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Africa > Gambia, The > Health

GAMBIAN HEALTH STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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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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