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Access to sanitation
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55% |
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[97th of 129]
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Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people
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27.65 per 1,000 people
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[63rd of 195]
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Children Underweight Rate
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4% |
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[56th of 95]
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Dependency ratio per 100
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68 |
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[69th of 166]
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Drug access
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80% |
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[66th of 163]
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expenditure per capita > current US$
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57.8 $
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[121st of 186]
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HIV AIDS > Adult prevalence rate
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0.01% |
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[133rd of 136]
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Hospital beds > per 1,000 people
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1.5 per 1,000 people
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[49th of 149]
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Life expectancy at birth > Female
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72.35 years |
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[143rd of 226]
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Life expectancy at birth > Male
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69.53 years |
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[111st of 226]
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Life expectancy at birth > Total population
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70.9 years |
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[130th of 225]
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Life expectancy at birth, total > years
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73.82 years
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[63rd of 194]
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Maternal mortality
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110 per 100,000 |
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[62nd of 136]
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Physicians > per 1,000 people
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1.4 per 1,000 people
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[57th of 148]
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Probability of not reaching 40
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6.9% |
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[85th of 111]
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Probability of reaching 65 > Male
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72.5% |
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[43rd of 159]
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Smoking prevalence, males > % of adults
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50.6 %
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[10th of 42]
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Spending > Per person
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116 |
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[67th of 133]
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Total expenditure on health as % of GDP
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5.1% |
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[118th of 185]
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Water availability
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1,622 cubic meters |
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[131st of 169]
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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, December 2003; World Development Indicators database; UNICEF; World Health Organization; WHO (World Health Organization). 2001. Correspondence on access to essential drugs. Department of Essential Drugs and Medecines Policy. February. Geneva; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; UNICEF (United Nations Children?s Fund). 2002. Official Summary: The State of the World's Children 2002. New York: Oxford University Press.; UN 2001 via backone.pdf; UN (United Nations). 2001. World Population Prospects 1950-2050: The 2000 Revision. Database. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. New York; World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC;
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Syria, Syrian Arab Republic, Al Jumhuriyah al Arabiyah as Suriyah, Suriyah
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