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Asia > Bhutan > Health

BHUTANESE HEALTH STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Access to sanitation 62% [93rd of 129]
Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people 19.7 per 1,000 people Time series [98th of 195]
Children Underweight Rate 3% [60th of 95]
Dependency ratio per 100 84 [36th of 166]
Drug access 80% [79th of 163]
expenditure per capita > current US$ 15.4 $ Time series [165th of 186]
Hospital beds > per 1,000 people 1.6 per 1,000 people Time series [55th of 149]
Infant mortality rate 102.56 [10th of 179]
Life expectancy at birth > Female 66.35 years Time series [165th of 226]
Life expectancy at birth > Male 64.75 years Time series [152nd of 226]
Life expectancy at birth > Total population 65.53 years Time series [163rd of 225]
Life expectancy at birth, total > years 63.98 years Time series [125th of 194]
Malaria cases > per 100,000 285 [53rd of 94]
Maternal mortality 380 per 100,000 [33rd of 136]
Physicians > per 1,000 people 0.05 per 1,000 people Time series [58th of 148]
Probability of not reaching 40 20.2% [49th of 111]
Probability of reaching 65 > Male 57.2% [99th of 159]
Spending > Per person 36 [93rd of 133]
Total expenditure on health as % of GDP 4.5% [141st of 185]
Water availability 45,564 cubic meters [25th of 169]

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, December 2003; 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; UNHDR; UNICEF (United Nations Children?s Fund). 2002. Official Summary: The State of the World's Children 2002. New York: Oxford University Press.; UN 2001 via backone.pdf; UN (United Nations). 2001. World Population Prospects 1950-2050: The 2000 Revision. Database. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. New York; World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC;

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Bhutan, Kingdom of Bhutan

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