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Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people	18.1 per 1,000 people		[17th of 195]
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Dependency ratio per 100	46		[151st of 166]
DEFINITION: Dependency ratio (per 100), 2003
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Drug access	80%		[78th of 163]
DEFINITION: Population with access to essential drugs 2000. The data on access to essential drugs are based on statistical estimates received from World Health Organization (WHO) country and regional offices and regional advisers and through the World Drug Situation Survey carried out in 1998-99. These estimates represent the best information available to the WHO Department of Essential Drugs and Medicines Policy to date and are currently being validated by WHO member states. The department assigns the estimates to four groupings: very low access (0-49%), low access (50-79%), medium access (80-94%) and good access (95-100%). These groupings, used here in presenting the data, are often employed by the WHO in interpreting the data, as the actual estimates may suggest a higher level of accuracy than the data afford. b.
SOURCE: World Health Organization
expenditure per capita > current US$	534.4 $		[45th 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: WHO (World Health Organization). 2001. Correspondence on access to essential drugs. Department of Essential Drugs and Medecines Policy. February. Geneva
expenditure, total > % of GDP	6.1 %		[92nd 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	2.1 births per woman		[35th 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	6.28 per 1,000 people		[29th 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
Life expectancy at birth, total > years	72.95 years		[72nd 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	72		[64th of 186]
DEFINITION: Life expectancy at birth (years) 2003 - Total population
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Physicians > per 1,000 people	1.51 per 1,000 people		[8th 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	25.7%		[143rd of 185]
DEFINITION: Private expenditure on health as % of total expenditure on health, 2002
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Smoking prevalence, females > % of adults	6.9 %		[4th 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 Health Organization
Smoking prevalence, males > % of adults	37 %		[5th 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
Spending > Public	4.8%
DEFINITION: World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Tobacco > Adult female smokers	6.9		[84th of 114]
DEFINITION: Total adult females smoking
Tobacco > Adult male smokers	37		[69th of 115]
DEFINITION: Total adult males smoking
SOURCE: World Health Organization
Tobacco > Total adult smokers	22		[89th of 121]
DEFINITION: Total adults smoking
SOURCE: World Health Organization
Total expenditure on health as % of GDP	5.2%		[113rd of 185]
DEFINITION: Total expenditure on health as % of GDP, 2002
SOURCE: World Health Organization2005
Total fertility rate	1.8		[136th of 166]
DEFINITION: Total fertility rate, 2003
SOURCE: World Health Organization
Tuberculosis cases > Per 100,000	26		[104th of 165]
DEFINITION: Tuberculosis cases (per 100,000 people)
SOURCE: World Health Organization

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