SOME DEMOGRAPHIC AND HEALTH INDICATORS Life expectancy for men (in years) in 2005 48 Life expectancy for women (in years) in 2005 49 Gross mortality rate (per 100,000) for men in 2005 428 Gross mortality rate (per 100,000) for women in 2005 388 Maternal mortality rate (per 100,000) in 2000 1,000 Neonatal mortality rate (per 100,000) in 2004 32 Infant mortality rate (per 100,000) in 2005 96 Proportion of children aged 1 year who received the anti-measles vaccine in 2005 84 Proportion of children aged 1 year who received the DPT3 vaccine in 2005 96 Number of nurses and midwives per 10,000 inhabitants in 2004 4.9 Number of doctors per 10,000 inhabitants in 2004 0.5 Burkina Faso 2003 Proportion of children younger than 5 years of age failing to thrive 43 Proportion of children younger than 5 years of age with weight deficiency 35 Burkina Faso 2003 Contraceptive prevalence rate, 1999-2005 (percentage) 14 Burkina Faso 2003 Rate of assisted childbirth, 2000-2005 (percentage) 38 Source: World Health Organization (WHO) and the INSD. xvii