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Access to sanitation	99%		[25th of 129]
Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people	15.4 per 1,000 people		[133rd of 195]
Contraceptive prevalence > % of women ages 15-49	50 %		[17th of 57]
Dependency ratio per 100	55		[108th of 166]
Drug access	80%		[64th of 163]
expenditure per capita > current US$	215.1 $		[75th of 186]
expenditure, total > % of GDP	5.9 %		[99th of 187]
Fertility rate, total > births per woman	1.9 births per woman		[45th of 194]
Hospital beds > per 1,000 people	3.9 per 1,000 people		[28th of 149]
Infant mortality rate	14.75		[109th of 179]
Life expectancy at birth > Female	78.41 years		[75th of 226]
Life expectancy at birth > Male	72.39 years		[83rd of 226]
Life expectancy at birth > Total population	75.33 years		[77th of 225]
Life expectancy at birth, total > years	76.6 years		[39th of 194]
Maternal mortality	65 per 100,000		[73rd of 136]
Physicians > per 1,000 people	0.5 per 1,000 people		[90th of 148]
Spending > Per person	208		[48th of 133]
Spending > Public	3.8%
Total expenditure on health as % of GDP	6.4%		[73rd of 185]
Total fertility rate	1.8		[133rd of 166]

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