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Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people
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15.17 per 1,000 people
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[123rd of 195]
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Contraceptive prevalence > % of women ages 15-49
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62 %
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[5th of 57]
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Dependency ratio per 100
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48 |
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[143rd of 166]
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Drinking water availability %
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100% |
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[13th of 147]
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expenditure per capita > current US$
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0.3 $
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[186th of 186]
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expenditure, total > % of GDP
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3.5 %
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[165th of 187]
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Fertility rate, total > births per woman
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1.96 births per woman
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[124th of 194]
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Infant mortality rate
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24.84 |
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[82nd of 179]
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Infant mortality rate > Total
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21.86 deaths/1,000 live births |
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[102nd of 225]
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Intestinal diseases death rate
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4.21% |
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[94th of 141]
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Life expectancy at birth > Female
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75.08 years |
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[120th of 226]
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Life expectancy at birth > Male
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69.45 years |
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[112nd of 226]
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Life expectancy at birth > Total population
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72.2 years |
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[117th of 225]
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Life expectancy at birth, total > years
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63.92 years
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[126th of 194]
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Life expectancy at birth, years > Total population
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66 |
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[117th of 186]
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Physicians > per 1,000 people
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3.29 per 1,000 people
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[18th of 148]
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Private expenditure on health as % of total expenditure on health
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23.4% |
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[154th of 185]
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Respiratory disease child death rate
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45.97 (est) |
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Total expenditure on health as % of GDP
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4.6% |
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[138th of 185]
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Total fertility rate
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2 |
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[124th of 166]
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SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; World Health Organization; World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Global Water Supply and Sanitation Assessment 2000 Report and updates provided by UNICEF to the United Nations Millennium Indicator Database; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; World Health Organisation. 1997-1999 World Health Statistics Annual. Geneva: WHO, 2000
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Korea, North, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, North Korea, Choson-minjujuui-inmin-konghwaguk, korea, democratic people's republic of, democratic people’s republic of korea, korea, dem. people's rep., korea, dem., korea-north nk, Korea DPR, DPR Korea, Korea (DPR), Korea, Democratic People's Republic, D.P.R. Korea
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