NationMaster - Gambian Health statistics

Access to sanitation	91%	[50th of 129]
Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people	33.76 per 1,000 people	[39th of 195]
Children Underweight Rate	4%	[51st of 95]
Drug access	80%	[81st of 163]
HIV AIDS > Adult prevalence rate	1.2%	[46th of 136]
HIV AIDS > Deaths	600	[69th of 102]
Hospital beds > per 1,000 people	0.61 per 1,000 people	[142nd of 149]
Infant mortality rate	73.48	[31st of 179]
Life expectancy at birth > Female	56.9 years	[187th of 226]
Life expectancy at birth > Male	53.06 years	[188th of 226]
Life expectancy at birth > Total population	54.95 years	[188th of 225]
Malaria cases > per 100,000	17,340	[7th of 94]
Physicians > per 1,000 people	0.11 per 1,000 people	[50th of 148]
Probability of not reaching 40	40.5%	[19th of 111]
Smoking prevalence, males > % of adults	38.5 %	[4th of 42]
Spending > Per person	13	[113rd of 133]
Tobacco > Cigarette consumption	171	[97th of 106]
Tobacco > Total adult smokers	17.8	[99th of 121]
Total expenditure on health as % of GDP	7.3%	[59th of 185]
Water availability	6,140 cubic meters	[80th of 169]

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, December 2003; World Development Indicators database; UNICEF; 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; UNHDR; UN 2001 via backone.pdf; World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC; World Health Organization; World Health Organization2005; World Health Organization;

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Gambia, The, Republic of The Gambia, The Gambia, gambia

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