AMMAN – The birth rate for women in Jordan for
the current year reached 2.6 children for every woman of reproductive age, with
rural areas recording a higher birth rate of 2.8 compared to urban areas.
اضافة اعلان
As reported by the Jordan News Agency, Petra,
the results of the 2023 Population and Family Health Survey, which was launched
by the
Department of Statistics (DoS) on Thursday, showed a decline in the
overall fertility rate in Jordan of 1 percent since the previous survey carried
out in 2017-2018, which recorded a 2.7 birth rate.
At the governorate level, the birth rate
ranged from 1.9 in Aqaba to 3.1 in Ajloun and Mafraq, and the birth rate among
women living in
Syrian refugee camps was higher compared to those who did not
live in those camps (4.9 and 3.9 children, respectively).
Maternal
CareRegarding
maternal care, the survey results
showed that 97 percent of women received prenatal care from a health
professional (doctor, nurse, or midwife), and only 18 percent of women received
the tetanus shot required to provide full protection for the last birth during
the two years preceding the survey, and more than 99 percent of live births
during the two years preceding the survey took place in a health facility.
Regarding child mortality, the results showed
that there were 14 deaths per 1,000 live births, and the mortality rate for
children under 12 months was one death per 1,000 children, while the total
mortality rate for children under the age of five was 15 deaths per 1,000 live
births. The neonatal mortality rate was 9 deaths per 1,000 live births, and the
postnatal mortality rate was 6 deaths per 1,000 live births.
According to the results, there is a decrease
in the neonatal mortality rate over time, from 21 deaths per 1,000 live births
in 1990 to 9 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2023, and during the same period,
the infant mortality rate decreased from 34 to 14 deaths per 1,000 live births,
while the neonatal mortality rate decreased from 34 to 14 deaths per 1,000 live
births in 2023, and the under-five mortality rate decreased from 39 to 15
deaths per 1,000 live births.
The results showed that 16 percent of people
aged 5 years or older suffer from some difficulties in at least one of the six
areas of performance, while 4 percent of the population suffers from great
difficulty in performing functions or cannot perform any functions at all, and
the percentage was highest among those aged 60 years and over, at 19 percent.
Difficulty seeing was the most common impaired function with 9 percent,
followed by difficulty walking or climbing stairs with 7 percent, and
difficulty remembering or concentrating with 4 percent.
AnemiaThe results indicated that nearly a third of
children between the ages of 6 and 59 months suffer from anemia, including 19
percent who suffer from mild anemia, 13 percent who suffer from moderate
anemia, and less than 1 percent who suffer from severe anemia.
The prevalence of
anemia among Jordanian children remained largely unchanged between 2002 and 2023, declining slightly
from 34 percent to 32 percent.
Regarding anemia among women, the survey
showed that 32 percent of women suffer from anemia, including 17 percent who
suffer from mild anemia, 14 percent who suffer from moderate anemia, and 1
percent who suffer from severe anemia.
The percentage of anemia in women also
increased from 26 percent in 2002 to 43 percent in the period 2017-2018 before
falling to 32 percent in 2023.
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