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HIGHER LOCAL GOVERNMENT STATISTICAL ... - Mbarara District

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY<br />

<strong>Mbarara</strong> <strong>District</strong> is consisted of sub counties 14, 3 divisions, 83 parishes and 757 villages.<br />

The district is well staffed at around 82 percent. Council, PAC and Land boards are fully<br />

filled.<br />

95 percent of the district land is under subsistence agriculture, 16 percent under commercial<br />

agriculture and 5.4 under forest reserves.<br />

The population projection for <strong>Mbarara</strong> district stands at 436,400 by 2011 compared to 2002<br />

which was 361,477. The growth rate is averaged at 2.8 percent which is lower than the<br />

national one of 3.2.<br />

<strong>Mbarara</strong> district hosts 4 hospitals, 4 HC IV, 13 HC III and 29 HC II. The immunization<br />

coverage was at 82 percent; safe water coverage at 62 by 2010, latrine coverage at 92.4<br />

percent but malaria has remained a common disease with the 60 percent of the total disease<br />

burden.<br />

Primary school enrolment has maintained a positive trend of around 5.1 percent and<br />

currently (2010) it standards at 61,532. Drop outs have also remained high almost half of the<br />

pupils who enrol for P1 complete P7. The number of FAL learners has also increased steadily<br />

and currently (2010), the figure stands at 5,346.<br />

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