NationMaster - Gambian Health statistics

Access to sanitation	91%		[50th of 129]
Children Underweight Rate	4%		[51st of 95]
Drug access	80%		[81st of 163]
Infant mortality rate	73.48		[31st of 179]
Intestinal diseases death rate	27.55%		[40th of 141]
Life expectancy at birth > Female	56.46 years		[182nd of 220]
Malaria cases > per 100,000	17,340		[7th of 94]
Probability of not reaching 40	40.5%		[19th of 111]
Respiratory disease child death rate	68.22 (est)
Spending > Per person	13		[113rd of 133]
Spending > Public	2.3% (1999)
Tobacco > Cigarette consumption	171		[97th of 106]
Total fertility rate	4.7		[39th of 166]
Tuberculosis cases > Per 100,000	283		[10th of 165]
Tuberculosis cases detected under DOTS > %	69.4 %	...	[65th of 178]
Tuberculosis immunisation	96%		[58th of 134]
Tuberculosis treatment success rate > % of registered cases	85.91 %	...	[48th of 171]
Water availability	6,140 cubic meters		[80th of 169]
Women circumcised	0.5		[24th of 27]
Women circumcised share	0.5%		[24th of 27]

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, December 2003; UNICEF; 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; World Health Organisation. 1997-1999 World Health Statistics Annual. Geneva: WHO, 2000; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; UNHDR; UN 2001 via backone.pdf; World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC; ; World Health Organization; World Health Organization; World Development Indicators database; Unicef (1994)

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

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