Adolescent fertility rate > births per 1,000 women ages 15-19
49.83 births
33.71 births
DEFINITION:
Adolescent fertility rate is the number of births per 1,000 women ages 15-19.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 83rd in 2005. 48% more than Virgin Islands
Ranked 103rd in 2005.
Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people
14 per 1,000 people
14 per 1,000 people
DEFINITION:
Crude birth rate indicates the number of live births occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the population growth rate in the absence of migration.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 132nd in 2005.
Ranked 131st in 2005.
Fertility rate, total > births per woman
2.05 births per woman
2.2 births per woman
DEFINITION:
Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with current age-specific fertility rates.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 117th in 2005.
Ranked 109th in 2005. 7% more than United States
Hospital beds > per 1,000 people
3.9 per 1,000 people
18.68 per 1,000 people
DEFINITION:
Hospital beds include inpatient beds available in public, private, general, and specialized hospitals and rehabilitation centers. In most cases beds for both acute and chronic care are included.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 56th in 1996.
Ranked 1st in 1996. 4 times more than United States
Incidence of tuberculosis > per 100,000 people
4.53 per 100,000 people
10.83 per 100,000 people
DEFINITION:
Incidence of tuberculosis is the estimated number of new pulmonary, smear positive, and extra-pulmonary tuberculosis cases.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 194th in 2005.
Ranked 168th in 2005. 139% more than United States
Life expectancy at birth, female > years
80.67 years
79.98 years
DEFINITION:
Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 35th in 2005. 1% more than Virgin Islands
Ranked 37th in 2005.
Life expectancy at birth, male > years
74.89 years
77.2 years
DEFINITION:
Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 36th in 2005.
Ranked 17th in 2005. 3% more than United States
Life expectancy at birth, total > years
77.71 years
78.55 years
DEFINITION:
Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 34th in 2005.
Ranked 30th in 2005. 1% more than United States
life expectancy > Date of information
2006 est.
2006 est.
DEFINITION:
SOURCE:
Wikipedia: List of countries by life expectancy
Physicians > per 1,000 people
2 per 1,000 people
1.64 per 1,000 people
DEFINITION:
Physicians are defined as graduates of any facility or school of medicine who are working in the country in any medical field (practice, teaching, research).
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 49th in 1995. 22% more than Virgin Islands
Ranked 58th in 1995.
Tuberculosis cases detected under DOTS > %
82.45 %
73.18 %
DEFINITION:
DOTS detection rate is the percentage of estimated new infectious tuberculosis cases detected under the directly observed treatment, short course case detection and treatment strategy.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 16th in 1996. 13% more than Virgin Islands
Ranked 26th in 1996.
Tuberculosis treatment success rate > % of registered cases
75.66 %
50 %
DEFINITION:
Tuberculosis treatment success rate is the percentage of new, registered smear-positive (infectious) cases that were cured or in which a full course of treatment was completed.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 35th in 1995. 51% more than Virgin Islands
Ranked 74th in 1995.
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