Score Card 2006

Score Card 2006

Country	Population1 (thousands)	Birth1 (thousands)	Iodized Salt² Consumption (%)	Median UIE³ (ug/L)	Proportion of population with Low UIE³ (<100 ug/L; %)	Total Goitre Rate³ (%)	Iodine Deficiency Protected Population (thousands)	Iodine Deficiency Unprotected Population (thousands)	Iodine Deficiency Protected Infants (thousand)	Iodine Deficiency Unprotected Infants (thousands)

Afghanistan	28,574	1,395	28	-	-	9.9	8,001	20,573	391	1,004
Albania	3,112	53	62	-	-		1,929	1,183	33	20
Algeria	32,358	671	69	27	77.7	65	22,327	10,031	463	208
Andorra	67	1	-	-	-		-	-	-	-
Angola	15,490	749	35	-	-		5,422	10,069	262	487
Antigua and Barbuda	81	2	-	-	-		-	-	-	-
Argentina	38,372	685	90	-	-		34,535	3,837	617	69
Armenia	3,026	34	84	146	31.8	30.2	2,542	484	29	5
Australia	19,942	249	-	77	71.5	19.4	-	-	-	-
Austria	8,171	75	-	111	49.4		-	-	-	-
Azerbaijan	8,355	132	26	54	74.4	11.1	2,172	6,183	34	98
Bahamas	319	6	-	-	-		-	-	-	-
Bahrain	716	13	-	204	16.2	1.7	-	-	-	-
Bangladesh	139,215	3,738	70	54	70.7	49.9	97,451	41,765	2,617	1,121
Barbados	269	3	-	-	-		-	-	-	-
Belarus	9,811	91	55	45	80.9	33.4	5,396	4,415	50	41
Belgium	10,400	111	-	80	66.9		-	-	-	-
Belize	264	7	90	184	26.7		238	26	6	1
Benin	8,177	341	72	289	8.3	19.6	5,887	2,290	246	95
Bhutan	2,116	64	95	230	24.0	14	2,010	106	61	3
Bolivia	9,009	265	90	250	19.0	4.5	8,108	901	239	27
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,909	37	77	111	52.4	25.7	3,010	899	28	9
Botswana	1,769	46	66	219	15.3	16.5	1,168	601	30	16
Brazil	183,913	3,728	88	360	.0	4	161,843	22,070	3,281	447
Brunei Darussalam	366	8	-	-	-		-	-	-	-
Bulgaria	7,780	67	98	111	42.9	27.4	7,624	156	66	1
Burkina Faso	12,822	601	45	114	47.5	55.2	5,770	7,052	270	331
Burundi	7,282	330	96	-	-		6,991	291	317	13
Cambodia	13,798	422	14	-	-	17	1,932	11,866	59	363
Cameroon	16,038	562	61	52	91.7	10.3	9,783	6,255	343	219
Canada	31,958	328	-	-	-		-	-	-	-
Cape Verde	495	15	0	52	77.4	25.5	-	495	-	15
Central African Republic	3,986	149	86	21	79.5	60.9	3,428	558	128	21
Chad	9,448	456	58	29	99.6	63	5,480	3,968	264	192
Chile	16,124	249	100	984	.2	6.4	16,124	-	249	-
China	1,307,989	17,372	93	241	16.2	5.8	1,216,430	91,559	16,156	1,216
Colombia	44,915	970	92	249	6.4	6.5	41,322	3,593	892	78
Comoros	777	28	82	-	-	13.6	637	140	23	5
Congo	3,883	172	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-
Congo, DR	55,853	2,788	72	267	.0	28.4	40,214	15,639	2,007	781
Cook Islands	18	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-
Costa Rica	4,253	79	97	233	8.9		4,125	128	77	2
Côte d'Ivoire	17,872	661	31	162	33.8	44.8	5,540	12,332	205	456
Croatia	4,540	41	90	140	28.8	16.1	4,086	454	37	4
Cuba	11,245	136	88	95	51.0		9,896	1,349	120	16
Cyprus	826	10	-	-	-		-	-	-	-
Czech Republic	10,229	91	-	119	47.7		-	-	-	-
Denmark	5,414	63	-	61	70.8	12.1	-	-	-	-
Djibouti	779	27	-	-	-		-	-	-	-
Dominica	79	2	-	-	-		-	-	-	-
Dominican Republic	8,768	211	18	39	86.0	5.3	1,578	7,190	38	173
Ecuador	13,040	296	99	420	.0		12,910	130	293	3
Egypt	72,642	1,890	56	148	31.2	21.4	40,680	31,962	1,058	832
El Salvador	6,762	166	91	150	4.6		6,153	609	151	15
Equatorial Guinea	492	21	20	-	-		98	394	4	17
Eritrea	4,232	166	68	168	25.3	36.7	2,878	1,354	113	53
Estonia	1,335	13	-	65	67.0		-	-	-	-
Ethiopia	75,600	3,064	28	58	68.4	53.3	21,168	54,432	858	2,206
Fiji	841	19	31	34	75.4		261	580	6	13
Finland	5,235	55	-	164	35.5		-	-	-	-
France	60,257	744	-	85	60.4	12.9	-	-	-	-
Gabon	1,362	42	36	190	38.3	17.1	490	872	15	27
Gambia	1,478	52	8	42	72.8	16.3	118	1,360	4	48
Georgia	4,518	50	68	62	80.0		3,072	1,446	34	16
Germany	82,645	687	-	148	27.0		-	-	-	-
Ghana	21,664	679	28	54	71.3	23.8	6,066	15,598	190	489
Greece	11,098	102	-	-	-	17.5	-	-	-	-
Grenada	102	2	-	-	-		-	-	-	-
Guam	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Guatemala	12,295	433	67	222	14.4		8,238	4,057	290	143
Guinea	9,202	383	68	91	63.6	59	6,257	2,945	260	123
Guinea-Bissau	1,540	77	2	-	-	32.6	31	1,509	2	75
Guyana	750	16	-	162	26.9		-	-	-	-
Haiti	8,407	253	11	-	-		925	7,482	28	225
Holy See	1	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-
Honduras	7,048	206	80	204	31.3		5,638	1,410	165	41
Hungary	10,124	95	-	80	65.2	11.6	-	-	-	-
Iceland	292	4	-	150	37.7		-	-	-	-
India	1,087,124	26,000	50	133	31.3	17.9	543,562	543,562	13,000	13,000
Indonesia	220,077	4,513	73	65	63.7	9.8	160,656	59,421	3,294	1,219
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	68,803	1,308	94	205	14.9	54.6	64,675	4,128	1,230	78
Iraq	28,057	972	40	-	-		11,223	16,834	389	583
Ireland	4,080	63	-	82	60.8		-	-	-	-
Israel	6,601	134	-	-	-		-	-	-	-
Italy	58,033	531	-	94	55.7	13.9	-	-	-	-
Jamaica	2,639	52	100	-	-		2,639	-	52	-
Japan	127,923	1,169	-	-	-		-	-	-	-
Jordan	5,561	150	88	154	24.4	33.5	4,894	667	132	18
Kazakhstan	14,839	237	83	97	53.1	36.7	12,316	2,523	197	40
Kenya	33,467	1,322	91	115	36.7	15.5	30,455	3,012	1,203	119
Kiribati	97	2	-	-	-		-	-	-	-
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of	22,384	349	40	-	-		8,954	13,430	140	209
Korea, Republic of	47,645	467	-	-	-		-	-	-	-
Kosovo	2,606	50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kuwait	2,521	50	-	147	31.4	0	-	-	-	-
Kyrgyzstan	5,204	116	42	30	88.1	49.1	2,186	3,018	49	67
Lao People's Democratic Republic	5,792	204	75	162	26.9		4,344	1,448	153	51
Latvia	2,318	21	-	59	76.8		-	-	-	-
Lebanon	3,540	66	87	95	55.5	25.7	3,080	460	57	9
Lesotho	1,798	50	69	26	100.0	4.9	1,241	557	35	16
Liberia	3,241	164	-	321	3.5		-	-	-	-
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	5,740	133	90	-	-		5,166	574	120	13
Liechtenstein	34	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-
Lithuania	3,443	31	-	75	62.0		-	-	-	-
Luxembourg	459	6	-	90	57.4		-	-	-	-
Madagascar	18,113	704	75	-	-	22.8	13,585	4,528	528	176
Malawi	12,608	550	49	-	-	28.1	6,178	6,430	270	281
Malaysia	24,894	549	-	91	57.0	4	-	-	-	-
Maldives	321	10	44	67	65.5	23.6	141	180	4	6
Mali	13,124	647	74	203	34.1		9,712	3,412	479	168
Malta	400	4	-	-	-		-	-	-	-
Marshall Islands	60	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-
Mauritania	2,980	123	2	55	69.8	30.9	60	2,920	2	121
Mauritius	1,233	20	0	154	4.4		-	1,233	-	20
Mexico	105,699	2,201	91	235	8.5	10.4	96,186	9,513	2,003	198
Micronesia (Federated States of)	110	3	-	-	-		-	-	-	-
Moldova, Republic of	4,218	43	33	78	62.0	36.7	1,392	2,826	14	29
Monaco	35	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-
Mongolia	2,614	58	75	102	48.9	23	1,961	654	44	15
Morocco	31,020	713	41	75	63.0	22	12,718	18,302	292	421
Mozambique	19,424	769	54	69	65.4	14.3	10,489	8,935	415	354
Myanmar	50,004	992	60	136	38.2		30,002	20,002	595	397
Namibia	2,009	56	63	-	-		1,266	743	35	21
Nauru	13	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-
Nepal	26,591	786	63	144	35.1	40	16,752	9,839	495	291
Netherlands	16,226	190	-	154	37.5	1.8	-	-	-	-
New Zealand	3,989	55	83	66	79.7		3,311	678	46	9
Nicaragua	5,376	153	97	271	.0		5,215	161	148	5
Niger	13,499	734	15	270	.0	35.8	2,025	11,474	110	624
Nigeria	128,709	5,323	97	147	38.8	29.1	124,848	3,861	5,163	160
Niue	1	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-
Norway	4,598	55	-	-	-		-	-	-	-
Occupied Palestinian Territory	3,587	136	65	-	-		2,332	1,255	88	48
Oman	2,534	64	61	91	49.8	10	1,546	988	39	25
Pakistan	154,794	4,729	17	16	90.4	84.9	26,315	128,479	804	3,925
Palau	20	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-
Panama	3,175	70	95	235	8.6	10.2	3,016	159	67	4
Papua New Guinea	5,772	176	-	181	27.7	4.6	-	-	-	-
Paraguay	6,017	175	88	294	13.4		5,295	722	154	21
Peru	27,562	627	93	230	11.8		25,633	1,929	583	44
Philippines	81,617	2,026	56	71	65.3	5.4	45,706	35,911	1,135	891
Poland	38,559	365	-	84	64.0		-	-	-	-
Polynesia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Portugal	10,441	112	-	-	-		-	-	-	-
Qatar	777	14	-	203	30.0		-	-	-	-
Romania	21,790	213	53	68	64.2	12.8	11,549	10,241	113	100
Russian Federation	143,899	1,511	35	-	-		50,365	93,534	529	982
Rwanda	8,882	365	90	298	.0	25.9	7,994	888	329	37
Saint Kitts and Nevis	42	1	100	-	-		42	-	1	-
Saint Lucia	159	3	-	-	-		-	-	-	-
Saint Vincent and Grenadines	118	2	-	-	-		-	-	-	-
Samoa	184	5	-	-	-		-	-	-	-
San Marino	28	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-
Sao Tome and Principe	153	5	74	-	-		113	40	4	1
Saudi Arabia	23,950	665	-	180	23.0	24	-	-	-	-
Senegal	11,386	419	16	45	75.7	28.7	1,822	9,564	67	352
Serbia and Montenegro	10,510	122	73	158	20.8	1.3	7,672	2,838	89	33
Seychelles	80	3	-	-	-		-	-	-	-
Sierra Leone	5,336	245	23	-	-		1,227	4,109	56	189
Singapore	4,273	40	-	-	-		-	-	-	-
Slovakia	5,401	51	-	183	15.0	4.4	-	-	-	-
Slovenia	1,967	17	-	-	-	79	-	-	-	-
Solomon Islands	466	15	-	-	-		-	-	-	-
Somalia	7,964	359	-	-	-		-	-	-	-
South Africa	47,208	1,093	62	177	29.0	40.9	29,269	17,939	678	415
South Sudan	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-
Spain	42,646	447	-	109	50.1	10.4	-	-	-	-
Sri Lanka	20,570	330	88	145	30.6	20.9	18,102	2,468	290	40
St Vincent / Grenadines	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-
Sudan	35,523	1,163	1	75	62.0	22	355	35,168	12	1,151
Suriname	446	9	-	-	-		-	-	-	-
Swaziland	1,034	30	59	170	34.5	5.4	610	424	18	12
Sweden	9,008	95	-	-	-		-	-	-	-
Switzerland	7,240	68	-	115	39.5	14.5	-	-	-	-
Syrian Arab Republic	18,582	526	79	-	-		14,680	3,902	416	110
Tajikistan	6,430	186	28	-	-	68.7	1,800	4,630	52	134
Tanzania, United Republic of	37,627	1,403	43	127	37.7	44	16,180	21,447	603	800
Thailand	63,694	1,015	63	150	34.9	2.2	40,127	23,567	639	376
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	2,030	23	80	199	11.8	5.8	1,624	406	18	5
Timor-Leste	887	45	72	-	-		639	248	32	13
Togo	5,988	233	67	116	42.8	32.6	4,012	1,976	156	77
Tonga	102	2	-	-	-		-	-	-	-
Trinidad and Tobago	1,301	19	1	-	-		13	1,288	0	19
Tunisia	9,995	166	97	164	26.4	36.3	9,695	300	161	5
Turkey	72,220	1,505	64	36	74.6	30.3	46,221	25,999	963	542
Turkmenistan	4,766	107	100	64	65.6	25	4,766	-	107	-
Tuvalu	10	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-
Uganda	27,821	1,412	95	310	11.9	60.2	26,430	1,391	1,341	71
Ukraine	46,989	391	32	50	70.1	55.6	15,036	31,953	125	266
United Arab Emirates	4,284	67	-	91	56.6	40.4	-	-	-	-
United Kingdom	59,479	663	-	-	-		-	-	-	-
United States	295,410	4,134	-	237	9.5		-	-	-	-
Uruguay	3,439	57	-	-	-		-	-	-	-
Uzbekistan	26,209	611	19	36	97.4	73	4,980	21,229	116	495
Vanuatu	207	6	-	-	-		-	-	-	-
Venezuela	26,282	590	90	286	.0		23,654	2,628	531	59
Viet Nam	83,123	1,644	83	40	84.0	21.9	68,992	14,131	1,365	279
Yemen	20,329	826	30	173	30.2	16.8	6,099	14,230	248	578
Zambia	11,479	468	77	60	72.0	31.6	8,839	2,640	360	108
Zimbabwe	12,936	384	93	245	14.8		12,030	906	357	27

Source of Data:

1 World State of Children, 2006

2 UNICEF Child Info

3 WHO Database