Health in Biombo, Guinea-Bissau: official figures
Women in Biombo aged 15 to 19 had 88 births per 1,000 each year in the 2018-2019 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS6), 4th lowest of the 9 regions (Guinea-Bissau: 84).
Do people in Biombo sleep under mosquito nets?
89.4% of people in Biombo slept under an insecticide-treated mosquito net the night before the 2018-2019 survey, 4th lowest of the 9 regions (Guinea-Bissau: 90.9%).
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Guinea-Bissau and Ministério da Economia e Finanças, with UNICEF · saved copyHow many children die young in Biombo?
For every 1,000 babies born in Biombo in the ten years before the 2018-2019 MICS, 54 died before their first birthday and 73 before their fifth; the under-five rate is 2nd highest of the 9 regions (Guinea-Bissau: 36 and 56). Regional rates rest on small numbers of deaths.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Guinea-Bissau and Ministério da Economia e Finanças, with UNICEF · saved copyHow many children in Biombo are malnourished?
24.3% of children under five in Biombo were stunted (too short for their age, a sign of long-term undernutrition), 3.7% were wasted and 9.9% underweight in 2018-2019; the stunting rate is 4th lowest of the 9 regions (Guinea-Bissau: 27.7%).
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Guinea-Bissau and Ministério da Economia e Finanças, with UNICEF · saved copyHow many children in Biombo are vaccinated?
71.8% of children aged 12 to 23 months in Biombo had all basic vaccines (BCG, three doses each of polio and the pentavalent vaccine, and measles) in 2018-2019, and 0.5% had no vaccine at all; 4th highest of the 9 regions for basic vaccines (Guinea-Bissau: 66.3% and 5.1%).
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Guinea-Bissau and Ministério da Economia e Finanças, with UNICEF · saved copyDo women in Biombo give birth with a trained health worker?
69.7% of the most recent births in Biombo in the two years before the 2018-2019 survey were attended by a doctor, nurse or midwife, 2nd highest of the 9 regions (Guinea-Bissau: 53.8%).
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Guinea-Bissau and Ministério da Economia e Finanças, with UNICEF · saved copyHow Biombo compares with other regions
Under-five deaths per 1,000 live births (10 years before the survey) (2009-2019)
Biombo ranks 2 of 9, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Under-five deaths per 1,000 live births (10 years before the survey) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gabú | 106 |
| 2 | Biombo | 73 |
| 3 | Quinara | 72 |
| 4 | Sector Autónomo de Bissau | 59 |
| 5 | Bolama/Bijagós | 54 |
| 6 | Tombali | 42 |
| 7 | Oio | 42 |
Children under 5 stunted (2018-19)
Biombo ranks 6 of 9, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Children under 5 stunted |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Gabú | 30.5% |
| 4 | Cacheu | 27.8% |
| 5 | Tombali | 24.5% |
| 6 | Biombo | 24.3% |
| 7 | Quinara | 22.0% |
| 8 | Bolama/Bijagós | 17.1% |
| 9 | Sector Autónomo de Bissau | 14.3% |
Children 12-23 months with all basic vaccines (2018-19)
Biombo ranks 4 of 9, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Children 12-23 months with all basic vaccines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quinara | 80.6% |
| 2 | Bafatá | 75.0% |
| 3 | Bolama/Bijagós | 73.3% |
| 4 | Biombo | 71.8% |
| 5 | Cacheu | 70.9% |
| 6 | Sector Autónomo de Bissau | 66.1% |
| 7 | Gabú | 63.6% |
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Sources
- Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Guinea-Bissau and Ministério da Economia e Finanças, with UNICEF: Inquérito aos Indicadores Múltiplos (MICS6) 2018-2019, final report: regional tables, read 27 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 bfaad4e22778…)
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