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Access to sanitation	17%		[127th of 129]
Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people	29.71 per 1,000 people		[50th of 195]
DEFINITION: Crude birth rate indicates the number of live births occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the population growth rate in the absence of migration.		View time series
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Contraceptive prevalence > % of women ages 15-49	28 %		[38th of 57]
DEFINITION: Contraceptive prevalence rate is the percentage of women who are practicing, or whose sexual partners are practicing, any form of contraception. It is usually measured for married women ages 15-49 only.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Dependency ratio per 100	78		[54th of 166]
DEFINITION: Dependency ratio (per 100), 2003
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
expenditure per capita > current US$	58 $		[120th 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	4.1 %		[151st 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	3.87 births per woman		[45th 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	3.1 per 1,000 people		[46th 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
Life expectancy at birth, total > years	69.49 years		[105th 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 Development Indicators database
Malaria cases > per 100,000	3,260		[23rd of 94]
DEFINITION: Malaria cases (per 100,000 people)
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Physicians > per 1,000 people	0.11 per 1,000 people		[98th 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: UNHDR
Probability of not reaching 40	8.6%		[78th of 111]
DEFINITION: Probability at birth of not reaching the age of 40.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Probability of reaching 65 > Male	63.1%		[86th of 159]
DEFINITION: Probability at birth of reaching the age of 65.
SOURCE: UN 2001 via backone.pdf
Smoking prevalence, females > % of adults	5 %		[18th 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: UN (United Nations). 2001. World Population Prospects 1950-2050: The 2000 Revision. Database. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. New York
Smoking prevalence, males > % of adults	49.1 %		[9th 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
Tobacco > Adult female smokers	5		[89th of 114]
DEFINITION: Total adult females smoking
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Tobacco > Adult male smokers	49		[37th of 115]
DEFINITION: Total adult males smoking
SOURCE: World Health Organization
Tobacco > Total adult smokers	27		[68th of 121]
DEFINITION: Total adults smoking
SOURCE: World Health Organization
Total expenditure on health as % of GDP	3.8%		[160th of 185]
DEFINITION: Total expenditure on health as % of GDP, 2002
SOURCE: World Health Organization2005
Total fertility rate	4.1		[52nd of 166]
DEFINITION: Total fertility rate, 2003
SOURCE: World Health Organization

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