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Access to sanitation	98%		[33rd of 129]
Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people	18.25 per 1,000 people		[107th of 195]
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.		View time series
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Dependency ratio per 100	53		[121st of 166]
DEFINITION: Dependency ratio (per 100), 2003
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Drug access	80%		[82nd of 163]
DEFINITION: Population with access to essential drugs 2000. The data on access to essential drugs are based on statistical estimates received from World Health Organization (WHO) country and regional offices and regional advisers and through the World Drug Situation Survey carried out in 1998-99. These estimates represent the best information available to the WHO Department of Essential Drugs and Medicines Policy to date and are currently being validated by WHO member states. The department assigns the estimates to four groupings: very low access (0-49%), low access (50-79%), medium access (80-94%) and good access (95-100%). These groupings, used here in presenting the data, are often employed by the WHO in interpreting the data, as the actual estimates may suggest a higher level of accuracy than the data afford. b.
SOURCE: World Health Organization
expenditure per capita > current US$	1,211 $		[30th of 186]
DEFINITION: Total health expenditure is the sum of public and private health expenditures as a ratio of total population. It covers the provision of health services (preventive and curative), family planning activities, nutrition activities, and emergency aid designated for health but does not include provision of water and sanitation. Data are in current U.S. dollars.		View time series
SOURCE: WHO (World Health Organization). 2001. Correspondence on access to essential drugs. Department of Essential Drugs and Medecines Policy. February. Geneva
Fertility rate, total > births per woman	2.25 births per woman		[106th of 194]
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.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Hospital beds > per 1,000 people	3.4 per 1,000 people		[33rd of 149]
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.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Infant mortality rate	25.7		[79th of 179]
DEFINITION: The number of deaths of infants under one year old in a given year per 1,000 live births in the same year. This rate is often used as an indicator of the level of health in a country
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Life expectancy at birth, total > years	70.96 years		[93rd of 194]
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.		View time series
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Physicians > per 1,000 people	1.05 per 1,000 people		[63rd of 148]
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).		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Probability of not reaching 40	11.8%		[62nd of 111]
DEFINITION: Probability at birth of not reaching the age of 40.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Probability of reaching 65 > Male	57.4%		[98th of 159]
DEFINITION: Probability at birth of reaching the age of 65.
SOURCE: UN 2001 via backone.pdf
Smoking prevalence, females > % of adults	3.8 %		[4th of 43]
DEFINITION: Prevalence of smoking, female is the percentage of women who smoke cigarettes. The age range varies among countries but in most is 18 and older or 15 and older.		View time series
SOURCE: UN (United Nations). 2001. World Population Prospects 1950-2050: The 2000 Revision. Database. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. New York
Smoking prevalence, males > % of adults	19.3 %		[3rd of 42]
DEFINITION: Prevalence of smoking, male is the percentage of men who smoke cigarettes. The age range varies among countries but in most is 18 and older or 15 and older.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Spending > Per person	612		[30th of 133]
DEFINITION: Spending per capita (PPP) in $US 1998.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Tobacco > Cigarette consumption	613		[71st of 106]
DEFINITION: Approximate average number of cigarettes smoked per adult per year
SOURCE: World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC
Tobacco > Total adult smokers	11.5		[113rd of 121]
DEFINITION: Total adults smoking
SOURCE: World Health Organization
Total expenditure on health as % of GDP	6.9%		[65th of 185]
DEFINITION: Total expenditure on health as % of GDP, 2002
SOURCE: World Health Organization2005
Total fertility rate	2.3		[112nd of 166]
DEFINITION: Total fertility rate, 2003
SOURCE: World Health Organization
Water availability	66 cubic meters		[167th of 169]
DEFINITION: Water resources: total renewable per capita (m3/capita year)
SOURCE: World Health Organization

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