Kauye Felix, Mafuta Chitsanzo
Chief Government Psychiatrist, Ministry of Health, Zomba Mental Hospital, Zomba, Malawi, email
Registrar Psychiatric Clinical Officer, Ministry of Health, Zomba Mental Hospital, Zomba, Malawi, email
Int Psychiatry. 2007 Jan 1;4(1):9-11. eCollection 2007 Jan.
Malawi is a country with an approximate area of 118 000 km. Its population is estimated at 13 million and the gender ratio (men per hundred women) is 98. The proportion of the population under the age of 15 years is 47% and the proportion above the age of 60 years is 5%. The literacy rate is 75.5% for men and 48.7% for women (World Health Organization, 2005).
马拉维是一个面积约11.8万平方公里的国家。其人口估计为1300万,性别比(每百名女性对应的男性数量)为98。15岁以下人口比例为47%,60岁以上人口比例为5%。男性识字率为75.5%,女性识字率为48.7%(世界卫生组织,2005年)。