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Central America and the Caribbean > Dominican Republic > Health

DOMINICAN HEALTH STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Access to sanitation 90% [51st of 129]
Children Underweight Rate 1% [85th of 95]
Contraception 64% [21st of 89]
Drug access 50% [100th of 163]
Infant mortality rate 33.28 [64th of 179]
Life expectancy at birth > Female 74.87 years [117th of 220]
Malaria cases > per 100,000 6 [82nd of 94]
Maternal mortality 230 per 100,000 [41st of 136]
Probability of not reaching 40 11.9% [61st of 111]
Spending > Per person 95 [71st of 133]
Spending > Private 3 [36th of 141]
Spending > Public 1.9%
Total expenditure on health as % of GDP 6.1% [86th of 185]
Total fertility rate 2.7 [87th of 166]
Tuberculosis cases > Per 100,000 88 [63rd of 165]
Tuberculosis cases detected under DOTS > % 75.82 % ... [50th of 178]
Tuberculosis immunisation 90% [80th of 134]
Tuberculosis treatment success rate > % of registered cases 79.57 % ... [93rd of 171]
Unmet need for contraception > % of married women ages 15-49 10.9 % ... [4th of 13]
Water availability 2,507 cubic meters [116th of 169]

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, December 2003; 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; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; 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; World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC; ; World Health Organization; World Development Indicators database

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Dominican Republic, Republica Dominicana, dominican rep, dominican rep.

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