Guam
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INTRODUCTION
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Department of Public Health and Social Services
P.O. Box 2816, Agana, Guam 96910
WHO Representative
There is no WHO Representative to Guam. Queries about WHO’s programme of collaboration with Guam should be directed to the Director (Programme Management):
World Health Organization, Regional Office for the Western Pacific, United Nations Avenue, P.O. Box 2932, Manila, Philippines 1000
Tel:(632) 528-8001 (trunk line)
Office hours:0700H-1530H
http://www.wpro.who.int
Guam, a United States territory, is the largest and southernmost of the Mariana Islands and covers an area of 541 square kilometres (km2). The island comprises a northern, coralline, limestone plateau and a mountainous area of volcanic origin in the south, rising to some 395 metres. It is situated about 2400 km east of the Philippines, and its nearest neighbour is the Northern Mariana Islands to the north.
Table 1. Core population and health data (2003p) |
|
Population |
[Total] |
163 593 |
Life expectancy
at birth (years) |
[Both] |
77.80 |
|
[0-14 years] |
49 180 (30.06%) |
[Male] |
74.82 |
|
[65+ years] |
9870 (6.03%) |
[Female] |
81.03 |
|
Crude birth rate
(per 1 000 population) |
|
20.20 |
Total fertility rate |
|
2.70 |
|
Crude death rate
(per 1000 population) |
|
4.30 |
% of population served with safe water |
[Total] |
100.00 (2003p) |
|
[Urban] |
… |
|
[Rural] |
… |
|
Infant mortality rate
(per 1000 live births) |
|
11.22 |
% of population with adequate sanitary facilities |
[Total] |
100.00 (2003p) |
|
[Urban] |
… |
|
Maternal mortality rate
(per 100 000 live births) |
|
0.00 (2003p) |
[Rural] |
… |
p - preliminary
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