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Central America and the Caribbean > Antigua and Barbuda > Health

ANTIGUAN-BARBUDAN HEALTH STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people 18.1 per 1,000 people Time series [117th of 195]
Children Underweight Rate 4% [49th of 95]
Dependency ratio per 100 55 [107th of 166]
Drug access 50% [99th of 163]
expenditure per capita > current US$ 485.3 $ Time series [47th of 186]
expenditure, total > % of GDP 4.8 % Time series [131st of 187]
Fertility rate, total > births per woman 1.7 births per woman Time series [151st of 194]
Hospital beds > per 1,000 people 2.5 per 1,000 people Time series [43rd of 149]
Infant mortality rate 20.18 [95th of 179]
Life expectancy at birth > Female 76.26 years Time series [104th of 226]
Life expectancy at birth > Male 72.33 years Time series [84th of 226]
Life expectancy at birth > Total population 74.25 years Time series [91st of 225]
Life expectancy at birth, total > years 75.28 years Time series [45th of 194]
Maternal mortality 150 per 100,000 [53rd of 136]
Physicians > per 1,000 people 0.17 per 1,000 people Time series [82nd of 148]
Spending > Per person 179 [52nd of 133]
Spending > Public 0.4%
Total expenditure on health as % of GDP 4.8% [130th of 185]
Total fertility rate 1.6 [146th of 166]
Water availability 800 cubic meters [147th of 169]

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SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; UNICEF; World Health Organization; WHO (World Health Organization). 2001. Correspondence on access to essential drugs. Department of Essential Drugs and Medecines Policy. February. Geneva; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; UNICEF (United Nations Children?s Fund). 2002. Official Summary: The State of the World's Children 2002. New York: Oxford University Press.; World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC;

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Antigua and Barbuda, antigua, Antigua-Barbuda

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