Vital+Statistics

 Vital statistics: population, population density and growth rate, life expectancy, infant mortality, literacy rate. (MUN issues: AIDS, disease, malnutrition, family planning, unemployment);

**Nigeria** Population is highly affected by AIDS. As well as LE, IMR, LR and etc **Population =** 149,229,090 (8th most population in the world) **Population Growth Rate** **=** 1.999 % (61 most population growth rate in the world) ** Life Expectancy ** Total - 46.94 years (216 most life expectancy in the world) male – 46.16 years Female – 47.76 years ** Infant Mortality Rate ** Total - 94.35 deaths/1000 live births (11 highest in Infant mortality Rate in the world) Male - 100.38 deaths/1,000 live births Female - 87.97 deaths/1,000 live births

** Literacy Rate ** Total – 68% out of the total population Male – 75.7% Female – 60.6 %

**__ AIDS __** **HIV/AIDS adult prevalence rate –** 3.1% (21 most adult prevalence rate in the world) **HIV/AIDS** **people living with HIV/AIDS –** 2,600,000 (3 most people living with HIV/AIDS in the world) **HIV/AIDS deaths –** 170,000 (3 most deaths in the world)

** DISEASE ** degree of risk: very high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever vectorborne disease: malaria and yellow fever respiratory disease: meningococcal meningitis aerosolized dust or soil contact disease: one of the most highly endemic areas for Lassa fever water contact disease: leptospirosis and shistosomiasis animal contact disease: rabies //note:// highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2009

** MALNUTRITION **

** FAMILY PLANNING **

** UNEMPLOYMENT ** **Unemployment Rate –** 4.9% (45 most unemployment rate in the world)