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Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people	41.8 per 1,000 people		[1st of 195]
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Contraceptive prevalence > % of women ages 15-49	34 %		[28th 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	67		[73rd of 166]
DEFINITION: Dependency ratio (per 100), 2003
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
expenditure per capita > current US$	271.9 $		[67th 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, private > % of GDP	0.46 %		[183rd of 187]
DEFINITION: Private health expenditure includes direct household (out-of-pocket) spending, private insurance, charitable donations, and direct service payments by private corporations.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
expenditure, total > % of GDP	15.2 %		[2nd 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	5.71 births per woman		[2nd 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	2.1 per 1,000 people		[54th 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
Incidence of tuberculosis > per 100,000 people	224 per 100,000 people		[46th of 200]
DEFINITION: Incidence of tuberculosis is the estimated number of new pulmonary, smear positive, and extra-pulmonary tuberculosis cases.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Infant mortality rate	30.5		[70th 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
life expectancy > Date of information	2006 est.
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Life expectancy at birth, male > years	62.8 years		[124th 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: Wikipedia: List of countries by life expectancy
Life expectancy at birth, total > years	65.24 years		[128th 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
Life expectancy at birth, years > Total population	61		[134th of 186]
DEFINITION: Life expectancy at birth (years) 2003 - Total population
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Per capita government expenditure on health in international dollars	279		[67th of 185]
DEFINITION: Per capita government expenditure on health in international dollars, 2002
SOURCE: World Health Organization
Per capita total expenditure on health in international dollars	415		[74th of 185]
DEFINITION: Per capita total expenditure on health in international dollars, 2002
SOURCE: World Health Organization
Physicians > per 1,000 people	0.47 per 1,000 people		[75th 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
Private expenditure on health as % of total expenditure on health	32.7%		[110th of 185]
DEFINITION: Private expenditure on health as % of total expenditure on health, 2002
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Total expenditure on health as % of GDP	10.6%		[8th of 185]
DEFINITION: Total expenditure on health as % of GDP, 2002
SOURCE: World Health Organization
Total fertility rate	5.4		[27th of 166]
DEFINITION: Total fertility rate, 2003
SOURCE: World Health Organization

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