NationMaster - Congolese Health statistics

Access to sanitation	79%		[72nd of 129]
Children Underweight Rate	10%		[16th of 95]
Drug access	50%		[119th of 163]
Infant mortality rate	94.69		[16th of 179]
Intestinal diseases death rate	8.34%		[79th of 141]
Life expectancy at birth > Female	59.5 years		[178th of 220]
Malaria cases > per 100,000	5,880		[19th of 94]
Probability of not reaching 40	34.8%		[26th of 111]
Respiratory disease child death rate	109.12 (est)
Spending > Per person	40		[88th of 133]
Spending > Public	2.0%
Tobacco > Cigarette consumption	476		[80th of 106]
Total fertility rate	6.7		[11th of 166]
Tuberculosis cases > Per 100,000	122		[47th of 165]
Tuberculosis cases detected under DOTS > %	72.42 %	...	[58th of 178]
Tuberculosis immunisation	39%		[132nd of 134]
Tuberculosis treatment success rate > % of registered cases	84.76 %	...	[59th of 171]
Water availability	275,679 cubic meters		[6th of 169]
Women circumcised	1.1		[18th of 27]
Women circumcised share	1.1%		[18th of 27]

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, December 2003; UNICEF; 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; World Health Organisation. 1997-1999 World Health Statistics Annual. Geneva: WHO, 2000; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; UNHDR; UN 2001 via backone.pdf; World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC; ; World Health Organization; World Health Organization; World Development Indicators database; Unicef (1994)

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