Burkina Faso

Population (1,000s)	10,135	Growth Rate (%)	2.8
Infant Mortality Rate: Both Sexes Male Female	118 125 112	Life Expectancy: Both Sexes Male Female	47 46 48
Crude Birth Rate	48	Crude Death Rate	18
Total Fertility Rate	6.9	Percent Urban	19
Note: Above Indicators are for 1994
Cumulative AIDS rate (per 1000) as of 12/31/93			.42
Cumulative AIDS Cases as of 12/31/93			4,193

Estimated total population	10,423,000a
Estimate of female population 15-49, 1995	511,000*
Estimate of female population 15-49, 1995	2,313,000*
Projected population of women age 15-19, 2000	610,000*
Projected population of women age 15-49, 2000	2,642,000*
Percent urban population	15%a
Urban population	1,511,000a
Rate of growth, percent	2.8%a
Population doubling time, years	24a
Life expectancy at birth for male/female years	44/46a
Infant mortality rate, per 10000 live births	94a
Mortality rate of children <age 5, per 1000 live births	232a
Maternal Mortality rate, per 100,000 live births, 1980-90	610a
Total fertility rate	7.2%a
Average age at first marriage for women	17a
Females age 15-19 as % of total female population, Urban/Rural	12.9/7.6dhs
Females age 15-19 as % of female population 15-49dhs	21.6%

a: Country briefing packet: PRB, 1995
*: (age and sex distribution of the world populations-UN, 1994 Revision)
DHS: 1993 figures

% of married women in a polygamous relationship, Urban/Rural: 30.9%/55.3% dhs

b: Background notes: US State Department, February 1990 and 1996 World Almanac
*: Ratio: total # enrolled in primary school / total # of primary school age in population

Activity	Yes/No	Date
Existence of policy development	Yes	NA
Existence of Family Planning strategy plan	No	NA
National Family Planning coordination	Yes	NA

Contraceptive prevalence rate among married women of reproductive age (MWRA) 1993
All Methods	7.9%	Modern Methods	4.2%
Female sterilization	0.3%	Pill	2.1%
Male sterilization	-	Injectable	0.1%
IUD	0.7%	Condom	0.8%
Female barrier	0.1%	NORPLANT	-

Per capita funding for FP programs from all sources including the government, US cents,1987: 15.8

Sources of contraceptive supplies and services among current users:
Percent of current users relying on public programs: 65%
Percent of current users relying on private sector: 19%

Percent of married women according to distance of nearest health center with FP services
	0-4 K	5-14 K	15-29 K	30+ K
Urban	92.2	7.3	0	0
Rural	32.7	22.7	20.3	16.4
Total	42.1	20.2	17.1	13.8

Percent of married women according to the closest center offering maternal and child services
	Public Hospital	Private clinic	Centre de Sante Maternal et Infantile	Centre medical public	Dispensaire public	Centre de Sante et de Promotion Sociale	Poste de Sante Primaire	Medecin/Dispensaire prive
Urban	15.0	11.7	57.3	0.0	12.9	0.0	0.0	3.2
Rural	0.0	0.0	40.5	1.4	26.9	2.4	28.9	0.0
Total	2.4	1.9	43.2	1.1	24.6	2.0	24.2	0.5

Percent of married women who have discussed family planning with spouse:
Never: 75.1%
One or two times: 10.4
Three or more times: 14.3

Knowledge DHS survey, 1988
Percentage of women with knowledge of at least one contraceptive method:	All women: 62.4 Married women: 63.3
Percentage of women with knowledge of three modern contraceptive methods:	NA
Percentage of women with knowledge of source for contraceptive information and services:	All women: 28.4 Married women: 28.4

Media Access, 1992-1994
Daily Newspapers	4
Circulation	19,500
Circulation per 1000	2
Radio sets (total)	225,000
Radio sets per 1000	26
TV sets (total)	45,000
TV sets per 1000	5.1

Media behavior by female population
Age	Read a newspaper at least 1x/week	Watched a TV at least 1x/week	Listen to radio at least 1x/week
15-19	11.9	17.5	42.5
20-24	8.4	12.6	45.4
25-29	6.2	9.9	42.6
30-34	7.7	10.2	42.1
35-39	4.9	7.0	40.6
40-44	4.2	7.0	36.1
45-49	2.1	4.7	40.3
Urban	28.1	50.7	75.2
Rural	2.2	1.1	33.7
Total	7.5	11.2	42.1

Percentage of women who have heard or read a family planning message:
	None	Radio only	TV only	Radio & TV
Urban	67.1	17.8	3.9	11.0
Rural	90.2	9.1	0.2	0.1
Total	85.4	10.9	1.0	2.3

Percentage of women who approve of using radio or television to diffuse family planning information, Rural/Urban: 72.3/92.6

Estimates of HIV-1 seroprevalence, by residence and risk factor
Capital/Major City		Outside Major City
Low risk	High risk	Low risk	High risk
8.8a	17.2	4.1 a d	44.7 a b d

a: Rate represents infection with HIV1 only and dual infection (HIV1 & HIV2), therefore addition of HIV1 and HIV2 rates is not advised
b: Data are best available but are not necessarily reliable due to small sample size (<100)
d: Data more than four years old may not reflect current situation

Definition: High risk - prostitutes and clients, STD patients, or other persons with known risk factors; Low risk - pregnant women, blood donors, or other persons with no known risk factors. (Source: Recent Seroprevalence levels by country: July 1995, Pop. Division, US Bureau of the Census)

AIDS cases reported to WHO by country/area
1979-92	1993	1993 Rate*	1994	1994 Rate	1995	Total
2886	836	8.5	na	na	na	3,722
*: per 100,000; Regional Office for Africa (AFRO)

Projected population size in 2005*:
If AIDS continues: 13,538,000
If AIDS does not continue: 13,771,000

Percent of population who know about AIDS, by Male/Female
	Male	Female
Sexual Relations	83.9	61.4
Blood Transfusion	13.5	7.0
Non-sterile Needle	15.1	6.4
Mother to Infant	1.8	0.8
Others	11.9	6.4
Don't know	14.7	36.8

Percent of population according to their source of AIDS information, by Male/Female
	Male	Female
Friends	30	48
Radio/TV	58	40
Health Agent	7	6
Other	5	3
Don't know	1	1

Percentage of households possessing working radio or television:
	Radio	Television
Urban	74.2	23.8
Rural	40.6	0.3
Total	46.9	4.8