NLAID - Activity in Haiti

Information on Haiti

Birth rate 24.4 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)

Children under the age of 5 years underweight 18.9% (2006) country comparison to the world: 39

Climate tropical; semiarid where mountains in east cut off trade winds

Death rate 8.21 deaths/1,000 population

Environment - current issues extensive deforestation (much of the remaining forested land is being cleared for agriculture and used as fuel); soil erosion; inadequate supplies of potable water

Infant mortality rate
total 54.02 deaths/1,000 live births
male 58.16 deaths/1,000 live births
female 49.83 deaths/1,000 live births
note the preliminary 2011 numbers differ significantly from those of 2010, which were strongly influenced by the demographic effect of the January 2010 earthquake; the latest figures more closely correspond to those of 2009 (2011 est.)

Languages French (official), Creole (official)

Life expectancy at birth
total population 62.17 years
male 60.84 years
female 63.53 years
note the preliminary 2011 numbers differ significantly from those of 2010, which were strongly influenced by the demographic effect of the January 2010 earthquake; the latest figures more closely correspond to those of 2009 (2011 est.)

Literacy
definition age 15 and over can read and write
total population 52.9%
male 54.8%
female 51.2% (2003 est.)

Maternal mortality rate 300 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) country comparison to the world: 44

Natural resources bauxite, copper, calcium carbonate, gold, marble, hydropower

Population
9,719,932 (July 2011 est.)
note estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected

Population growth rate 0.787%

Religions Roman Catholic 80%, Protestant 16% (Baptist 10%, Pentecostal 4%, Adventist 1%, other 1%), none 1%, other 3% note: roughly half of the population practices voodoo

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
NA

NLAID - Activity in Haiti

Information on Haiti

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Haiti Luchttransport USAR

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Aardbevingsramp Haiti

Inzet USAR.NL Haiti

Wederopbouwactiviteiten na de aardbeving in Haïti door de Samenwerkende Hulporganisaties (SHO)