Table 15: Birth Registration Children under 5 yrs
Table 18: Child Discipline BR
Corozal Orange Walk Belize (Excluding Belize City South Side) Belize City South Side Belize District Cayo Stann Creek Toledo
93.3 95.2 96.2 94.6 95.4 94.8 97.7 95.8
Table 16: Child Labour (5-14yrs) and School Attendance child labourers who are attending school Male
children attending school who are involved in child labour
92.2
Percentage of children age 2-14 years who experienced
87.5
7.2
Total
90.4
9.7
Corozal
87.3
16.0
Orange Walk
67.6
5.9
Belize (Excluding Belize City South Side)
88.8
4.4
Belize City South Side
100.0
4.1
Belize District
93.4
4.3
Cayo
96.7
9.5
Stann Creek
93.7
13.2
Toledo
94.7
16.5
Urban
96.5
4.1
Rural
89.2
13.5
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Table 22: Orphan Children
Any violent discipline method
Corozal
66.1
Orange Walk
59.7
Belize (Excluding Belize City South Side)
75.7
Belize City South Side
76.0
Belize District
75.9
Cayo
65.8
Stann Creek
74.8
Toledo
81.4
Total
70.5
Table 19: School Readiness Percentage of Percentage children attending of children of first grade primary school who attended entry age enpreschool in tering infant previous year [1]
12.2
Female
Table 20: Primary school completion and transition to secondary school
Primary school completion rate
Transition rate to secondary school
Male
88.3
89.2
Female
97.1
92.7
Total
92.9
90.9
( ) Figures that are based on 25-49 un-weighted cases
Table 21: HIV Knowledge Percentage of women age 1549 years
With comprehensive knowledge
Express accepting attitudes on all four indicators
Male
31.5
19.2
Female
32.5
13.7
Total
44.5
19.3
Percentage of children Percentof whom age of both children parents whose are alive mother and child is and father living with have died at least (orphans) one parent (non-orphans)
Percentage of children who are non-orphans and are attending school [2]
Orphans to non-orphans school attendance ratio
Male
0.3
88.2
96.0
1.04
Female
0.4
87.1
94.0
0.85
Urban
0.6
86.3
98.6
1.01
Rural
0.2
88.5
92.7
0.71
Total
0.4
87.6
95.0
0.92
Table 23: Life Satisfaction Percentage of women age 15-24 who are very or somewhat satisfied with selected domains: Liv- TreatFamily The CurCuring ment Life Friendway rent School rent Health enviby ships they Injob ron- othlook come ment ers
15-19
95.1 92.4 94.9 87.5 95.0 90.7 90.3 96.7 81.0
Male
30.2
85.3
Female
35.5
85.3
Corozal
69.6
21.8
Corozal 93.9 89.7 98.4 91.8 94.3 95.5 91.3 96.8 89.5
Total
32.9
85.3
Orange Walk
61.5
20.5
Orange 95.9 92.6 98.8 87.1 95.2 93.9 94.2 93.3 88.4 Walk
Corozal
32.4
83.2
Orange Walk
16.6
77.9
Belize (Excluding Belize City South Side)
37.7
84.9
Belize City South Side
42.5
100.0
Belize District
40.0
92.9
Cayo
35.0
86.1
Stann Creek
37.8
89.4
Toledo
26.3
80.0
Urban
39.0
Rural
28.6
Belize (Excluding Belize City South Side)
66.0
Belize City South Side
33.0
18.2
Belize District
51.5
28.3
Cayo
33.0
18.2
Stann Creek
51.5
28.3
Toledo
31.3
12.1
94.5
15-24 yrs
42.9
13.3
79.0
25-29 yrs.
45.7
19.1
30-39 yrs.
46.5
24.5
40-49 yrs.
44.2
24.0
( ) Figures that are based on 25-49 un-weighted cases;
21.2
20-24 94.9 90.0 90.2 86.5 92.4 90.7 91.0 96.0 83.5
Belize (Excluding 92.9 88.1 97.6 81.4 92.0 87.5 88.4 95.2 76.3 Belize City South Side) Belize City 92.2 85.9 89.0 84.2 91.8 82.6 85.1 97.4 81.2 South Side Belize 92.6 87.1 93.5 82.7 91.9 85.2 86.9 96.2 78.4 District Cayo
98.5 94.5 89.2 92.8 94.3 92.7 93.0 97.8 86.9
Stann 93.3 91.3 93.1 88.2 94.4 87.8 86.0 97.1 74.4 Creek Tole96.3 97.0 100.0 80.9 95.2 94.8 94.4 97.7 79.9 do Urban 94.6 90.0 93.9 87.3 93.4 88.3 90.1 97.0 82.8 Rural
95.4 92.4 94.1 86.1 94.2 92.8 91.1 95.8 82.4
Total
95.0 91.3 94.0 86.8 93.8 90.7 90.6 96.4 82.6
15-19 20-24 Corozal Orange Walk Belize (Excluding Belize City South Side) Belize City South Side Belize District
ImWill get Percentage proved better of women during after Both [1] with life the last one satisfaction one year year 73.8 69.7 86.8 64.4 73.6 70.4 89.2 66.9 76.6 72.8 89.4 67.7 80.2
73.1
88.0
66.9
69.9
63.7
83.9
58.3
60.6
71.5
91.3
69.0
65.6
67.3
87.3
63.2
Cayo
76.6
69.1
88.5
65.7
Stann Creek Toledo Urban Rural Total
66.8
61.5
86.9
56.2
84.5 70.2 76.7 73.7
80.2 68.4 71.5 70.0
87.5 90.9 85.3 87.9
76.8 64.7 66.3 65.5
Table 24: Disability Percentage of children age 2-9 years with at least one reported impairment Urban Rural Total Corozal Orange Walk
28.3 41.5 36.4 37.8 29.3
Belize (Excluding Belize City South Side)
24.4
Belize City South Side Belize District Cayo Stann Creek Toledo 2-4 yrs. 5-6 yrs. 7-9 yrs.
23.0 23.8 59.3 33.1 29.1 37.5 34.2 36.9
Belize
Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2011 Monitoring the situation of children and women
The Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) is an international household survey programme developed by UNICEF. MICS collects accurate, internationally comparable estimates of key indicators that are used to assess the situation of children and women in the areas of health, education, child protection and HIV/AIDS. MICS also monitors progress towards goals and global commitments aimed at promoting the welfare of children. ACRONYMS ANC ECE IMR M MMR MOD ORT SEV TBA U5MR
Antenatal Care Early Childhood Education Infant Mortality Rate Months Measles, Mumps and Rubella Moderate Oral Rehydration Treatment Severe Traditional Birth Attendant Under-5 Mortality Rate
Definitions IMR: Children who died before age 1 U5MR: Children who died before age 5 Stunting: Too short for age Wasting: Too thin for height (acute malnutrition) BCG : Against tuberculosis Improved water: Piped, wells, spring, rain, or bottled ANC (prevalence): ANC from any skilled health personnel
Table1: Household Age Age Grouping
Male
Female
Total
0-4 5-9 10-14 0-17 18+
11.2 11.8 11.7 41.2 58.5
10.8 11.3 12.2 40.9 58.9
11.0 11.6 12.0 41.0 58.7
Table2: Child Mortality
Sex
Female
14
16
Urban
(17)
(19)
Rural
13
15
Poorest/SecWealth ond/Middle index quintiles Fourth/Richest Total
16
19
(11)
(12)
14
Stunting
0.4
10.7
4.0
3.8
1.9
11.0
Cayo
5.3
1.6
18.6
4.1
2.8
1.6
6.0
Stann Creek
9.5
1.6
17.5
3.5
4.9
1.2
4.4
Toledo
7.4
2.0
41.6 16.1
3.3
0.9
12.3
0-5 yrs
7.5
2.7
13.6
5.7
4.5
12.6
6.9
17
Wasting
0-5 months Male
10.5
Female
21.0
Total
14.7
Urban
10.9
Rural
17.3
Table 5: Low Birth Weight
Table 3: Childhood Malnutrition Underweight
5.3
Table 4: Exclusive Breastfeeding
Table .2: Child mortality Infant and under-five mortality rates, based on WEST model, Belize, 2011 Infant Under-five MorMortality tality Rate [2] Rate [1] Male 16 18
Area
Belize District
Overweight
Mod Sev Mod Sev Mod Sev
99.3
91.6
17.3
Belize (Excluding Belize City South Side) Belize City South Side Belize District Cayo
97.9
95.5
27.1
5.4
0.7
15.7
2.8
2.8
1.2
9.8
Cayo
10.4
98.3
Rural
6.6
1.6
21.4
7.0
3.6
1.2
6.7
Stann Creek
12.4
90.7
Corozal
7.0
1.6
19.7
5.0
3.1
0.3
5.4
Toledo
10.6
87.8
4.7
1.0
17.2
3.1
2.4
0.7
7.3
Table 6: Immunization
41.9
Belize (Excluding Belize City South Side)
80.6
55.5
Belize City South Side
88.2
34.0
Belize District
84.3
45.0
Cayo
91.2
56.3
Stann Creek
86.1
54.2
Toledo
83.6
51.3 54.0
93.7
Urban
83.1
83.9
Belize City South Side
92.0
55.4
Orange Walk
Rural
99.4
11.5
84.0
43.6
13.4
Belize District
50.0
Corozal
88.5
80.7
96.4
85.6
Urban
87.8
10.2
45.2
Total
31.3
Toledo
Belize City South Side
55.0
83.0
96.5
98.5
87.5
88.3
Female
97.7
Belize (Excluding Belize City South Side)
12.9
Male
35.4
Orange Walk
Belize (Excluding Belize City South Side)
Father engaged in one or more activities
97.5
98.4
Water and soap available
Adult household members engaged in four or more activities
97.5
9.4
7.1
8.5
Orange Walk
Orange Walk
1.5
1.3
30.2
19.4
3.4
3.4
98.2
39.6
5.2
1.7
94.6
96.8
20.0
8.1
Corozal
94.7
2.0
0.8
Table 8: Hand Washing
Delivered in health facility [1]
97.8
6.6
5.6
4.7 13.6 8.2 7.5 6.4 8.8
Any skilled personnel
Percent delivered by C-section
96.6
Female
Belize City South Side
Belize District Cayo Stann Creek Toledo Urban Rural
Table 11: Assisted Delivery
Stann Creek
8.6
14.1
4.1
80.5 83.1
93.0
0.9
2.6
Belize City South Side
95.5 96.2
Corozal
3.2
4.2
5.4
Rural Total
98.2
5.7
6.9
Belize (Excluding Belize City South Side)
4+ 87.4
13.5
18.6
13.9
9.2 6.5 9.2 3.4
<l 97.3
Corozal
0.6
0.0
Male Female Corozal Orange Walk
Urban
Weighted at birth
5.7
5.0
Skilled personnel Had diarrhoea in % of children age 0-59 months last two weeks
Table 13: Support for Learning
Below 2500 grams
Male
Orange Walk Belize (Excluding Belize City South Side)
Table 10: Antenatal Care
Table 7: Diarrhoea & ORT
Table 14: Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Learning Materials
Table 12: Early Childhood Education
3 or more childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s books
Two or more types of playthings
Belize District
97.6
Cayo
98.1
Age 36-59 months currently attending early childhood education
Male
38.8
57.4
Stann Creek
95.3
Male
29.5
Female
40.5
57.3
Toledo
73.2
Female
33.9
Total
39.6
57.3
Total
31.7
Corozal
27.7
63.4
Corozal
19.1
Orange Walk
42.8
73.6
Orange Walk
16.3
Belize (Excluding Belize City South Side)
53.3
60.1
56.2
Belize (Excluding Belize City South Side) Belize City South Side
42.3
38.6
Belize City South Side
49.5
Belize District
47.6
49.1
Table 9: Water and Sanitation Improved water and sanitation Corozal
82.4
Orange Walk
92.1
Belize (Excluding Belize City South Side)
93.2
Belize District
52.9
Cayo
44.6
59.0
Belize City South Side
88.3
Cayo
24.7
Stann Creek
39.3
63.4
BCG
MMR
ALL
99
88.7
58.6
Female
97.0
90.8
66.8
Belize District
91.1
Stann Creek
45.0
Total
98.0
89.9
59.2
Toledo
22.2
37.7
Cayo
85.9
Toledo
12.8
Urban
98.9
89.4
61.7
Urban
49.9
54.1
Stann Creek
86.0
Urban
40.4
Rural
33.3
59.4
Rural
97.5
89.8
63.5
Toledo
80.9
Rural
26.4
Male