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Aug 2004 The best and worse places to be a mother |
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Save the Children has issued its 5th annual 'State of the World's Mothers' 2004 report that identifies the best and worst countries to be a mother.
The report's fifth annual Mothers' Index ranks the wellbeing of mothers in 119 countries based on their health, education and political status. The Index also looks at fiveyear regional trends that have emerged since Save the Children issued its first report in 2000.
The Mothers' Index Top 10 Countries 1. Sweden
2. Denmark
3. Finland
4. Austria, Netherlands*
6. Norway
7. Australia, Canada*
9. United Kingdom
10. United States
Bottom 10 Countries 119. Niger
118. Burkina Faso
116. Ethiopia, Mali*
115. GuineaBissau
112. Chad, Sierra Leone, Yemen*
110. Central African Republic, Mauritania*
* = tie
Among the major findings in the 2004 Mothers' Index: Compared to a mother in the top 10 countries, a mother in the bottom 10 countries is 26 times more likely to see her child die in the first year of life and 750 times more likely to die herself in pregnancy or childbirth.
In the bottom 10 countries, 1 out of 3 children is not enrolled in school, and only 1 out of 4 adult women are literate. In the top 10 countries, virtually all children go to school and all women are literate.
Trained health personnel in Bangladesh, Ethiopia and Nepal attend fewer than 15 percent of births.
Fewer than 5 percent of women use modern contraception in Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Eritrea, GuineaBissau, Niger and Sierra Leone.
For more information visit the save the children website!
www.savethechildren.org
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 07 July 2005 )
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