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St. Lucia

population 156,260
Capital & major cities Castries (est.1992)

population

total & below 20yrs

 

Under Age15 - 32.8%

Over Age 65+ - 5.3%

People Ethnic groups – Black – 90%
Natural resources

Forests

Arable land – 8%

Live stock – 260,000

Economy & Business Clothing, beverages, tourism, Chief crops: Bananas, coconuts, vegetables, root crops, cocoa + citrus
Per Capita Income East Caribbean $2.70 = $1 US

Religion

 

 

Roman catholic - 90%

Protestant – 7%                      

Major languages

English – official language

French   + Patois

Literacy rate

(male & female if possible)

 

Compulsory ages 5-15

Literacy rate –80%

Other Information

Government primarily democracy

Head of state Queen Elisabeth 2nd


 

                                                    

FACILITY: Dr Philip Atigre

 

Address

St. Lucia   Association for the prevention of HIV AIDS (SLAPA)

P.O. 1424 Castries

St. Lucia

Phone Numbers 758 452 3894(0)
Web Site Address amycoke@hotmail.com

 


 

 

 

 


 

 

Reported AIDS cases by Age Group

 

AGE GROUP <1990 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 1982-2000 %
< 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 2
1 - 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 7 5
5 - 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2
15 - 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 2
20 - 24 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 7 5
25 - 29 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 13 10
30 - 34 7 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 4 1 2 0 21 16
35 - 39 4 0 0 3 3 3 3 2 2 1 2 0 23 17
40 - 44 7 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 3 3 0 1 23 17
45 - 49 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 9 7
50 - 54 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 7 5
55 - 59 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 6 5
60 + 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 3
UNKNOWN 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 4
TOTAL ALL AGES 23 4 6 8 12 13 10 14 15 10 16 2 133 100

 

 

 


 

 

Reported AIDS cases by Gender

 

 

YEAR

 

REPORTED AIDS DEATHS

ANNUAL INCIDENCE RATES

ANNUAL MORTALITY RATE DUE TO AIDS

MALE

FEMALE

UNKNOWN

TOTAL

1982

0

0

0

0

0

0.0

0.0

1983

0

0

0

0

0

0.0

0.0

1984

0

0

0

0

0

0.0

0.0

1985

2

2

0

4

2

3.2

1.6

1986

0

0

0

0

0

0.0

0.0

1987

4

2

0

6

2

4.7

1.6

1988

3

2

0

5

2

3.9

1.6

1989

7

1

0

8

6

6.1

4.6

1990

2

2

0

4

0

3.0

0.0

1991

5

1

0

6

13

4.4

9.6

1992

4

4

0

8

6

5.8

4.4

1993

6

6

0

12

8

8.6

5.8

1994

8

5

0

13

15

9.2

10.6

1995

7

3

0

10

10

7.0

7.0

1996

6

8

0

14

10

9.7

6.9

1997

9

6

0

15

13

10.3

8.9

1998

5

5

0

10

8

6.8

5.4

1999

10

6

0

16

17

10.7

11.3

2000

1

1

0

2

2

1.3

1.3

 

 


 

 

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