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[ Dominica Statistics ]

Basic Information About Dominica    

For a very complete look at general statistics look to the World Factbook http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/do.html

Health Information (1)  

The following information is by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under the Country Studies/Area Handbook Program. As it is a temporary on-line searchable source it is not possible to bookmark or hyperlink to the site.  Below is some of the information from the country study.

Many of the medical problems on the island could be attributed to deficiencies in environmental health. Twenty-one percent of the estimated 16,000 houses in Dominica had access to drinking water; another 43 percent had access to piped water at a distance of less than 100 meters; the remainder (approximately 36 percent or 5,760 houses) had no acceptable and convenient access to water supplies. Nineteen percent of the population had access to regular solid waste collection services. Only the two major urban centers, Roseau and Portsmouth, had central sewage systems; they lacked treatment facilities, however, and instead disposed of raw sewage in the nearby sea.

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Health Information (2)  

For detailed health data please go the the PAHO website : http://www.paho.org/English/SHA/prfldom.htm

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