National development indicators
Total population (millions) 76.4
Human Development Index (HDI) HDI: 0.664
HDI rank: 110 / 174
GNP per capita (US$) 310
Population living on less than US$ 1 a day —
External debtper capita (US$) 283
Income distribution 3.5% / 29.0%
Public expenditure on health as a percentage of GDP —
Life expectancy at birth (years)
Male: 64.9
Female: 69.6
Infant mortality rate 32
Estimated HIV/AIDScases (adults) 0.22%
Adult literacy rate
Male: 95.1%
Female: 89.0%
Population without access to health services —
Tuberculosis-related programme and outcome indicators—Viet Nam
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Estimated new cases of TB (thousands per year) 147 • Estimated deaths from TB(thousands per year) 20 • Estimated new cases of TBattributable to HIV (thousands per year) 1
• Number of cases of TB notified in 1998 87 449
• Male to female ratio of new infectious TB cases 68% / 32%
• Proportion of new infectious TB casesin economically active age groups (15–54) 61%
• Prevalence of MDR–TB in cases not previously treated —
• DOTS population coverage 96%
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