Quick Facts About Zambia
- Over 70% percent of Zambians live in poverty.
- Per capita annual incomes are currently at about $395.
- Life expectancy at birth is about thirty-seven years.
- Maternal mortality is 729 per 100,000 pregnancies.
- HIV/AIDS is the nation's greatest problem, with 25% prevalence among the adult population.
- Nearly one million Zambians are HIV positive or have AIDS. An estimated 100,000 died of the epidemic in 2004.
- Over a half-million Zambian children have been orphaned.
Source: Wikipedia
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