COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILDForty-third session 11 – 29 September 2006
WRITTEN REPLIES BY THE GOVERNMENT OF SAMOA CONCERNING THE LIST OF ISSUES (CRC/C/WSM/Q/1) RECEIVED BY THE COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD RELATING TO THE CONSIDERATION OF THE INITIAL REPORT OF SAMOA (CRC/C/WSM/1)
[Received on 14 August 2006]
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*In accordance with the information transmitted to States parties regarding the processing of their reports, the present document was not formally edited before being sent to the United Nations translation services.
PART I
A. Data and statistics, if available
Please provide disaggregated data (by sex, age groups and by islands) for the years 2003, 2004 and 2005, on the number and proportion of children under 18 living in the Samoa.
|
Projection Data 2003* |
|||
|
AGE |
Total |
MALE |
FEMALE |
|
Total Population |
179963 |
93744 |
86218 |
|
0 |
5596 |
2960 |
2636 |
|
1 |
5285 |
2799 |
2486 |
|
2 |
5316 |
2760 |
2556 |
|
3 |
5102 |
2683 |
2419 |
|
4 |
5208 |
2679 |
2529 |
|
5 |
5602 |
2951 |
2651 |
|
6 |
5259 |
2685 |
2575 |
|
7 |
4972 |
2643 |
2329 |
|
8 |
4723 |
2458 |
2265 |
|
9 |
4819 |
2527 |
2292 |
|
10 |
4388 |
2351 |
2037 |
|
11 |
4570 |
2357 |
2213 |
|
12 |
4118 |
2148 |
1971 |
|
13 |
4150 |
2148 |
2002 |
|
14 |
4145 |
2146 |
1999 |
|
15 |
3842 |
2063 |
1779 |
|
16 |
3844 |
2040 |
1805 |
|
17 |
3607 |
1942 |
1665 |
|
18 |
3482 |
1900 |
1582 |
|
Total 0-18 |
88030 |
46241 |
41789 |
|
Projection Data 2004* |
|||
|
AGE |
Total |
MALE |
FEMALE |
|
Total Population |
181612 |
94603 |
87008 |
|
0 |
5751 |
2988 |
2660 |
|
1 |
5431 |
2824 |
2509 |
|
2 |
5464 |
2785 |
2580 |
|
3 |
5244 |
2708 |
2441 |
|
4 |
5353 |
2704 |
2552 |
|
5 |
5758 |
2978 |
2675 |
|
6 |
5405 |
2709 |
2598 |
|
7 |
5110 |
2667 |
2350 |
|
8 |
4854 |
2481 |
2286 |
|
9 |
4953 |
2550 |
2313 |
|
10 |
4510 |
2373 |
2055 |
|
11 |
4696 |
2378 |
2233 |
|
12 |
4233 |
2167 |
1989 |
|
13 |
4265 |
2167 |
2021 |
|
14 |
4260 |
2165 |
2017 |
|
15 |
3949 |
2082 |
1795 |
|
16 |
3951 |
2059 |
1821 |
|
17 |
3707 |
1960 |
1680 |
|
18 |
3579 |
1918 |
1596 |
|
Total 0-18 |
90472 |
46664 |
42172 |
|
Projection Census Data 2005* |
|||
|
AGE |
Total |
MALE |
FEMALE |
|
Total Population |
183276 |
95470 |
87805 |
|
0 |
5965 |
3015 |
2684 |
|
1 |
5633 |
2850 |
2532 |
|
2 |
5667 |
2811 |
2603 |
|
3 |
5439 |
2733 |
2463 |
|
4 |
5552 |
2729 |
2575 |
|
5 |
5972 |
3006 |
2700 |
|
6 |
5606 |
2734 |
2622 |
|
7 |
5300 |
2691 |
2372 |
|
8 |
5035 |
2504 |
2307 |
|
9 |
5137 |
2573 |
2335 |
|
10 |
4678 |
2395 |
2074 |
|
11 |
4871 |
2400 |
2254 |
|
12 |
4390 |
2187 |
2007 |
|
13 |
4424 |
2187 |
2039 |
|
14 |
4418 |
2185 |
2036 |
|
15 |
4096 |
2101 |
1812 |
|
16 |
4098 |
2077 |
1838 |
|
17 |
3845 |
1978 |
1696 |
|
18 |
3711 |
1935 |
1611 |
|
Total 0-18 |
93834 |
47092 |
42558 |
Source: Statistical Services Department, MOF * Population projection was based on the annual growth rate of 0.9 percent.
2.In light of article 4 of the Convention, please provide additional disaggregated data for the years 2004, 2005 and 2006 on budget allocations and trends (in absolute figures and percentages of the national budget or GDP) allocated to the implementation of the Convention, evaluating also the priorities for budgetary expenditures given to the following areas:
education (different types of education, i.e. pre-primary, primary and secondary education);
Note: not able to provide specific information as requested.
|
Government Expenditures |
||||||
|
Ministry of Education |
||||||
|
Items |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
|||
|
Teaching Services |
$ |
16,864,408 |
$ |
19,769,313 |
$ |
22,575,688 |
|
Teaching Developnment |
$ |
562,806 |
$ |
772,587 |
$ |
447,026 |
|
School Improvement Service |
$ |
538,997 |
$ |
659,532 |
$ |
866,528 |
|
Curriculum Services |
$ |
999,759 |
$ |
785,503 |
$ |
986,772 |
|
Assessments/Examinations |
$ |
471,108 |
$ |
421,181 |
$ |
530,910 |
|
Policy/ Planning and Research |
$ |
295,499 |
$ |
288,713 |
$ |
349,450 |
|
Public Library Service |
$ |
387,954 |
$ |
371,331 |
$ |
399,994 |
|
Secondary Schools |
$ |
2,604,953 |
||||
|
Sub Total (1) |
$ |
22,725,484 |
23,068,160 |
26,156,368 |
||
|
Grants / Subsidies |
||||||
|
Private / Mission School |
$ |
3,000,000 |
$ |
3,000,000 |
$ |
4,000,000 |
|
Village School Stationery |
$ |
1,421,690 |
$ |
1,721,890 |
$ |
2,500,000 |
|
Sub Total (2) |
$ |
4,421,690 |
$ |
4,721,890 |
$ |
6,500,000 |
|
Total {Sub ttotal(1) + Sub total (2) |
$ |
27,147,174 |
$ |
27,790,050 |
$ |
32,656,368 |
|
Ministry of Health |
||||||
|
Items |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
|||
|
Health Strategic Planning / Developnment |
$ |
866,069 |
$ |
705,868 |
$ |
705,684 |
|
Health Promotion / Preventive Health (formerly public health services ) |
$ |
$ |
1,353,142 |
$ |
1,314,781 |
|
|
Health Service (Medical / Allied) |
$ |
$ |
34,270 |
$ |
34,270 |
|
|
Health Service (Nursing / Midwifery) |
_ |
$ |
651,511 |
$ |
1,000,224 |
|
|
Sub Total (1) |
$ |
866,069 |
2,744,791 |
3,054,959 |
health care (different types of health services, i.e. primary health care, vaccination programmes, adolescent health care and other health-care services for children);
programmes and services for children with disabilities;
support programmes for families;
support for children living below the poverty line;
protection of children who are in need of alternative care including the support of care institutions;
programmes and activities for the prevention of and protection from child abuse and child sexual exploitation and child labour;
Output for the Protection of Children – 2004, 2005, 2006
programmes and services for street children and abandoned children; and
juvenile justice and the rehabilitation of juvenile offenders.
Please also indicate the expenses of the private sector, in particular for health and education.
3.With reference to children deprived of a family environment and separated from parents, please provide disaggregated data (by sex, age groups, and by islands) for the years 2003, 2004 and 2005 on the number of children:
separated from their parents;
placed in institutions;
placed with foster families; and
adopted domestically or through intercountry adoptions.
4.Please specify the number of children with disabilities, disaggregated by sex, age groups, and islands for the years 2003, 2004 and 2005:
living with their families;
in institutions;
attending regular schools;
attending special schools; and
not attending schools.
5.With reference to child abuse, please provide disaggregated data (by age, sex, by islands, and types of abuses reported) for the years 2003, 2004 and 2005 on the:
number of reports received per year;
number and percentage of reports per year which have resulted in either a court decision or other types of follow-up; and
number and percentage of child victims that have received counselling and assistance in recovery.
Please specify the criteria for ‘poverty’ and indicate the number of children living below the poverty line.
Please provide disaggregated data (by sex, age groups, and by islands) for the years 2003, 2004 and 2005 on:
enrolment, attendance and completion rates in percentages of the relevant group in pre-primary schools, in primary schools and in secondary schools;
|
Primary Enrolment by Sex and by Gender |
||||||
|
Year |
||||||
|
Region |
Data |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
Grand Total |
|
Apia Urban |
Sum of MYr1 |
948 |
962 |
1002 |
969 |
3881 |
|
Sum of FYr1 |
893 |
928 |
929 |
913 |
3663 |
|
|
Sum of MYr2 |
936 |
903 |
881 |
891 |
3611 |
|
|
Sum of FYr2 |
863 |
851 |
849 |
877 |
3440 |
|
|
Sum of MYr3 |
920 |
915 |
874 |
860 |
3569 |
|
|
Sum of FYr3 |
843 |
878 |
837 |
810 |
3368 |
|
|
Sum of MYr4 |
946 |
905 |
905 |
902 |
3658 |
|
|
Sum of FYr4 |
862 |
858 |
844 |
845 |
3409 |
|
|
Sum of MYr5 |
866 |
941 |
869 |
927 |
3603 |
|
|
Sum of FYr5 |
837 |
859 |
842 |
841 |
3379 |
|
|
Sum of MYr6 |
884 |
849 |
921 |
846 |
3500 |
|
|
Sum of FYr6 |
768 |
805 |
854 |
848 |
3275 |
|
|
Sum of MYr7 |
812 |
848 |
841 |
895 |
3396 |
|
|
Sum of FYr7 |
795 |
770 |
824 |
899 |
3288 |
|
|
Sum of MYr8 |
785 |
794 |
794 |
865 |
3238 |
|
|
Sum of FYr8 |
767 |
792 |
775 |
832 |
3166 |
|
|
Sum of M Total |
7097 |
7117 |
7087 |
7155 |
28456 |
|
|
Sum of F Total |
6628 |
6741 |
6754 |
6865 |
26988 |
|
|
Sum of Total |
13725 |
13858 |
13841 |
14020 |
55444 |
|
|
Rest of Upolu |
Sum of MYr1 |
1305 |
1202 |
1094 |
1179 |
4780 |
|
Sum of FYr1 |
1134 |
1062 |
973 |
1010 |
4179 |
|
|
Sum of MYr2 |
1100 |
1118 |
1094 |
998 |
4310 |
|
|
Sum of FYr2 |
1018 |
963 |
935 |
916 |
3832 |
|
|
Sum of MYr3 |
995 |
1122 |
1082 |
1068 |
4267 |
|
|
Sum of FYr3 |
909 |
972 |
956 |
877 |
3714 |
|
|
Sum of MYr4 |
1039 |
1012 |
1069 |
1062 |
4182 |
|
|
Sum of FYr4 |
921 |
909 |
991 |
937 |
3758 |
|
|
Sum of MYr5 |
963 |
1043 |
984 |
1045 |
4035 |
|
|
Sum of FYr5 |
904 |
907 |
900 |
960 |
3671 |
|
|
Sum of MYr6 |
971 |
955 |
1020 |
946 |
3892 |
|
|
Sum of FYr6 |
854 |
910 |
901 |
844 |
3509 |
|
|
Sum of MYr7 |
822 |
933 |
927 |
938 |
3620 |
|
|
Sum of FYr7 |
756 |
823 |
891 |
865 |
3335 |
|
|
Sum of MYr8 |
737 |
809 |
880 |
885 |
3311 |
|
|
Sum of FYr8 |
748 |
766 |
836 |
811 |
3161 |
|
|
Sum of M Total |
7932 |
8194 |
8150 |
8121 |
32397 |
|
|
Sum of F Total |
7244 |
7312 |
7383 |
7220 |
29159 |
|
|
Sum of Total |
15176 |
15506 |
15533 |
15341 |
61556 |
|
|
Savaii |
Sum of MYr1 |
858 |
810 |
787 |
706 |
3161 |
|
Sum of FYr1 |
755 |
740 |
686 |
691 |
2872 |
|
|
Sum of MYr2 |
797 |
755 |
721 |
669 |
2942 |
|
|
Sum of FYr2 |
710 |
667 |
650 |
561 |
2588 |
|
|
Sum of MYr3 |
691 |
795 |
752 |
686 |
2924 |
|
|
Sum of FYr3 |
761 |
701 |
652 |
631 |
2745 |
|
|
Sum of MYr4 |
693 |
712 |
761 |
748 |
2914 |
|
|
Sum of FYr4 |
643 |
738 |
678 |
650 |
2709 |
|
|
Sum of MYr5 |
611 |
654 |
703 |
746 |
2714 |
|
|
Sum of FYr5 |
588 |
641 |
743 |
662 |
2634 |
|
|
Sum of MYr6 |
676 |
569 |
618 |
663 |
2526 |
|
|
Sum of FYr6 |
597 |
564 |
607 |
714 |
2482 |
|
|
Sum of MYr7 |
627 |
655 |
555 |
627 |
2464 |
|
|
Sum of FYr7 |
578 |
591 |
553 |
586 |
2308 |
|
|
Sum of MYr8 |
622 |
634 |
648 |
533 |
2437 |
|
|
Sum of FYr8 |
531 |
583 |
586 |
535 |
2235 |
|
|
Sum of M Total |
5575 |
5584 |
5545 |
5378 |
22082 |
|
|
Sum of F Total |
5163 |
5225 |
5155 |
5030 |
20573 |
|
|
Sum of Total |
10738 |
10809 |
10700 |
10408 |
42655 |
|
|
Total Sum of MYr1 |
3111 |
2974 |
2883 |
2854 |
11822 |
|
|
Total Sum of FYr1 |
2782 |
2730 |
2588 |
2614 |
10714 |
|
|
Total Sum of MYr2 |
2833 |
2776 |
2696 |
2558 |
10863 |
|
|
Total Sum of FYr2 |
2591 |
2481 |
2434 |
2354 |
9860 |
|
|
Total Sum of MYr3 |
2606 |
2832 |
2708 |
2614 |
10760 |
|
|
Total Sum of FYr3 |
2513 |
2551 |
2445 |
2318 |
9827 |
|
|
Total Sum of MYr4 |
2678 |
2629 |
2735 |
2712 |
10754 |
|
|
Total Sum of FYr4 |
2426 |
2505 |
2513 |
2432 |
9876 |
|
|
Total Sum of MYr5 |
2440 |
2638 |
2556 |
2718 |
10352 |
|
|
Total Sum of FYr5 |
2329 |
2407 |
2485 |
2463 |
9684 |
|
|
Total Sum of MYr6 |
2531 |
2373 |
2559 |
2455 |
9918 |
|
|
Total Sum of FYr6 |
2219 |
2279 |
2362 |
2406 |
9266 |
|
|
Total Sum of MYr7 |
2261 |
2436 |
2323 |
2460 |
9480 |
|
|
Total Sum of FYr7 |
2129 |
2184 |
2268 |
2350 |
8931 |
|
|
Total Sum of MYr8 |
2144 |
2237 |
2322 |
2283 |
8986 |
|
|
Total Sum of FYr8 |
2046 |
2141 |
2197 |
2178 |
8562 |
|
|
Total Sum of M Total |
20604 |
20895 |
20782 |
20654 |
82935 |
|
|
Total Sum of F Total |
19035 |
19278 |
19292 |
19115 |
76720 |
|
|
Total Sum of Total |
39639 |
40173 |
40074 |
39769 |
159655 |
|
|
Secondary Enrolment by Sex and by Gender |
||||||
|
Year |
||||||
|
Region |
Data |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
Grand Total |
|
Apia Urban |
Sum of MYr9 |
799 |
795 |
856 |
848 |
3298 |
|
Sum of FYr9 |
837 |
816 |
841 |
857 |
3351 |
|
|
Sum of FYr10 |
811 |
806 |
780 |
831 |
3228 |
|
|
Sum of MYr10 |
760 |
717 |
758 |
766 |
3001 |
|
|
Sum of MYr11 |
640 |
595 |
571 |
489 |
2295 |
|
|
Sum of FYr11 |
638 |
667 |
680 |
649 |
2634 |
|
|
Sum of FYr12 |
730 |
723 |
775 |
751 |
2979 |
|
|
Sum of MYr12 |
676 |
679 |
693 |
738 |
2786 |
|
|
Sum of FYr13 |
745 |
729 |
585 |
687 |
2746 |
|
|
Sum of MYr13 |
562 |
576 |
564 |
540 |
2242 |
|
|
Sum of Total M |
3437 |
3362 |
3442 |
3381 |
13622 |
|
|
Sum of Total F |
3761 |
3741 |
3661 |
3775 |
14938 |
|
|
Sum of Total |
7198 |
7103 |
7103 |
7156 |
28560 |
|
|
Rest of Upolu |
Sum of MYr9 |
628 |
565 |
596 |
641 |
2430 |
|
Sum of FYr9 |
645 |
624 |
584 |
664 |
2517 |
|
|
Sum of FYr10 |
606 |
549 |
533 |
526 |
2214 |
|
|
Sum of MYr10 |
540 |
501 |
468 |
520 |
2029 |
|
|
Sum of MYr11 |
472 |
498 |
455 |
422 |
1847 |
|
|
Sum of FYr11 |
510 |
510 |
473 |
469 |
1962 |
|
|
Sum of FYr12 |
452 |
429 |
455 |
420 |
1756 |
|
|
Sum of MYr12 |
350 |
376 |
342 |
315 |
1383 |
|
|
Sum of FYr13 |
66 |
112 |
104 |
110 |
392 |
|
|
Sum of MYr13 |
62 |
84 |
56 |
72 |
274 |
|
|
Sum of Total M |
2052 |
2024 |
1917 |
1970 |
7963 |
|
|
Sum of Total F |
2279 |
2224 |
2149 |
2189 |
8841 |
|
|
Sum of Total |
4331 |
4248 |
4066 |
4159 |
16804 |
|
|
Savaii |
Sum of MYr9 |
411 |
484 |
539 |
515 |
1949 |
|
Sum of FYr9 |
416 |
396 |
465 |
497 |
1774 |
|
|
Sum of FYr10 |
418 |
406 |
384 |
444 |
1652 |
|
|
Sum of MYr10 |
430 |
380 |
438 |
446 |
1694 |
|
|
Sum of MYr11 |
360 |
456 |
375 |
430 |
1621 |
|
|
Sum of FYr11 |
424 |
427 |
419 |
433 |
1703 |
|
|
Sum of FYr12 |
366 |
351 |
436 |
396 |
1549 |
|
|
Sum of MYr12 |
312 |
264 |
400 |
296 |
1272 |
|
|
Sum of FYr13 |
100 |
145 |
168 |
220 |
633 |
|
|
Sum of MYr13 |
81 |
106 |
107 |
127 |
421 |
|
|
Sum of Total M |
1594 |
1690 |
1859 |
1814 |
6957 |
|
|
Sum of Total F |
1724 |
1725 |
1872 |
1990 |
7311 |
|
|
Sum of Total |
3318 |
3415 |
3731 |
3804 |
14268 |
|
|
Total Sum of MYr9 |
1838 |
1844 |
1991 |
2004 |
7677 |
|
|
Total Sum of FYr9 |
1898 |
1836 |
1890 |
2018 |
7642 |
|
|
Total Sum of FYr10 |
1835 |
1761 |
1697 |
1801 |
7094 |
|
|
Total Sum of MYr10 |
1730 |
1598 |
1664 |
1732 |
6724 |
|
|
Total Sum of MYr11 |
1472 |
1549 |
1401 |
1341 |
5763 |
|
|
Total Sum of FYr11 |
1572 |
1604 |
1572 |
1551 |
6299 |
|
|
Total Sum of FYr12 |
1548 |
1503 |
1666 |
1567 |
6284 |
|
|
Total Sum of MYr12 |
1338 |
1319 |
1435 |
1349 |
5441 |
|
|
Total Sum of FYr13 |
911 |
986 |
857 |
1017 |
3771 |
|
|
Total Sum of MYr13 |
705 |
766 |
727 |
739 |
2937 |
|
|
Total Sum of Total M |
7083 |
7076 |
7218 |
7165 |
28542 |
|
|
Total Sum of Total F |
7764 |
7690 |
7682 |
7954 |
31090 |
|
|
Total Sum of Total |
14847 |
14766 |
14900 |
15119 |
59632 |
number and percentage of dropouts and repetitions;
|
Completion Rates in Percentage (%) for Primary and Secondary |
||||||
|
Apparent Retention Rate for All Schools |
||||||
|
Year Level |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
|
Apparent Retention Rate for Years 1-8 |
85% |
84% |
84% |
84% |
86% |
85% |
|
Apparent Retention Rate for Years 9-12 |
76% |
81% |
80% |
77% |
83% |
78% |
|
Apparent Retention Rate for Yrs.9-13 |
40% |
41% |
46% |
48% |
43% |
47% |
|
Dropout Rates (%) by year level |
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|
Year |
yr1-yr2 |
yr2-yr3 |
yr3-yr4 |
yr4-yr5 |
yr5-yr6 |
yr6-yr7 |
yr7-yr8 |
yr8-yr9 |
yr9-yr10 |
yr10-yr11 |
yr11-yr12 |
yr12-yr13 |
|
2002/3 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
9 |
4 |
12 |
4 |
38 |
|
2003/4 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
9 |
11 |
14 |
15 |
31 |
|
2004/5 |
7 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
10 |
9 |
13 |
8 |
39 |
|
2005/6 |
7 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
9 |
9 |
18 |
3 |
41 |
|
Number of repeaters in all schools by level |
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|
Primary |
Secondary |
|||||||||||||||
|
Year |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
Total |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
Total |
Grand Total |
|
2003 |
345 |
70 |
58 |
66 |
40 |
62 |
45 |
155 |
841 |
19 |
8 |
139 |
279 |
143 |
588 |
1429 |
|
2004 |
234 |
234 |
69 |
51 |
55 |
63 |
43 |
33 |
782 |
9 |
32 |
112 |
339 |
96 |
588 |
1370 |
|
2005 |
223 |
51 |
34 |
41 |
36 |
24 |
41 |
105 |
555 |
32 |
28 |
88 |
274 |
148 |
570 |
1125 |
|
2006 |
206 |
51 |
46 |
44 |
31 |
25 |
28 |
130 |
561 |
24 |
25 |
176 |
204 |
120 |
549 |
1110 |
ratio of teachers to students.
|
Student Teacher Ratio by Level, Government Schools |
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|
Level |
Primary Student Teacher Ratio |
Secondary Student Teacher Ratio |
|
2003 |
29.2 |
19.9 |
|
2004 |
30.8 |
19.1 |
|
2005 |
32.5 |
21.2 |
|
2006 |
32.5 |
20.7 |
Please provide disaggregated statistical data (by sex, age groups, and by islands) on infant and child mortality, malnutrition, early pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), suicide, drug, alcohol, tobacco and other substance abuse for the years 2003 and 2004 and 2005. Also, please provide numbers of health professionals working in the health-care services for children.
Births
The number of live births that were delivered in all public health facilities in FY 2004/2005 added up to 3567, and 307 or 8.6% of these births were given by teenage mothers.
A number of 249 live births were delivered at home by the Traditional Birth Attendants, so the total number of live births counting multiple births (twins) recorded for both public health facilities and home deliveries is 3816.
The efforts of the MOH to capture as much information from outside the public health facilities had not been so easy, thus the limited details to information that was collected such as the absence of age range of mothers that gave birth at home, which would have presented more enlightening information on teenage pregnancy rates in the whole of Samoa.
Outcome of births that were delivered in all public health facilities in FY2004/2005
|
Outcome of delivery, unspecified |
Total |
|
Single live birth |
3496 |
|
Single stillbirth |
35 |
|
Twins, both live born |
34 |
|
Twins, one live born and one stillborn |
3 |
|
Grand Total |
3568 |
SUICIDE
The tables and graphs shown below provide information on the methods used by all the suicide cases that were reported to the national public health facilities, and also the outcome according to sex and age. From the data of FY04/05, a number of suicide cases have declined compared to the past years. Out of the total of 45 reported cases, males account for 57% while females account for 43%.
The age-group accounting for the highest number of suicide cases and is between the age of 15 and 19.
Main causes for hospitalization of neonates and infants in 2003
|
Types of diseases |
Males |
Females |
Grand Total |
|
Pneumonia, unspecified |
220 |
199 |
419 |
|
Acute bronchiolitis, unspecified |
159 |
95 |
254 |
|
Neonatal aspiration of meconium |
69 |
80 |
149 |
|
Diarrhoea and gastroenteritis of presumed infectious origin |
39 |
35 |
74 |
|
Observation for other suspected diseases and conditions |
21 |
26 |
47 |
|
Other heavy for gestational age infants |
26 |
18 |
44 |
|
Other general examinations |
21 |
19 |
40 |
|
Fetus and newborn affected by premature rupture of membranes |
13 |
21 |
34 |
|
Bacterial sepsis of newborn, unspecified |
12 |
20 |
32 |
|
Other preterm infants |
11 |
19 |
30 |
|
Intrauterine hypoxia, unspecified |
17 |
9 |
26 |
|
Bronchopneumonia, unspecified |
15 |
7 |
22 |
|
Neonatal jaundice, unspecified |
11 |
10 |
21 |
|
Meningitis, unspecified |
8 |
8 |
16 |
|
Birth asphyxia, unspecified |
5 |
10 |
15 |
|
General medical examination |
6 |
9 |
15 |
|
Other low birth weight |
7 |
8 |
15 |
|
Small for gestational age |
2 |
11 |
13 |
|
Acute upper respiratory infection, unspecified |
7 |
4 |
11 |
|
Viral infection, unspecified |
9 |
2 |
11 |
|
Other and unspecified convulsions |
6 |
4 |
10 |
|
Exceptionally large baby |
3 |
6 |
9 |
|
Febrile convulsions |
5 |
4 |
9 |
|
Fever, unspecified |
4 |
5 |
9 |
Main causes for hospitalization of neonates and infants in 2004
|
Types of diseases |
Male |
Female |
Total |
|
Pneumonia, unspecified |
205 |
141 |
346 |
|
Acute bronchiolitis, unspecified |
141 |
86 |
227 |
|
Neonatal aspiration of meconium |
89 |
57 |
146 |
|
Observation for other suspected diseases and conditions |
54 |
51 |
105 |
|
Diarrhoea and gastroenteritis of presumed infectious origin |
67 |
35 |
102 |
|
Bacterial sepsis of newborn, unspecified |
30 |
22 |
52 |
|
Bronchopneumonia, unspecified |
25 |
21 |
46 |
|
Other heavy for gestational age infants |
27 |
17 |
44 |
|
Examination and observation for other specified reasons |
22 |
19 |
41 |
|
Fetus and newborn affected by premature rupture of membranes |
14 |
19 |
33 |
|
Other preterm infants |
15 |
17 |
32 |
|
Neonatal jaundice, unspecified |
10 |
13 |
23 |
|
Small for gestational age |
12 |
11 |
23 |
|
Exceptionally large baby |
12 |
10 |
22 |
|
Omphalitis of newborn with or without mild haemorrhage |
10 |
4 |
14 |
|
Intrauterine hypoxia, unspecified |
7 |
6 |
13 |
|
Other low birth weight |
7 |
6 |
13 |
|
Meningitis, unspecified |
5 |
7 |
12 |
|
Acute upper respiratory infection, unspecified |
4 |
8 |
12 |
|
Birth asphyxia, unspecified |
6 |
6 |
12 |
|
Light for gestational age |
4 |
7 |
11 |
Main causes for hospitalization of neonates only in 2005
|
Types of Diseases |
Males |
Females |
Total |
|
Observation for other suspected diseases and conditions |
44 |
65 |
109 |
|
Neonatal aspiration of meconium |
57 |
50 |
107 |
|
Other heavy for gestational age infants |
24 |
28 |
52 |
|
Fetus and newborn affected by premature rupture of membranes |
22 |
21 |
43 |
|
Neonatal jaundice, unspecified |
14 |
18 |
32 |
|
Intrauterine hypoxia, unspecified |
11 |
13 |
24 |
|
Other preterm infants |
9 |
13 |
22 |
|
Bacterial sepsis of newborn, unspecified |
11 |
7 |
18 |
|
Small for gestational age |
7 |
4 |
11 |
|
Other low birth weight |
5 |
3 |
8 |
|
Slow fetal growth, unspecified |
4 |
4 |
8 |
|
Birth asphyxia, unspecified |
3 |
4 |
7 |
|
Fetus and newborn affected by breech delivery and extraction |
2 |
3 |
5 |
|
Omphalitis of newborn with or without mild haemorrhage |
2 |
2 |
4 |
|
Fetus and newborn affected by malpresentation before labour |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
Light for gestational age |
3 |
3 |
Main causes for hospitalization of infants in 2005
|
Types of Diseases |
Males |
Females |
Total |
|
Pneumonia, unspecified |
108 |
78 |
186 |
|
Acute bronchiolitis, unspecified |
70 |
56 |
126 |
|
Diarrhoea and gastroenteritis of presumed infectious origin |
29 |
15 |
44 |
|
Bronchopneumonia, unspecified |
17 |
10 |
27 |
|
Meningitis, unspecified |
7 |
3 |
10 |
|
Bacterial sepsis of newborn, unspecified |
5 |
3 |
8 |
|
Other and unspecified convulsions |
5 |
2 |
7 |
|
Lobar pneumonia, unspecified |
4 |
2 |
6 |
|
Unspecified protein-energy malnutrition |
4 |
2 |
6 |
|
Viral infection, unspecified |
3 |
3 |
6 |
|
Talipes equinovarus |
3 |
2 |
5 |
|
Acute upper respiratory infection, unspecified |
4 |
1 |
5 |
Main causes for hospitalization of 1-5 year old children in 2003
|
Types of Diseases |
Males & Age group |
Females & Age groups |
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|
Diseases |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
Total |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
Total |
|
Pneumonia, unspecified |
92 |
34 |
18 |
8 |
11 |
163 |
94 |
24 |
22 |
7 |
7 |
154 |
|
Acute bronchiolitis, unspecified |
35 |
6 |
2 |
5 |
48 |
30 |
7 |
6 |
2 |
45 |
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|
Diarrhoea and gastroenteritis of presumed infectious origin |
27 |
12 |
6 |
2 |
3 |
50 |
18 |
9 |
4 |
4 |
35 |
|
|
Asthma, unspecified |
18 |
13 |
7 |
3 |
2 |
43 |
4 |
11 |
4 |
8 |
27 |
|
|
Febrile convulsions |
10 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
16 |
12 |
6 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
25 |
|
|
Cellulitis of other parts of limb |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
15 |
|
|
Typhoid fever |
2 |
7 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
19 |
2 |
5 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
13 |
|
Other and unspecified convulsions |
5 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
15 |
2 |
9 |
1 |
1 |
13 |
|
|
Bronchopneumonia, unspecified |
9 |
2 |
2 |
13 |
6 |
3 |
1 |
10 |
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|
Unspecified injury of head |
2 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
11 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
8 |
Main causes for hospitalization of 1-5 year old children in 2004
|
Types of Diseases |
Males and Age groups |
Females & Age Groups |
Grand Total |
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|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
Total |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
Total |
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|
Pneumonia, unspecified |
99 |
36 |
12 |
12 |
3 |
162 |
104 |
24 |
19 |
10 |
6 |
163 |
325 |
|
Diarrhoea and gastroenteritis of presumed infectious origin |
45 |
22 |
14 |
4 |
4 |
89 |
30 |
8 |
9 |
4 |
4 |
55 |
144 |
|
Acute bronchiolitis, unspecified |
47 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
53 |
33 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
42 |
95 |
|
Asthma, unspecified |
3 |
10 |
6 |
5 |
1 |
25 |
7 |
6 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
21 |
46 |
|
Typhoid fever |
1 |
3 |
8 |
9 |
8 |
29 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
16 |
45 |
|
Bronchopneumonia, unspecified |
14 |
6 |
2 |
1 |
23 |
8 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
21 |
44 |
|
|
Other and unspecified convulsions |
7 |
4 |
11 |
3 |
3 |
6 |
17 |
||||||
|
Meningitis, unspecified |
3 |
4 |
7 |
4 |
2 |
3 |
9 |
16 |
|||||
|
Epilepsy, unspecified |
1 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
11 |
3 |
3 |
14 |
||||
|
Unspecified injury of head |
3 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
8 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
6 |
14 |
||
|
Cellulitis of other parts of limb |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
13 |
|||
|
Acute upper respiratory infection, unspecified |
1 |
3 |
2 |
6 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
6 |
12 |
||||
|
Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of limb |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
7 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
12 |
||
|
Unilateral or unspecified inguinal hernia, without obstruction or gangrene |
1 |
3 |
5 |
3 |
12 |
12 |
|||||||
|
Viral infection, unspecified |
1 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
8 |
11 |
||||
|
Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of buttock |
1 |
3 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
9 |
Main causes for hospitalization of 1-5 year old in 2005
|
Types of Diseases |
Males and Age group |
Females |
|||||||||||
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
Total |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
Total |
Grand Total |
|
|
Pneumonia, unspecified |
82 |
25 |
8 |
3 |
3 |
121 |
29 |
16 |
8 |
5 |
4 |
62 |
183 |
|
Acute bronchiolitis, unspecified |
29 |
4 |
1 |
34 |
27 |
5 |
1 |
33 |
67 |
||||
|
Asthma, unspecified |
5 |
10 |
3 |
2 |
20 |
1 |
9 |
6 |
4 |
3 |
23 |
43 |
|
|
Diarrhoea and gastroenteritis of presumed infectious origin |
10 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
19 |
9 |
2 |
6 |
4 |
2 |
23 |
42 |
|
|
Bronchopneumonia, unspecified |
11 |
5 |
1 |
17 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
10 |
27 |
|||
|
Typhoid fever |
2 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
11 |
2 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
10 |
21 |
|
|
Other and unspecified convulsions |
5 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
10 |
20 |
||
|
Epilepsy, unspecified |
1 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
11 |
1 |
1 |
12 |
|||||
|
Acute upper respiratory infection, unspecified |
2 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
11 |
||||
|
Cellulitis of other parts of limb |
1 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
6 |
10 |
|||||
|
Lobar pneumonia, unspecified |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
7 |
||||
|
Viral infection, unspecified |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
7 |
|||
|
Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of other sites |
2 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
6 |
|||||
|
Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of buttock |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
6 |
Main causes for hospitalization of 6-12 year old children in 2003
|
Diseases |
Males & Age Group |
Females & Age Group |
Grand Total |
||||||||||||||
|
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
Total |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
Total |
||
|
Typhoid fever |
4 |
5 |
3 |
7 |
3 |
5 |
1 |
28 |
3 |
7 |
6 |
5 |
1 |
5 |
7 |
34 |
62 |
|
Pneumonia, unspecified |
9 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
32 |
2 |
6 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
22 |
54 |
|
Cellulitis of other parts of limb |
3 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
13 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
19 |
|||
|
Diarrhoea and gastroenteritis of presumed infectious origin |
1 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
8 |
15 |
||||
|
Unspecified injury of head |
2 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
11 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
14 |
||||
|
Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of limb |
3 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
12 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
14 |
||||||
|
Asthma, unspecified |
3 |
3 |
1 |
7 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
12 |
|||||||
|
Other and unspecified convulsions |
3 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
11 |
|||||||
|
Epilepsy, unspecified |
7 |
1 |
8 |
8 |
|||||||||||||
|
Unilateral or unspecified inguinal hernia, without obstruction or gangrene |
1 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
||||||||
|
Viral infection, unspecified |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
8 |
||||||||
|
Meningitis, unspecified |
4 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
||||||||||
|
Febrile convulsions |
3 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
|||||||||
|
Rheumatic heart disease, unspecified |
2 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
7 |
Main causes for hospitalization of 6-12 year old children in 2004
|
Types of Diseases |
Males & Age Groups |
Females & Age groups |
|||||||||||||||
|
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
Total |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
Total |
Grand total |
|
|
Typhoid fever |
10 |
3 |
5 |
3 |
6 |
6 |
7 |
40 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
9 |
3 |
5 |
30 |
70 |
|
Pneumonia, unspecified |
6 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
19 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
14 |
33 |
||||
|
Diarrhoea and gastroenteritis of presumed infectious origin |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
11 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
17 |
28 |
||
|
Unspecified injury of head |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
12 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
8 |
20 |
|
|
Cellulitis of other parts of limb |
1 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
10 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
6 |
16 |
||||
|
Asthma, unspecified |
2 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
9 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
13 |
||||||||
|
Unilateral or unspecified inguinal hernia, without obstruction or gangrene |
3 |
5 |
8 |
3 |
3 |
11 |
|||||||||||
|
Unspecified appendicitis |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
8 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
10 |
|||||||
|
Epilepsy, unspecified |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
9 |
|||||||
|
Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of limb |
4 |
2 |
1 |
7 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
9 |
|||||||||
|
Fracture of lower end of both ulna and radius |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
7 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
9 |
|||||||
|
Viral infection, unspecified |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
8 |
|||||||||
|
Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of trunk |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
7 |
Main causes for hospitalization of 6-12 year old children in 2005
|
Types of Diseases |
Males and Age Groups |
Females and Age groups |
Grand Total |
||||||||||||||
|
Diseases |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
Total |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
Total |
|
|
Typhoid fever |
1 |
8 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
6 |
23 |
2 |
5 |
6 |
3 |
4 |
7 |
27 |
50 |
||
|
Pneumonia, unspecified |
4 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
11 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
14 |
|||||
|
Diarrhoea and gastroenteritis of presumed infectious origin |
1 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
6 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
12 |
||||||
|
Viral infection, unspecified |
2 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
11 |
|||||||
|
Cellulitis of other parts of limb |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
8 |
8 |
||||||||||
|
Asthma, unspecified |
2 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
7 |
|||||||||
|
Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of trunk |
1 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
7 |
||||||||||
|
Unspecified injury of head |
1 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
7 |
||||||||||
|
Epilepsy, unspecified |
1 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
6 |
||||||||||
|
Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of limb |
1 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
6 |
6 |
|||||||||||
|
Fracture of lower end of humerus |
1 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
MORTALITY
Causes of neonatal deaths in 2003
|
Types of Diseases |
Male |
Female |
Total |
|
Other preterm infants |
6 |
2 |
8 |
|
Pneumonia, unspecified |
3 |
3 |
6 |
|
Neonatal aspiration of meconium |
2 |
3 |
5 |
|
Meningitis, unspecified |
2 |
2 |
4 |
|
Birth asphyxia, unspecified |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
Extremely low birth weight |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
Cellulitis of other sites |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Congenital malformation of heart, unspecified |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Congenital pneumonia, unspecified |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Diarrhoea and gastroenteritis of presumed infectious origin |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Down's syndrome, unspecified |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Fistula of intestine |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Other specified congenital malformations of heart |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Rubella without complication |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Slow fetal growth, unspecified |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Total |
22 |
15 |
37 |
Causes of neonatal deaths in 2004
|
Types of Diseases |
Male |
Female |
Total |
|
Extreme immaturity |
1 |
5 |
6 |
|
Diarrhoea and gastroenteritis of presumed infectious origin |
2 |
1 |
3 |
|
Neonatal aspiration of meconium |
2 |
1 |
3 |
|
Other preterm infants |
2 |
1 |
3 |
|
Pneumonia, unspecified |
2 |
1 |
3 |
|
Birth asphyxia, unspecified |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
Pneumonitis due to food and vomit |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
Volume depletion |
2 |
2 |
|
|
Bacterial sepsis of newborn, unspecified |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Congenital pneumonia, unspecified |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Fetus and newborn affected by other malpresentation, malposition and disproportion during labour and delivery |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Fetus and newborn affected by polyhydramnios |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Intrauterine hypoxia, unspecified |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Neonatal jaundice, unspecified |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Neoplasm of uncertain or unknown behaviour of other specified sites |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Other congenital anaemias, not elsewhere classified |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Other specified intestinal obstruction of newborn |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Unspecified protein-energy malnutrition |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Unspecified spina bifida with hydrocephalus |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Total |
17 |
18 |
35 |
Causes of neonatal deaths in 2005
|
Types of Diseases |
Males |
Females |
Total |
|
Other preterm infants |
3 |
1 |
4 |
|
Volume depletion |
2 |
1 |
3 |
|
Meningitis, unspecified |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
Neonatal jaundice, unspecified |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
Bacterial sepsis of newborn, unspecified |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Congenital pneumonia, unspecified |
2 |
2 |
4 |
|
Neonatal aspiration of meconium |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Other low birth weight |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Extreme immaturity |
3 |
1 |
4 |
|
Extremely low birth weight |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Fetus and newborn affected by prolapsed cord |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Severe birth asphyxia |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
Intracranial haemorrhage (nontraumatic), unspecified |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Megacolon, not elsewhere classified |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Meningococcaemia, unspecified |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
Other specified congenital malformations of heart |
1 |
1 |
Causes of neonatal deaths in 2005
|
Types of diseases |
Males |
Females |
Total |
|
Other preterm infants |
3 |
1 |
4 |
|
Volume depletion |
2 |
1 |
3 |
|
Meningitis, unspecified |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
Neonatal jaundice, unspecified |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
Bacterial sepsis of newborn, unspecified |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Congenital pneumonia, unspecified |
2 |
2 |
4 |
|
Neonatal aspiration of meconium |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Other low birth weight |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Extreme immaturity |
3 |
1 |
4 |
|
Extremely low birth weight |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Fetus and newborn affected by prolapsed cord |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Severe birth asphyxia |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
Intracranial haemorrhage (nontraumatic), unspecified |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Megacolon, not elsewhere classified |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Meningococcaemia, unspecified |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
Other specified congenital malformations of heart |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Head injury (fall) |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome |
2 |
2 |
|
|
Dehydration |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Anencephaly |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Total |
13 |
10 |
37 |
Causes of deaths for 1-5 year old children in 2003
|
Types of Diseases |
Males |
Females |
Total |
|
Pneumonia, unspecified |
3 |
3 |
|
|
Diarrhoea and gastroenteritis of presumed infectious origin |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
Febrile convulsions |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Leukaemia, unspecified |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Marasmic kwashiorkor |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Meningococcal infection, unspecified |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Septicaemia, unspecified |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Total |
7 |
3 |
10 |
Causes of deaths for 1-5 year old children in 2004
|
Types of Diseases |
Males |
Females |
Total |
|
|
Pneumonia, unspecified |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
|
Diarrhoea and gastroenteritis of presumed infectious origin |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
Dyspnoea |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Foreign body in other and multiple parts of alimentary tract |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Meningitis, unspecified |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Unspecified protein-energy malnutrition |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Unspecified severe protein-energy malnutrition |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Total |
5 |
5 |
10 |
Causes of deaths for 1-5 year old children in 2005
|
Types of Diseases |
Males |
Females |
Total |
|
Diseases |
|||
|
Unspecified protein-energy malnutrition |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
Unspecified severe protein-energy malnutrition |
2 |
2 |
|
|
Leukaemia, unspecified |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of other sites |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Burn of unspecified thickness of head and neck |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Total |
4 |
4 |
8 |
Please provide disaggregated statistical data for the years 2003, 2004 and 2005 (by sex, age groups, and by islands) on the number of children, if any, who are:
infected by HIV/AIDS;
affected by HIV/AIDS;
heading households due to HIV/AIDS; and
orphans of HIV/AIDS living in extended families or institutions.
There have been no reported cases of HIV/AIDS in the years 2003, 2004 and 2005.
The 2 children (both infected at birth from their mothers) were in 1995 and 1996; there have been no new HIV cases reported since these data were compiled
Please provide appropriate disaggregated data (including by sex, age and Islands, and type of crime) for the years 2003, 2004 and 2005, in particular on the number of:
persons under 18 who have allegedly committed a crime, reported to the police;
|
Supreme Court - Juvenile Offeners: Crime by Gender: 2003 - 2005 |
||||||||||
|
Crimes |
Age 14 |
Age 15 |
Age 16 |
Age 17 |
Age 18 |
|||||
|
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
|
|
Dealing in Narcotics |
1 |
|||||||||
|
Indecent Assult |
1 |
|||||||||
|
Murder |
1 |
|||||||||
|
Possession |
1 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
6 |
|||||
|
Robbery |
2 |
1 |
||||||||
|
SIYG |
1 |
2 |
||||||||
|
Total |
1 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
10 |
1 |
|
District Court - Juvenile Offeners: Crime by Gender: 2003 - 2005 |
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|
Crimes |
Age 13 |
Age 14 |
Age 15 |
Age 16 |
Age 17 |
Age 18 |
||||||
|
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
|
|
Armed with a weapon |
1 |
2 |
1 |
|||||||||
|
Arson |
1 |
|||||||||||
|
Breach of probation |
2 |
7 |
2 |
3 |
||||||||
|
Insulting/Threatening words |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|||||||||
|
Other |
1 |
1 |
3 |
7 |
||||||||
|
Property Offences |
7 |
11 |
16 |
32 |
49 |
36 |
||||||
|
Serious Traffic Offences |
1 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
||||||||
|
Throwing stones or objects |
2 |
1 |
4 |
10 |
3 |
|||||||
|
Traffic Offences |
1 |
1 |
3 |
8 |
||||||||
|
Violent Offences Against |
2 |
3 |
11 |
17 |
17 |
|||||||
|
Total |
9 |
0 |
15 |
0 |
25 |
0 |
60 |
0 |
90 |
0 |
78 |
|
FF Court - Juvenile Offeners: Crime by Gender: 2003 - 2005 |
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|
Crimes |
Age 15 |
Age 17 |
Age 18 |
|||
|
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
|
|
Breach of peace |
5 |
5 |
||||
|
Drunkenness |
2 |
10 |
||||
|
Insulting/Threatening words |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|||
|
Property Offences |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|||
|
Traffic Offences |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
7 |
|
|
Violent Offences againgt pers |
2 |
|||||
|
Total |
3 |
1 |
10 |
1 |
26 |
0 |
persons under 18 who have been sentenced and type of punishment or sanctions related to offences including length of deprivation of liberty;
|
Supreme Court - Juvenile Offeners: Punishment by Gender: 2003 - 2005 |
||||||||||
|
Punishment |
Age 14 |
Age 15 |
Age 16 |
Age 17 |
Age 18 |
|||||
|
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
|
|
Community Service |
1 |
|||||||||
|
Dismissed |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
||||||
|
Imprisonment |
2 |
5 |
||||||||
|
Imprisonment for life |
1 |
|||||||||
|
Probation |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|||||||
|
Suspended Sentence |
1 |
|||||||||
|
Withdrawn |
1 |
|||||||||
|
Total |
2 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
11 |
0 |
|
District Court - Juvenile Offeners: Punishment by Gender: 2003 - 2005 |
||||||||||||
|
Punishment |
Age 13 |
Age 14 |
Age 15 |
Age 16 |
Age 17 |
Age 18 |
||||||
|
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
|
|
Convicted & Disregarded |
1 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
||||||||
|
Discharged without conviction |
3 |
|||||||||||
|
Dismissed |
1 |
3 |
4 |
1 |
12 |
13 |
9 |
|||||
|
Fine |
2 |
1 |
3 |
|||||||||
|
Imprisonment |
1 |
1 |
8 |
18 |
1 |
20 |
||||||
|
Other |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|||||||||
|
Probation |
5 |
10 |
19 |
33 |
26 |
|||||||
|
Suspended Sentence |
2 |
1 |
3 |
6 |
11 |
10 |
7 |
1 |
||||
|
Withdrawn by leave |
5 |
3 |
3 |
5 |
6 |
10 |
||||||
|
Total |
8 |
1 |
15 |
0 |
24 |
1 |
59 |
1 |
89 |
1 |
77 |
1 |
|
FF Court - Juvenile Offeners: Punishment by Gender: 2003 - 2005 |
||||||
|
Punishment |
Age 15 |
Age 17 |
Age 18 |
|||
|
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
|
|
Convicted & Discharged |
1 |
|||||
|
Dismissed |
6 |
6 |
||||
|
Fine |
2 |
4 |
1 |
16 |
||
|
Withdrawn by leave |
1 |
3 |
1 |
|||
|
Total |
4 |
10 |
1 |
25 |
1 |
detention centres for juvenile offenders (under 18) and their capacity;
persons under 18 detained in these facilities and minors detained in adult facilities;
persons under 18 kept in pretrial detention and the average length of their detention;
reported cases of abuse and maltreatment of persons under 18 during their arrest and detention; and
persons under 18 tried and sentenced as adults.
With reference to special protection measures, please provide statistical data (including by sex, age, and by islands) per year for 2003, 2004 and 2005 on the number of:
children sexually exploited, including prostitution, pornography and/or trafficking;
street children and number of children who received assistance;
children victims who received recovery, counselling and other forms of assistance;
children under the age of 15 who are employed, or working; and
children abusing alcohol and using narcotics and drugs and number of children who received assistance.
B. General measures of implementation
1. Please indicate whether the Convention on the Rights of the Child has been invoked directly in domestic courts, and if so, please provide examples of such cases.
The Convention has been invoked many times in criminal matters before both the Supreme and District Courts particularly in closing submissions and sentencing submissions where the Court is requested to consider the Articles of the Convention and how the interests of the child should be one of the primary considerations in passing sentencing.
The Convention is also invoked and applied by the Courts of Samoa in maintenance and affiliation maters, marriage and custody petitions. The Courts of Samoa place much weight on the Convention in these civil matters particularly as our Infants Ordinance puts a statutory obligation on the courts as provided under section 3 of the Infants Ordinance 1961. Section 3 states that:
“Where in any proceedings in Court the custody or upbringing of a child is in question the Court in deciding that question shall regard the welfare of the child as the first and paramount importance”.
In Police v Soolefai Taivale (Sentence) [2000] WSSC 33 (29 September 2000), Justice Vaai (of the Supreme Court of Samoa) stated:
“This court is obliged to impose deterrent sentence to reflect our society’s obligation to protect the interest of children under the Convention on the Rights of the Child ratified in 1994.”
In Police v Howard Masimasi CA 7/99 (27/8/99) a case involving the death of a child at the hands of his father, the Court of Appeal of Samoa, Samoa’s highest Court stated in respect of the Convention of the Rights of the Child:
“All Samoan Courts should have regard to this convention in cases within
its scope.”
2. Please provide information on the activities of the Law Reform Commission and on other measures taken for a comprehensive review of all legislation to ensure compatibility with the Convention.
At the time of writing this report, The Law Reform Commission has not been set up although the Law Reform Commission Act 2002 was passed by Parliament in 2002. In terms of other measures taken to review legislative compatibility with the Convention, the Division for Women took the initiative to utilise the expertise of its Australian Youth Ambassador/ Legal Officer– Ms Penelope Taylor to conduct a Legislative Compliance Review for Samoa in relation to the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The first part of this initiative comprised the development of indicators for the Convention and the second part was the legislative compliance review that was done with the assistance from the Office of the Attorney General. A copy of the list of indicators developed and report on the compatibility of Samoa’s legislations to the Convention is Attachment 1.
It is anticipated that once the Law Reform Commission is established efforts towards reviewing legislations pertaining to children will be advocated for in future. Amendments and/ or development of legislations will focus on the following existing legislations:
the Infants Ordinance 1960 and amendments to date
the Marriage Ordinance 1961
Maintenance and Affiliation Act 1961
Ministry of Women Affairs Act 1990.
Please provide information on the system of data collection and whether it covers all persons below 18 and all areas referred to in the Convention.
The Pacific Children’s Program’s Child Protection Information System contains information on the following risk indicators areas (following the UNICEF cluster framework on child protection and decided upon by the members of the CRC Partnership) from 1986 to 2001;
children not living with biological parents
children not attending school
children working for wages
number of children living in broken homes
Literacy Rate
marital status of the head of household
children living in the urban areas
Access to sanitation
access to water supply
Number of households living below the poverty line.
While the system needs improvement in terms of data collection, the development of indicators and maintenance, it is important to note there is now a Child Protection Information System and that this is the first of its kind in Samoa. One of the priorities for the Pacific Children’s Programme is the work on the Child Protection Information System, so that it captures all the relevant and important information on the protection of children for the purposes pf policy development and planning. It is also timely with the establishment of the Law Reform Commission as we hope the information will be readily available to support needed amendments and new legislations for the protection of children in future.
4. Please provide updated information on the National Coordinating Committee on the Rights of the Child (NCCRC), its mandate, resources and activities, both at national and local levels.
National Coordinating committee is a Cabinet approved committee with 7 members. The committee’s mandate is as follows;
Meet on a monthly basis
Responsible for developing a National Plan of Action for the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in Samoa.
Ensure that Government implements and honours all ratification obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child
To table and recommend to Cabinet through the Minister of Women’s Affairs policy and legislation matters to do with the Convention on the Rights of the child and its implementation.
Each member will receive a sitting allowance as approved within the Ministry of Women Affairs
Activities include in the past year include;
Finalising and endorsement of the country report on the Rights of the Child
Please provide updated information on activities to increase awareness and knowledge of the Convention among the public at large and children and parents in particular and on training programmes for teachers, social workers and other professionals working with/for children.
The Division for Women (DFW) and Pacific Children’s Program (PCP) have been (and continuously) coordinating and implementing a number of awareness activities on the Convention at all levels in Samoa. These activities are implemented through different strategies built on the existing systems and structures and to really work on the mobilization of communities to take the work further. We are also working in close relationship and with collaborative effort with the CRC Partnership/PCP Taskforce and our stakeholders such as Community Based Organizations (CBOs); Village Council, Women’s Committee & Youth Groups through sharing of resources (Human, Technical & Financial) to push the promotion and awareness.
The following are activities undertaken by the DFW & PCP on CRC;
National Children’s Forum (focus on understanding the convention)
Capacity Building training for Stakeholders and CRC Partnership on CRC
Sector Seminar on CRC (We have done seminars for Pre School Teachers Trainees, Pastors wives, Youth Directors and ongoing Village Council Advocacy)
Training workshops for Community Facilitators on the child protection facilitation package (Train-the-Trainers)
Small Grant Scheme for women’s committees/NGOs to coordinate the conduct of activities on the protection of children issues
Conduct Refresher Training of DFW Staff, CRC Partners and Stakeholders on Child Protection Facilitation Package
Produce and Disseminate IEC materials on CRC and child protection for use of sector partners/CBOs
Conduct Multi Media/Public Awareness Campaign on the International Day for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect and World Day for the Rights of the Child
Maintain and Update Child Protection Information System. CPIS is used for policy making/activity implementation purposes
Conduct Facilitation Package and Capacity Building processes on CRC and prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect
Support the work of the CRC Partnership/PCP Taskforce and collaborate with NCCRC
Conduct CRC Partnership monthly meetings
Please provide updated information on the cooperation between the State party and the international community including non-governmental organizations, in the efforts to implement the Convention.
The government of Samoa through the Ministry of Women, community & Social Development continues to liase with the international community on the implementation of the CRC in particular UNICEF – which is the managing contractor for the Pacific Children’s Program. UNICEF continues to support the work of the Pacific Children’s Program and has extended the duration of the project to another 4 years in Samoa.
Please indicate the issues affecting children that the State party considers to be priorities requiring the most urgent attention with regard to the implementation of the Convention.
Domestic Violence i.e sexual/incest abuse
Inclusion of children with special needs in programming and activity implementation
Children not attending school.
Proper Information system for collection of data on all areas of the convention
Note: check with the SITAN children for more issues and discuss with partners
Please provide copies of the text of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in all official languages of the State party as well as in other languages or dialects, when available. If possible, please submit these texts in electronic form.
A copy of the translation of the Convention to the Samoan language is attachment 2.
PART III
Under this section, the State party is to briefly (3 pages maximum) update the information provided in its report with regard to:
new bills or enacted legislation;
i)Infants (Adoption) Amendment Act 2005
This came into effect on the Head of State’s assent given on 28 June 2005. It amends the Infants Ordinance 1960 by adding provisions to provide for:
the regulation of adoption agencies carrying out adoption proceedings in Samoa; and
the regulation of ‘overseas adoption’.
ii)Adoption Agency Code of Conduct 2006
The Code of Conduct was made upon signature of the Head of State on 7 March 2006. The Code of Conduct was made pursuant to the Infants (Adoption) Amendment Act 2005
where it is a requirement for the Adoption Agency applying for authorization to carry out adoption proceedings to undertake to comply with the Code of Conduct.
iii)Infants (Adoption) Regulations 2006
These Regulations came into effect on 17 July 2006. The Regulations are made pursuant to the Infants (Adoption) Amendment Act 2005 setting out the requirements for:
an application for the Attorney Generals Certificate authorizing an ‘overseas adoption’; and
a request for authorization to act as an adoption agency.
The procedures to follow to obtain authorization to act as an adoption agency and to carry out an ‘overseas adoption’ are set out in the Regulations.
Legislation currently being drafted
The Attorney General’s Office is involved in the review of the following draft Bills which the relevant Ministries anticipate will be ready for tabling in Parliament by the end of 2006.
Young Offenders Bill
This Bill establishes a Young Offenders Division in the Ministry of Justice, makes provisions for a Youth Offender’s Advocate and sets up a Young Offenders Advisory Panel. The purpose of this Bill is to legislate the separation of court proceedings involving young offenders from the general everyday court and criminal proceedings.
ii) Prisons and Parole Amendment Bill
This Bill aims at separating the parole provisions with regards to young offenders imprisoned upon conviction.
Community Justice and Sentencing Bill
This Bill provides the courts with the sentencing option of ordering the offender to carry out community services under the supervision of community leaders.
Domestic Violence Bill
This Bill provides power for the court to issue protection orders on conditions the court deems fit, in favour of the complainants or victims of domestic violence. It also provides for the Police Service and the Ministry of Justice and Courts Administration to provide assistance to the complainants or victims of domestic violence in instituting proceedings against a perpetrator.
new institutions;
newly implemented policies;
newly implemented programmes and projects and their scope.
Part IV
The following is a preliminary list of major issues (that does not contain issues already covered in Part I) that the Committee intends to take up during the dialogue with the State party. They do not require written responses. This list is not exhaustive as other issues might be raised in the course of the dialogue.
Reservations.
Plan of action and coordination.
Budget allocations for children.
Non discrimination.
Birth registration.
Corporal punishment in the family.
Children deprived of family environment, alternative care and adoption.
Child abuse, neglect, and domestic violence.
Children with disabilities.
Adolescent health.
Education.
Alcohol and other substance abuse.
Sexual exploitation, child labour and street children.
Administration of juvenile justice.
Environmental problems and capacity to respond to natural disasters.
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