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Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people	13 per 1,000 people		[134th of 195]
Contraceptive prevalence > % of women ages 15-49	77.5 %		[4th of 57]
Fertility rate, total > births per woman	1.8 births per woman		[133rd of 194]
Hospital beds > per 1,000 people	3.32 per 1,000 people		[61st of 149]
Infant mortality rate	8.37		[133rd of 179]
Infant mortality rate > Total	8.65 deaths/1,000 live births		[160th of 225]
Life expectancy at birth > Female	82.73 years		[22nd of 226]
Life expectancy at birth > Male	74.64 years		[57th of 226]
Life expectancy at birth > Total population	78.58 years		[41st of 225]
Life expectancy at birth, male > years	73.68 years		[40th of 194]
Life expectancy at birth, total > years	77.65 years		[35th of 194]
Physicians > per 1,000 people	1.75 per 1,000 people		[54th of 148]
Smoking prevalence, females > % of adults	9.9 %		[25th of 43]
Smoking prevalence, males > % of adults	16.8 %		[30th of 42]
Suicide rate > Females	2 per 100,000 people		[59th of 80]
Suicide rate > Gender ratio	9.2 per 100,000 people		[2nd of 76]
Suicide rate > Males	18.4 per 100,000 people		[35th of 80]
Suicide rate > Young females	1.6 per 100,000 people		[42nd of 43]
Suicide rate > Young males	9.7 per 100,000 people		[33rd of 43]
Water availability	1,814 cubic meters		[125th of 169]

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