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Births attended by skilled health staff > % of total	100 %		[1st of 76]
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Hospital beds > per 1,000 people	3 per 1,000 people		[72nd 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
Incidence of tuberculosis > per 100,000 people	4.43 per 100,000 people		[195th of 200]
DEFINITION: Incidence of tuberculosis is the estimated number of new pulmonary, smear positive, and extra-pulmonary tuberculosis cases.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Infant mortality rate	8.41		[132nd 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 > Date of information	2006 est.
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Physicians > per 1,000 people	1.94 per 1,000 people		[50th 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: Wikipedia: List of countries by life expectancy
Tuberculosis cases detected under DOTS > %	112.21 %		[8th of 178]
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.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Tuberculosis treatment success rate > % of registered cases	100 %		[8th of 171]
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.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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