NationMaster - Cape Verdean Health statistics

Access to sanitation	82%	[67th of 129]
Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people	29.8 per 1,000 people	[49th of 195]
Children Underweight Rate	2%	[65th of 95]
Contraception	53%	[42nd of 89]
Drug access	80%	[56th of 163]
HIV AIDS > Adult prevalence rate	0.035%	[132nd of 136]
HIV AIDS > People living with HIV AIDS	775	[120th of 126]
Hospital beds > per 1,000 people	1.58 per 1,000 people	[62nd of 149]
Infant mortality rate	49.14	[53rd of 179]
Life expectancy at birth > Female	74.76 years	[123rd of 226]
Life expectancy at birth > Male	67.99 years	[132nd of 226]
Life expectancy at birth > Total population	71.33 years	[127th of 225]
Life expectancy at birth, total > years	70.71 years	[97th of 194]
Maternal mortality	35 per 100,000	[94th of 136]
Physicians > per 1,000 people	0.49 per 1,000 people	[22nd of 148]
Probability of not reaching 40	10.4%	[70th of 111]
Probability of reaching 65 > Male	64.6%	[81st of 159]
Spending > Per person	37	[89th of 133]
Total expenditure on health as % of GDP	5%	[120th of 185]
Water availability	703 cubic meters	[148th of 169]

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, December 2003; World Development Indicators database; UNICEF; UN (United Nations). 2002. United Nations Population Division Database on Contraceptive Use. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. January. New York; WHO (World Health Organization). 2001. Correspondence on access to essential drugs. Department of Essential Drugs and Medecines Policy. February. Geneva; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; 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; World Health Organization;

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Cape Verde, Republic of Cape Verde, Republica de Cabo Verde, Cabo Verde, cape verde islands

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