-Muthanna

Thi-Qar

Missan

Basrah

Iraq

10

12

14

16

18

20

22

Und

erw

eig

ht

at

Bir

th R

ate

0 10 20 30 40 50

Headcount Ratio

Source: IHSES and MICS data

Underweight at Birth Rates / Headcount Ratio

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Figure 7.1-4. Correlation of Infant Mortality Rates and Poverty, by Governorate

Sources: IHSES and Iraq MICS3

DuhoukNineveh

Suleimaniya

Karkouk

Erbil

Diala

Al-AnbarBaghdad

Babil

Kerbala

Wasit

Salahuddin

Al-Najaf

Al-Qadisiya Al-Muthanna

Thi-QarMissan

Basrah

Iraq

10

20

30

40

50

60

Infa

nt

Mort

alit

y R

ate

0 10 20 30 40 50

Headcount Ratio

Source: IHSES and MICS data

Infant Mortality Rates / Headcount Ratio

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