Figure 2
Decline in Mortality Rate for Children under Five Years of Age per 1,000 Live Births
(19892004)
(1990)
Child mortality 1989
18
Child mortality 2004
16
(1990)
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
Czech Republic
Hungary
Poland
Slovakia
Source: "World Development Indicators Online," World Bank, June 25, 2006, http://publications.worldbank.org/WDI.
ple, car ownership increased16 and the total
ception that education and healthcare in
network of roads expanded.17 The number of
Central Europe are worse today than they were
prior to the fall of the Berlin Wall.
fixed-line and mobile phone subscribers also
increased,18 as did the number of Central
The region has experienced a number of
Europeans connected to the Internet.19 With
important material gains as well. For exam-
Figure 3
Increase in the Number of Physicians per 1,000 People (19892003)
4
Phys icians 1989
Phys icians 2003
3
2
Czech Republic
Hungary
Poland
Slovakia
Source: "World Development Indicators Online," World Bank, June 25, 2006, http://publications.worldbank.org/WDI.
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