SCORE CARD 2005
Country  Population1 (thousands) Birth1 (thousands) Iodized Salt2 Consumption (%) Median UIE3 (ug/L) Proportion of population with Low UIE3 (<100 ug/L; %) Total Goitre Rate3 (%)  ID Protected Population (thousands)   ID unprotected population (thousands)   ID protected infants (thousand)   ID unprotected infants (thousands) 
       
Afghanistan 23,897 1,136 1 - - 9.9                    239          23,658              11          1,125
Albania 3,166 57 62 - - -                 1,963           1,203              35               22
Algeria 31,800 724 69 27 77.7 65               21,942           9,858            500             224
Andorra - - -  -   -   -   - 
Angola 13,625 713 35 - - -                 4,769           8,856            250             463
Antigua and Barbuda 73 1 - - -  -   -   -   - 
Argentina 38,428 727 90 - - -               34,585           3,843            654               73
Armenia 3,061 29 84 146 31.8 30.2                 2,571              490              24                5
Australia       77 71.5 19.4  -   -   -   - 
Austria 111 49.4 -  -   -   -   - 
Azerbaijan 8,370 148 26 54 74.4 11.1                 2,176           6,194              38             110
Bahamas 314 6 - - -  -   -   -   - 
Bahrain 724 14   204 16.2 1.7  -   -   -   - 
Bangladesh 146,736 4,183 70 54 70.7 49.9             102,715          44,021         2,928          1,255
Barbados 270 3   - - -  -   -   -   - 
Belarus 9,895 88 37 45 80.9 33.4                 3,661           6,234              33               55
Belgium       80 66.9 -  -   -   -   - 
Belize 256 6 90 184 26.7 -                    230                26                5                1
Benin 6,736 278 72 289 8.3 19.6                 4,850           1,886            200               78
Bhutan 2,257 77 95 230 24.0 14                 2,144              113              73                4
Bolivia 8,808 255 90 250 19.0 4.5                 7,927              881            230               26
Bosnia and Herzegovina 4,161 39 77 111 52.4 25.7                 3,204              957              30                9
Botswana 1,785 54 66 219 15.3 16.5                 1,178              607              36               18
Brazil 178,470 3,502 88 360 .0 4             157,054          21,416         3,082             420
Brunei Darussalam 358 8   - - -  -   -   -   - 
Bulgaria 7,897 62 111 42.9 27.4  -   -   -   - 
Burkina Faso 13,002 621 23 114 47.5 55.2                 2,990          10,012            143             478
Burundi 6,825 304 96 - - -                 6,552              273            292               12
Cambodia 14,144 475 14 - - 17                 1,980          12,164              67             409
Cameroon 16,018 563 61 52 91.7 10.3                 9,771           6,247            343             220
Canada       - - -  -   -   -   - 
Cape Verde 463 12 0 52 77.4 25.5                      -                463              -                 12
Central African Republic 3,865 144 86 21 79.5 60.9                 3,324              541            124               20
Chad 8,598 416 58 29 99.6 63                 4,987           3,611            241             175
Chile 15,805 284 100 984 .2 6.4               15,805                -              284               -  
China 1,304,196 18,706 93 241 16.2 5.8          1,212,902          91,294        17,397          1,309
Colombia 44,222 973 92 249 6.4 6.5               40,684           3,538            895               78
Comoros 768 28 82 - - 13.6                    630              138              23                5
Congo 3,724 164   - - 12  -   -   -   - 
Congo, DR 52,771 2,658 72 267 .0 28.4               37,995          14,776         1,914             744
Cook Islands       - - -  -   -   -   - 
Costa Rica 4,173 78 97 233 8.9 -                 4,048              125              76                2
Côte d'Ivoire 16,631 587 31 162 33.8 44.8                 5,156          11,475            182             405
Croatia 4,428 49 90 140 28.8 16.1                 3,985              443              44                5
Cuba 11,300 129 83 95 51.0 -                 9,379           1,921            107               22
Cyprus 802 10 - - -  -   -   -   - 
Czech Republic 10,236 90   119 47.7 -  -   -   -   - 
Denmark 61 70.8 12.1  -   -   -   - 
Djibouti 703 27   - - -  -   -   -   - 
Dominica 79 2 - - -  -   -   -   - 
Dominican Republic 8,745 203 18 39 86.0 5.3                 1,574           7,171              37             166
Ecuador 13,003 295 99 420 .0 -               12,873              130            292                3
Egypt 71,931 1,911 56 148 31.2 21.4               40,281          31,650         1,070             841
El Salvador 6,515 161 91 150 4.6 -                 5,929              586            147               14
Equatorial Guinea 494 21 20 - - -                      99              395                4               17
Eritrea 4,141 163 68 168 25.3 36.7                 2,816           1,325            111               52
Estonia 1,323 11   65 67.0 -                      -             1,323              -                 11
Ethiopia 70,678 2,992 28 58 68.4 53.3               19,790          50,888            838          2,154
Fiji 839 19 31 34 75.4 -                    260              579                6               13
Finland 164 35.5 -  -   -   -   - 
France       85 60.4 12.9  -   -   -   - 
Gabon 1,329 41 15 190 38.3 17.1                    199           1,130                6               35
Gambia 1,426 50 8 42 72.8 16.3                    114           1,312                4               46
Georgia 5,126 52 68 62 80.0 -                 3,486           1,640              35               17
Germany       148 27.0 -  -   -   -   - 
Ghana 20,922 663 50 54 71.3 23.8               10,461          10,461            332             332
Greece       - - 17.5  -   -   -   - 
Grenada 80 2 - - -  -   -   -   - 
Guam       - - -  -   -   -   - 
Guatemala 12,347 419 67 222 14.4 -                 8,272           4,075            281             138
Guinea 8,480 362 68 91 63.6 59                 5,766           2,714            246             116
Guinea-Bissau 1,493 74 2 - - 32.6                      30           1,463                1               73
Guyana 765 16   162 26.9 -  -   -   -   - 
Haiti 8,326 251 11 - - -                    916           7,410              28             223
Holy See       - -    -   -   -   - 
Honduras 6,941 205 80 204 31.3 -                 5,553           1,388            164               41
Hungary 9,877 86   80 65.2 11.6  -   -   -   - 
Iceland 150 37.7 -  -   -   -   - 
India 1,065,462 25,052 50 133 31.3 17.9             532,731        532,731        12,526        12,526
Indonesia 219,883 4,515 73 65 63.7 9.8             160,515          59,368         3,296          1,219
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 68,920 1,424 94 205 14.9 54.6               64,785           4,135         1,339               85
Iraq 25,175 879 40 - - -               10,070          15,105            352             527
Ireland       82 60.8 -  -   -   -   - 
Israel - - -  -   -   -   - 
Italy       94 55.7 13.9  -   -   -   - 
Jamaica 2,651 54 100 - - -                 2,651                -                54               -  
Japan       - - -  -   -   -   - 
Jordan 5,473 151 88 154 24.4 33.5                 4,816              657            133               18
Kazakhstan 15,433 250 20 97 53.1 36.7                 3,087          12,346              50             200
Kenya 31,987 1,032 91 115 36.7 15.5               29,108           2,879            939               93
Kiribati 88 2   - - -  -   -   -   - 
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 22,664 364 - - -  -   -   -   - 
Korea, Republic of 47,700 562   - - -  -   -   -   - 
Kosovo - - -  -   -   -   - 
Kuwait 2,521 50   147 31.4 0  -   -   -   - 
Kyrgyzstan 5,138 112 27 30 88.1 49.1                 1,387           3,751              30               82
Lao People's Democratic Republic 5,657 200 75 162 26.9 -                 4,243           1,414            150               50
Latvia 2,307 18 59 76.8 -  -   -   -   - 
Lebanon 3,653 69 87 95 55.5 25.7                 3,178              475              60                9
Lesotho 1,802 55 69 26 100.0 4.9                 1,243              559              38               17
Liberia 3,367 167   321 3.5 -  -   -   -   - 
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 5,551 128 90 - - -                 4,996              555            115               13
Liechtenstein       - -    -   -   -   - 
Lithuania 3,444 29 75 62.0 -  -   -   -   - 
Luxembourg       90 57.4 -  -