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Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people	11.1 per 1,000 people		[148th of 195]
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Children Underweight Rate	1%		[77th of 95]
DEFINITION: Children under 5 severely underweight, according to UNICEF estimates.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Dependency ratio per 100	48		[140th of 166]
DEFINITION: Dependency ratio (per 100), 2003
SOURCE: UNICEF
expenditure per capita > current US$	211.6 $		[76th of 186]
DEFINITION: Total health expenditure is the sum of public and private health expenditures as a ratio of total population. It covers the provision of health services (preventive and curative), family planning activities, nutrition activities, and emergency aid designated for health but does not include provision of water and sanitation. Data are in current U.S. dollars.		View time series
SOURCE: World Health Organization
expenditure, total > % of GDP	8 %		[40th of 187]
DEFINITION: Total health expenditure is the sum of public and private health expenditure. It covers the provision of health services (preventive and curative), family planning activities, nutrition activities, and emergency aid designated for health but does not include provision of water and sanitation.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Fertility rate, total > births per woman	1.6 births per woman		[146th of 194]
DEFINITION: Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with current age-specific fertility rates.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Hospital beds > per 1,000 people	4.83 per 1,000 people		[21st of 149]
DEFINITION: Hospital beds include inpatient beds available in public, private, general, and specialized hospitals and rehabilitation centers. In most cases beds for both acute and chronic care are included.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Infant mortality rate	11.74		[119th of 179]
DEFINITION: The number of deaths of infants under one year old in a given year per 1,000 live births in the same year. This rate is often used as an indicator of the level of health in a country
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Intestinal diseases death rate	1.46%		[104th of 141]
DEFINITION: Death rate from intestinal infectious diseases Units: Deaths/100,000 Population Units: The final number is based on an aggregation of deaths recorded for WHO code B01 for all age groups by sex. These were then combined with UN Population Division population data for the country in that particular year. The death rates were standardized utilizing the age structure for the population of Canada. See page 22 of the2001 ESI report for more details on the methodology.
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Life expectancy at birth, total > years	73.84 years		[62nd of 194]
DEFINITION: Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.		View time series
SOURCE: World Health Organisation. 1997-1999 World Health Statistics Annual. Geneva: WHO, 2000
Life expectancy at birth, years > Total population	72		[57th of 186]
DEFINITION: Life expectancy at birth (years) 2003 - Total population
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Physicians > per 1,000 people	2.19 per 1,000 people		[45th of 148]
DEFINITION: Physicians are defined as graduates of any facility or school of medicine who are working in the country in any medical field (practice, teaching, research).		View time series
SOURCE: World Health Organization
Prevalence of HIV, total > % of population ages 15-49	0.1 %		[140th of 148]
DEFINITION: Prevalence of HIV refers to the percentage of people ages 15-49 who are infected with HIV.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Private expenditure on health as % of total expenditure on health	15.3%		[169th of 185]
DEFINITION: Private expenditure on health as % of total expenditure on health, 2002
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Red Cross donations	8,418		[36th of 37]
DEFINITION: Amounts of the contributions to the International Committee of the Red Cross by the Council of Europe member states and states with an observer status in the PACE in the period from 1996 to 2000 (in Swiss Francs)
SOURCE: World Health Organization
Respiratory disease child death rate	68.08 (est)
DEFINITION: Child death rate from respiratory diseases Units: Deaths/100,000 Population Aged 0-14 Units: The final number is based on an aggregation of deaths recorded for WHO codes B31 and B320, and B321, by sex and by age. These were then combined with UN Population Division population data broken down by age group to produce rates. See page 22 of the 2001 ESI report for more details on the methodology.
SOURCE: International Committee of the Red Cross
Smoking prevalence, females > % of adults	32 %		[2nd of 43]
DEFINITION: Prevalence of smoking, female is the percentage of women who smoke cigarettes. The age range varies among countries but in most is 18 and older or 15 and older.		View time series
SOURCE: World Health Organisation. 1997-1999 World Health Statistics Annual. Geneva: WHO, 2000
Smoking prevalence, males > % of adults	40 %		[16th of 42]
DEFINITION: Prevalence of smoking, male is the percentage of men who smoke cigarettes. The age range varies among countries but in most is 18 and older or 15 and older.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Total expenditure on health as % of GDP	6.8%		[67th of 185]
DEFINITION: Total expenditure on health as % of GDP, 2002
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Total fertility rate	1.9		[125th of 166]
DEFINITION: Total fertility rate, 2003
SOURCE: World Health Organization

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