FACTS AND FIGURES ABOUT TIBET

Health

Life expectancy entre 50 et 61 ans (www.unescap.org, etc...) depending on regions and populations

moyenne nationale Chine 71 ans www.popline.org

Mother mortality 30 ‰ (www.directrelief.org)

Child mortality 92 ‰ (Lancet 2004; 364: 1009)

31 August 2004 - UNICEF Executive Director Carol Bellamy:

Still, child mortality stands at 53 per thousand live births and maternal mortality is over 400 per 100,000 live births, up to eight times higher than the national rate.

The majority of rural women have lost one or more babies in their lifetime and approximately 1 in 6-10 newborns die within the first month of life.

Economy

Annual per capita income (rural popul.) US$ 117 www.cecc.gov (Congrès US)

Pop. below poverty threshold 78% source : www.tchrd.org

Education

Schooling rate 55 % Adults literacy rate

femmes 13%

hommes 38%

source: www.rokpa.org (CH)

National average in China

85 %

% children acceding to secondary school

5 %

source: Tibet Online (www.tibet.org)

Geography

Sershul (SHIQU, SERXI) is one of the eighteen counties in the Kandze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in the north westernmost tip of Sichuan Province.

It has an area of over 25,100 square kilometres, an average elevation of 4,200 meters; and is predominantly nomadic grassland.

The population of Shiqu County is approximately 68,000; there are 49,100 herdsmen, representing 77.6% of the population.

Ganzi County has an area of 7,350 km2 and a mean elevation of 3,410 meters.

The population is 55,550; there are approximately 19,000 herdsmen.

Kardze/ Ganze Prefecture 831’000 hab. 153 000 km²

Dzachukha (Sershul District) 68’000 hab. 25'000 km²

EXTERNAL LINKS

+ World Bank: China at a Glance