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Oceania > Papua New Guinea > Health

PAPUA NEW GUINEAN HEALTH STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Access to sanitation 98% [31st of 129]
Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people 29.39 per 1,000 people Time series [53rd of 195]
Contraception 26% [64th of 89]
Drug access 80% [59th of 163]
HIV AIDS > Adult prevalence rate 0.6% Time series [56th of 136]
HIV AIDS > Deaths 600 Time series [71st of 102]
Hospital beds > per 1,000 people 4.02 per 1,000 people Time series [61st of 149]
Infant mortality rate 53.15 [49th of 179]
Life expectancy at birth > Female 68.35 years Time series [160th of 226]
Life expectancy at birth > Male 63.76 years Time series [157th of 226]
Life expectancy at birth > Total population 66 years Time series [159th of 225]
Life expectancy at birth, total > years 56.39 years Time series [142nd of 194]
Malaria cases > per 100,000 1,688 [35th of 94]
Maternal mortality 370 per 100,000 [34th of 136]
Physicians > per 1,000 people 0.05 per 1,000 people Time series [87th of 148]
Probability of not reaching 40 21.6% [46th of 111]
Smoking prevalence, males > % of adults 46 % Time series [2nd of 42]
Spending > Per person 25 [100th of 133]
Total expenditure on health as % of GDP 4.3% [147th of 185]
Water availability 166,563 cubic meters [7th of 169]

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, December 2003; World Development Indicators database; 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; 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;

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Papua New Guinea, Independent State of Papua New Guinea, new guinea, papua n.g.

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