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Tunis, March 23, 2008 (TunisiaOnline) The 22nd edition of the much celebrated Tamaghza mountain oasis festival , in the governorate of Tozeur, was launched on Saturday by a parade, organized at the town's entrance. The opening of the festival gathered together popular and

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The Tunisian population increased from 3.8 million in 1956 to 8.8 million in 1994, 9.4 million in 1999, to 10.1 in 2006. Thanks to an avant-garde family planning policy, Tunisia has been able to reduce the natural growth rate. This rate, which was in the order of 2.58% in 1994, was reduced to 1.14% in 1999.

Indicators	1956	1966	1975	1984	1994	1996	1999	2000	2004
population	3782.2	4583.2	5511.7	7033.8	8815.4	9089.3	9455,9	9.5	9.910,872
Natural growth rate %	3.5	3.1	2.7	2.6	1.4	1.3	1,12	1.14	1.21
Infant mortality rate ‰	200	120	76,9	51,4	31,8	29,8	26,2	25.8
Gross mortality rate ‰	25	15	10	6.5	5.7		5.7	5.6
Life expectancy (yrs)	47	51.1	58.6	67.1	71.2	71.6	72,1	72.2	73.8
Population under 15 %	42.5	46.5	43.8	39.7	34.9	34.1	30,9	30.4	18.6
Population density (inhabitants/km2)	24.5	27.7	36.2	45.1	56.7		60.8	61.5

Evolution of Medical, Juxta-medical and Paramedical Personnel of the Health Sector

Year	1990	1995	2000	2004
Physicians	4424	5965	7339	9805
Dentists	809	1038	1319	1889
Pharmacists	1240	1499	1841	2069
Paramedical Personnel	23743	25874	27770	29584

Investment in human resources has enabled the health sector to avail of an ever-increasing quality nursing personnel.

This increase has a beneficial effect on health cover throughout the country and on the ratio inhabitants/physician, which increased from 1825 in 1990 to 1320 in 2000.

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