| TABLE 1. Percentage and number of people living on less than one dollar per day, by region, according to year | ||||
| Region | % | No. (in millions) | ||
| 1987 | 1998 | 1987 | 1998 | |
| Total | ||||
| Including China | 28.9 | 24.0 | 1,183.2 | 1,198.9 |
| Excluding China | 28.5 | 26.2 | 879.8 | 985.7 |
| East Asia | ||||
| Including China | 26.6 | 15.3 | 417.5 | 278.3 |
| Excluding China | 23.9 | 11.3 | 114.1 | 65.1 |
| Eastern Europe/Central Asia | 0.2 | 5.1 | 1.1 | 24.0 |
| Latin America/the Caribbean | 15.3 | 15.6 | 63.7 | 78.2 |
| Middle East/North Africa | 4.3 | 1.9 | 9.3 | 5.5 |
| South Asia | 44.9 | 40.0 | 474.4 | 522.0 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 46.6 | 46.3 | 217.2 | 290.9 |
| Note: Estimates based on data from income/consumption surveys. The table excludes countries the World Bank classifies as high-income. Source: reference 1, Table 1.1, p. 23. | ||||
| FIGURE 1. Percentage of deliveries attended by a trained birth attendant and percentage of women currently practicing contraception, by socioeconomic status, Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia |
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