Region | Doctors per 10 000 persons | Per capita disposable income | Education* | Infant mortality rate | Life expectancy | ||||||||||
1998 | 2002 | 2006 | 1998 | 2002 | 2006 | 1998 | 2002 | 2006 | 1998 | 2002 | 2006 | 1998 | 2002 | 2006 | |
Northern | 14.7 | 16.5 | 17.4 | 8394.8 | 8912.6 | 9853.0 | 24.8 | 30.1 | 36.1 | 6.2 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 77.4 | 78.6 | 79.5 |
Central | 14.1 | 16.5 | 18.3 | 7044.2 | 6940.0 | 7817.6 | 18.8 | 23.2 | 28.6 | 6.9 | 5.8 | 4.5 | 75.1 | 77.0 | 77.6 |
Southern | 12.9 | 14.5 | 16.5 | 6928.8 | 7157.5 | 7891.2 | 18.4 | 22.8 | 27.7 | 6.4 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 74.7 | 76.0 | 76.5 |
Eastern | 13.3 | 15.4 | 18.3 | 6542.2 | 6683.0 | 7987.6 | 11.8 | 14.4 | 20.0 | 12.4 | 8.3 | 7.6 | 70.6 | 72.9 | 73.2 |
↵* Education: the percentage of people aged more than 15 attained an education level of college or above.