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Africa > Madagascar > Health

MALAGASY HEALTH STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Access to sanitation 37% [112nd of 129]
Children Underweight Rate 11% [13th of 95]
Contraception 19% [75th of 89]
Drug access 50% [121st of 163]
Infant mortality rate 78.52 [25th of 179]
Intestinal diseases death rate 35.85% [15th of 141]
Life expectancy at birth > Female 64.1 years [171st of 220]
Maternal mortality 490 per 100,000 [26th of 136]
Probability of not reaching 40 31.6% [36th of 111]
Respiratory disease child death rate 161.86 (est)
Spending > Per person 5 [132nd of 133]
Spending > Public 1.1%
Tobacco > Cigarette consumption 315 [86th of 106]
Total fertility rate 5.7 [20th of 166]
Tuberculosis cases > Per 100,000 158 [36th of 165]
Tuberculosis cases detected under DOTS > % 66.96 % ... [69th of 178]
Tuberculosis immunisation 72% [117th of 134]
Tuberculosis treatment success rate > % of registered cases 70.79 % ... [123rd of 171]
Unmet need for contraception > % of married women ages 15-49 23.6 % ... [1st of 13]
Water availability 21,102 cubic meters [43rd 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 ; UNICEF (United Nations Children?s Fund). 2002. Official Summary: The State of the World's Children 2002. New York: Oxford University Press.; UN 2001 via backone.pdf; World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC; ; World Health Organization; World Health Organization; UNHDR; World Development Indicators database

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Madagascar, Republic of Madagascar, Republique de Madagascar

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