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Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people	13 per 1,000 people		[134th of 195]
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Births attended by skilled health staff > % of total	99.8 %		[12th of 76]
DEFINITION: Births attended by skilled health staff are the percentage of deliveries attended by personnel trained to give the necessary supervision, care, and advice to women during pregnancy, labor, and the postpartum period; to conduct deliveries on their own; and to care for newborns.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Contraceptive prevalence > % of women ages 15-49	77.5 %		[4th 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
Fertility rate, total > births per woman	1.8 births per woman		[133rd 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	3.32 per 1,000 people		[61st 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	4.54 per 100,000 people		[193rd 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	8.37		[133rd 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, female > years	81.81 years		[18th 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, male > years	73.68 years		[40th 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, total > years	77.65 years		[35th 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
Physicians > per 1,000 people	1.75 per 1,000 people		[54th 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 Development Indicators database
Smoking prevalence, females > % of adults	9.9 %		[25th 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: World Development Indicators database
Smoking prevalence, males > % of adults	16.8 %		[30th 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
Suicide rate > Gender ratio	9.2 per 100,000 people		[2nd of 76]
DEFINITION: Suicide rates per 100,000 people
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Suicide rate > Young females	1.6 per 100,000 people		[42nd of 43]
DEFINITION: Suicide death rates (per 100,000 of population) among 15 to 24 year-olds, various countries, latest available data, 1991 to 1993
SOURCE: annual figures:WHO databank, National Bureaus of Statistics. Department of Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis Population Division (1995). World population prospects. The 1994 revision. New York: United Nations. Partly computations: Department of Clinical Psychology, Psychiatric Clinic, University of W?rzburg, Germany
Suicide rate > Young males	9.7 per 100,000 people		[33rd of 43]
DEFINITION: Suicide death rates (per 100,000 of population) among 15 to 24 year-olds, various countries, latest available data, 1991 to 1993
SOURCE: WHO, World Health Statistics Annual, 1994, Australian Bureau of Statistics, 1994
Transplants > Heart	4 heart transplants		[27th of 30]
DEFINITION: The number of heart transplants in the nation in 2002. (If the surveyed year is different, it is given in brackets).
SOURCE: WHO, World Health Statistics Annual, 1994, Australian Bureau of Statistics, 1994
Transplants > Kidney	68 kidney transplants		[35th of 47]
DEFINITION: The number of kidney transplants in the nation in 2002. (If the surveyed year is different, it is given in brackets).
SOURCE: Abstracted from center-specific counts (Worldwide Transplant Center Directory, 2002)
Water availability	1,814 cubic meters		[125th of 169]
DEFINITION: Water resources: total renewable per capita (m3/capita year)
SOURCE: Abstracted from center-specific counts (Worldwide Transplant Center Directory, 2002)

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