NationMaster - Grenadian Health statistics

Access to sanitation	91%		[49th of 129]
Drug access	95%		[39th of 163]
Infant mortality rate	14.62		[110th of 179]
Life expectancy at birth > Female	67.05 years		[162nd of 220]
Maternal mortality	1 per 100,000		[136th of 136]
Per capita total expenditure on health in international dollars	465		[68th of 185]
Physicians > per 1,000 people	0.5 per 1,000 people	...	[89th of 148]
Pregnant women receiving prenatal care > %	99 %	...	[3rd of 62]
Prepaid plans as % of private expenditure on health	0%		[144th of 159]
Prevalence of undernourishment > % of population	7 %	...	[94th of 172]
Private expenditure on health as % of total expenditure on health	29%		[126th of 185]
Probability of dying before 5 > Females	22 per 1,000 people		[110th of 187]
Spending > Per person	193		[50th of 133]
Spending > Private	2.5		[57th of 141]
Spending > Public	2.9%
Tobacco > Total young smokers	14.4%		[26th of 30]
Tobacco > Young female smokers	11.9		[24th of 32]
Tobacco > Young male smokers	11.9		[24th of 32]
Total expenditure on health as % of GDP	5.7%		[105th of 185]
Tuberculosis cases > Per 100,000	3		[161st of 165]

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, December 2003; 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 ; UNICEF (United Nations Children?s Fund). 2002. Official Summary: The State of the World's Children 2002. New York: Oxford University Press.; World Health Organization; World Development Indicators database; The World Health Report 2001; World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC; ; World Health Organization; UNHDR

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