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Contraceptive prevalence > % of women ages 15-49	17 %		[47th of 57]
Dependency ratio per 100	67		[74th of 166]
Drinking water availability %	79%		[89th of 147]
expenditure per capita > current US$	655.8 $		[40th of 186]
expenditure, total > % of GDP	9.7 %		[20th of 187]
Hospital beds > per 1,000 people	5 per 1,000 people		[38th of 149]
Infant mortality rate	15.3		[106th of 179]
Infant mortality rate > Total	13.69 deaths/1,000 live births		[134th of 225]
Life expectancy at birth > Female	74.36 years		[127th of 226]
Life expectancy at birth > Male	67.82 years		[137th of 226]
Life expectancy at birth > Total population	71 years		[129th of 225]
Physicians > per 1,000 people	1.11 per 1,000 people		[61st of 148]
Smoking prevalence, females > % of adults	4 %		[19th of 43]
Smoking prevalence, males > % of adults	14 %		[20th of 42]
Tobacco > Adult female smokers	7.9		[79th of 114]
Tobacco > Adult male smokers	22.3		[107th of 115]
Tobacco > Total adult smokers	15.1		[104th of 121]
Tobacco > Young female smokers	62		[1st of 32]
Total expenditure on health as % of GDP	9.1%		[27th of 185]
Total fertility rate	2.4		[105th of 166]

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