Are you following our projects
targeting orphans and other vulnerable children? Here are interesting
statistics about Uganda's OVC Cross cutting Situation Indicators for 2012
- Total Population of
children in Uganda also reflected as a per cent of the total Ugandan
population -19,566,430 children based on UBOS population Projections for
2012. Generally the percentage of children to the population is 56%.
- 52% of the
population is under 15 years of age
- Less than one
percent of children under age 5 tested positive for HIV (AIDS Indicator
Survey 2011).
- Percentage of
children under age 18 who are orphans (11.5% UDHS 2011)
- Percentage of
children under age 18 who are vulnerable(38% UNHS 2009/10)
- 19% of the children
not living with biological parent (UDHS ,2011)
- Number of children
who live without an adult care-giver 32,000.
- Percentage of Children living below the poverty
line
- Over 30% of children live in economic
poverty
- In terms of
access to water, but 28% of children were deprived of safe water by 2009.
-
Nearly
one in ten children (8.7%) lack access to any toilet.
- 0.7% of
children under the age of 5 years are infected with HIV/AIDS.
- Under five
mortality rate is 90 per 1000 i.e. 98 for female and 114 for males.
- Infant
mortality rate is 54 per 1000 i.e. 59 for females and 70 for males
- Percentage
of children under 5 sleeping under insecticide treated bed nets is 42.8 i.e. 44
females and 41.6 males.
- Proportion
of 1 year-old children immunized against measles is 75.8 i.e. 76.6 for females
and 74.8 for males
- Ratio of
girls to boys in primary education is 1.0
- Ratio of
girls to boys in secondary education is 1.1
-
Ratio of girls to boys in tertiary education is 0.7
- Percentage of
children living with elderly caregivers (F)
- (51 per cent of children
are living with both parents, 23 per cent live with their mothers and not
their fathers, per cent live with their fathers and not their mothers. 9
per cent of children under age 18 have lost their biological fathers, 4
per cent have lost their mothers, and 2 per cent have lost both parents (‘double
orphans’). (Uganda AIDS Indicator Survey, 2011),
- Percentage of
children engaged in child labour (25% i.e. 28% for males and 24% females,
UNHS 2009/10).
- Child labour was
highest among children in the age group of 5-11 years (34%).
- Over 32,130
children between the ages of 10 to 17 head households
- Over 40,000
children live in residnetial care facilities like children’s homes
(Alternative Care Assessment by the MGLSD, 2012).
- Number of children
living with HIV/AIDS (150,000)
- Overall, 4 percent
of those in the age 15-24 are living with HIV. However, there is a gender
gap; HIV
- prevalence among
women age 15-24 years is 5 percent, while among men, it is only 2 percent.
Prevalence rises rapidly with age, especially among women (Uganda AIDS
Indicator Survey 2011).
- 30% of children of
0-5 years have their births registered (USDH 2011)
- A tiny fraction of
children under age 5 are HIV-positive— 0.7 percent (Uganda AIDS
Indicator Survey 2011).
- 18% of women between
the ages of 15â€19
are already mothers and another 6% are pregnant with their first child
showing levels of child mothers (UDHS 2011)
- Infant mortality
rate is 54 deaths per 1,000 live births (UDHS, 2011)
- Underâ€five mortality rate is 90
deaths per 1,000 live births (UDHS, 2011)
- Childhood mortality
is generally higher among children of less educated mothers and those on
the poorest households. Also Child mortality is highest among children
born less than 2 years after a previous birth and those born to mothers
under age 20. (UDHS, 2011)
- Maternal mortality
ratio is 438 deaths per 100,000 live births (UDHS, 2011).
- Net attendance
ratio in primary education is 81% (UDHS 2011) ( 81.0 % for Males and 81.1%
for girls). The rate is based on reported attendance, not enrollment, in
primary education among primary school age children (6-12 year-olds). The
rate also includes children of primary school age enrolled in secondary
education. This is proxy for MDG indicator 2.1, Net enrollment ratio.
- among children age
10-14 whose parents are both alive and who are living with one or both
parents, 96 percent attended school during the 2011 school year, compared
with 84 percent of children who have lost both parents (‘double orphans’)(Uganda
AIDS Indicator Survey 2011).
- The ratio of school
attendance among orphaned to non-orphaned children is 0.88. This implies
that double orphans have a disadvantage in school attendance compared with
children who are living with one or both parents.
