Open Data Albania has conducted a research on the number and causes of abortions in Albania. The gathered data for this indicator refer to all modes of pregnancy interruption, including spontaneous (involuntary miscarriage) and voluntary interruption (clinical intervention). Since 1994 voluntary abortion was legalized in Albania, reducing the cases of maternal mortality as a result of performing abortions in unsafe and primitive conditions. Abortion cases…
Birth rate over time, 1960 – 2009
Open Data Albania has conducted a research on birth rate in Albania for the period of time 1960–2009, based on World Banka data. Crude birth rate indicates the number of live births occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Year 2009 marks the lowest level of birth rate for Albanians, with 12.8 births per 1000 inhabitants. This indicator has been steadily declining,…
Malnutrition in children under age of five
Malnutrition is measured as the percentage of children under five who’s weight or height is more than two standard deviations below the corresponding median of the World Health Organization (WHO) international reference population. Open Data Albania has researched malnutrition in Albanian children, based on data obtained from World Bank and World Health Organization. Referring to the table below, it results that in 2009, the percentage…