Table 2 Relevant sociodemographic variables comparing Lvea Em District and Cambodia
From: Mental health in primary health care in a rural district of Cambodia: a situational analysis
Lvea Em District | Cambodia | |
|---|---|---|
Geography | 260 sq. km | 181,035 sq. km |
Administrative unit | Council included several offices and departments | Constitutional monarchy, Parliamentary representative democracy |
Administrative unit health care | Head, Director, of Operational District (OD). Committee member for women and child sector | Ministry of health, Provincial health department |
Population | 82,888 | 15,577,899 |
Population density (persons/km2) | 318.8 | 86.0 |
% rural | 100% | 79% |
Ethnicity | Khmer 98%, Vietnamese 2% | Khmer 97.6%, Cham 1.2%, Chinese 0.1% Vietnamese 0.1%, other 0.9% |
Language | Khmer | Khmer |
Religion | Predominantly Buddhism | Buddhism 96.9%, Muslim 1.9%, Christian 0.4%, other 0.8% |
Literacy | 80% | 73.9% |
% households with functioning latrine | 50% | 42.4% |
% households with clean water supply | 40%a | 75.5%b |
% households with electricity supply | 90% | 31.1% |
Major economic activities | Agriculture, fishing | Agriculture, apparel industry, tourism |
Life expectancy | 65–70 years | 71.7 years |
Total fertility rate | 2.6 | 2.8 |
HIV prevalence | 0.2% | 0.6% |