NationMaster - Jordanian Health statistics

Access to sanitation	87%		[58th of 129]
Children Underweight Rate	1%		[74th of 95]
Contraception	53%		[41st of 89]
Drug access	95%		[26th of 163]
Infant mortality rate	18.11		[100th of 179]
Intestinal diseases death rate	14.88%		[64th of 141]
Life expectancy at birth > Female	81.22 years		[42nd of 220]
Malaria cases > per 100,000	3		[85th of 94]
Maternal mortality	41 per 100,000		[90th of 136]
Plastic surgery procedures	1,620		[26th of 34]
Probability of not reaching 40	7.9%		[81st of 111]
Respiratory disease child death rate	56.45 (est)
Spending > Per person	139		[62nd of 133]
Spending > Public	3.6%
Tobacco > Cigarette consumption	1,832		[32nd of 106]
Tuberculosis cases > Per 100,000	5		[151st of 165]
Tuberculosis cases detected under DOTS > %	62.73 %	...	[89th of 178]
Tuberculosis treatment success rate > % of registered cases	84.62 %	...	[60th of 171]
Unmet need for contraception > % of married women ages 15-49	11 %	...	[3rd of 13]
Water availability	179 cubic meters		[160th 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; World Health Organisation. 1997-1999 World Health Statistics Annual. Geneva: WHO, 2000; 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.; International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery; 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: Jordan, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Al Mamlakah al Urduniyah al Hashimiyah, Al Urdun

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