NationMaster - Libyan Health statistics

Children Underweight Rate	1%		[84th of 95]
Contraception	40%		[53rd of 89]
Drug access	95%		[42nd of 163]
Infant mortality rate	25.7		[78th of 179]
Intestinal diseases death rate	8.79%		[78th of 141]
Life expectancy at birth > Female	79.23 years		[65th of 220]
Malaria cases > per 100,000	2		[86th of 94]
Maternal mortality	75 per 100,000		[69th of 136]
Probability of dying before 5 > Females	29 per 1,000 people		[99th of 187]
Probability of not reaching 40	6.4%		[91st of 111]
Probability of reaching 65 > Female	76%		[78th of 159]
Probability of reaching 65 > Male	68.3%		[65th of 159]
Respiratory disease child death rate	96.87 (est)
Total expenditure on health as % of GDP	3.3%		[170th of 185]
Total fertility rate	3		[77th of 166]
Tuberculosis cases > Per 100,000	11		[129th of 165]
Tuberculosis cases detected under DOTS > %	177.65 %	...	[2nd of 178]
Tuberculosis immunisation	97%		[49th of 134]
Tuberculosis treatment success rate > % of registered cases	63.88 %	...	[147th of 171]
Water availability	113 cubic meters		[164th of 169]

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SOURCES: 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.; The World Health Report 2001; UN 2001 via backone.pdf; UN (United Nations). 2001. World Population Prospects 1950-2050: The 2000 Revision. Database. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. New York.; UN (United Nations). 2001. World Population Prospects 1950-2050: The 2000 Revision. Database. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. New York; World Health Organization; World Development Indicators database;

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Libya, Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Al Jumahiriyah al Arabiyah al Libiyah ash Shabiyah al Ishtirakiyah al Uzma, libyan arab jamahiriya, the libyan arab jamahiriya

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