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Panhandle
A narrow projection of a larger territory (as a state).
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paved roads
those surfaced with crushed stone (macadam) and hydrocarbon binder or bituminized agents, with concrete, or with cobblestones, as a percentage of all the country's roads, measured in length. (International Road Federation)
World Development Indicators database

People
This category includes the entries dealing with the characteristics of the people and their society.
CIA World Factbook 2000

People - note
This entry includes miscellaneous demographic information of significance not included elsewhere.
CIA World Factbook 2000

Percent of birth registrations that are for children over 1 year old at time of registration
It is the ratio between the number of births certificates issued for children who were 1 year of age or older at the time of registration and the total children registered in a given year. (Unit of measure: Percent)
Pan American Health Organization

Percent of children <1 year vaccinated against diphtheria, whooping cough, and tetanus
Proportion of children who, on completing their first year of life, has received three doses of DPT toxoid. (Unit of measure: Percent)
Pan American Health Organization

Percent of children <1 year vaccinated against measles
Proportion of children who, on completing their first year of life, has received one dose of measles vaccine. (Unit of measure: Percent)
Pan American Health Organization

Percent of children <1 year vaccinated against poliomyelitis (OPV3)
Proportion of children who, on completing their first year of life, has received three doses of live oral poliomyelitis vaccine. (Unit of measure: Percent)
Pan American Health Organization

Percent of children <1 year vaccinated against tuberculosis (BCG)
Proportion of children who, on completing their first year of life, has received the vaccine against tuberculosis (BCG). (Unit of measure: Percent)
Pan American Health Organization

Percent of children under 1 year attended by trained personnel
It is the percentage of infants who have had at least one consultation during the first year of life with a trained health worker. (Unit of measure: Percent)
Pan American Health Organization