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Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people	32.97 per 1,000 people		[41st of 195]
Children Underweight Rate	5%		[42nd of 95]
Contraceptive prevalence > % of women ages 15-49	29 %		[36th of 57]
Dependency ratio per 100	83		[38th of 166]
expenditure per capita > current US$	47.8 $		[127th of 186]
expenditure, total > % of GDP	11.5 %		[7th of 187]
Fertility rate, total > births per woman	3.76 births per woman		[49th of 194]
Hospital beds > per 1,000 people	4.74 per 1,000 people		[46th of 149]
Infant mortality rate	44.58		[55th of 179]
Infant mortality rate > Total	38.36 deaths/1,000 live births		[67th of 225]
Life expectancy at birth > Female	69.69 years		[155th of 226]
Life expectancy at birth > Male	66.35 years		[147th of 226]
Life expectancy at birth > Total population	68 years		[151st of 225]
Life expectancy at birth, total > years	63.49 years		[129th of 194]
Major infectious diseases > Food or waterborne diseases bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
Physicians > per 1,000 people	0.49 per 1,000 people		[23rd of 148]
Private expenditure on health as % of total expenditure on health	12.3%		[174th of 185]
Total expenditure on health as % of GDP	11.1%		[5th of 185]
Total fertility rate	3.9		[55th of 166]
Water availability	15,797 cubic meters		[47th of 169]

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