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Africa > Nigeria > Health

NIGERIAN HEALTH STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Access to sanitation 33% [115th of 129]
Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people 40.51 per 1,000 people Time series [20th of 195]
Children Underweight Rate 11% [14th of 95]
Contraception 15% [77th of 89]
Drug access 0% [141st of 163]
HIV AIDS > Adult prevalence rate 5.4% Time series [19th of 136]
HIV AIDS > Deaths 310,000 Time series [2nd of 102]
Hospital beds > per 1,000 people 1.67 per 1,000 people Time series [98th of 149]
Infant mortality rate 70.49 [33rd of 179]
Life expectancy at birth > Female 47.32 years Time series [209th of 226]
Life expectancy at birth > Male 45.78 years Time series [208th of 226]
Life expectancy at birth > Total population 46.53 years Time series [209th of 225]
Malaria cases > per 100,000 30 [71st of 94]
Physicians > per 1,000 people 0.28 per 1,000 people Time series [48th of 148]
Probability of not reaching 40 33.7% [30th of 111]
Smoking prevalence, males > % of adults 15.4 % Time series [6th of 42]
Spending > Per person 30 [95th of 133]
Tobacco > Cigarette consumption 189 [95th of 106]
Tobacco > Total adult smokers 8.6 [115th of 121]
Water availability 2,514 cubic meters [115th of 169]

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, December 2003; World Development Indicators database; 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; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; UNHDR; UN 2001 via backone.pdf; World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC; World Health Organization; World Health Organization2005;

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Nigeria, Federal Republic of Nigeria

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COMMENTARY     

Suchita Vemuri
Staff Editor

10th March 2005
Hi Scarlett, rather than info on life expectancy at birth, you'll be looking for info on expectations of healthy years of life and correlate this with data on alcohol consumption and substance abuse.

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