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Southeast Asia > Vietnam > Health

VIETNAMESE HEALTH STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Access to sanitation 87% [59th of 129]
Children Underweight Rate 6% [34th of 95]
Contraception 75% [10th of 89]
Drug access 80% [74th of 163]
Intestinal diseases death rate 2.15% [101st of 141]
Life expectancy at birth > Female 74.08 years [124th of 220]
Malaria cases > per 100,000 95 [61st of 94]
Maternal mortality 95 per 100,000 [65th of 136]
Probability of not reaching 40 12.8% [58th of 111]
Respiratory disease child death rate 30.24 (est)
Spending > Per person 17 [110th of 133]
Spending > Public 0.8%
Total expenditure on health as % of GDP 5.2% [112nd of 185]
Total fertility rate 2.3 [108th of 166]
Tuberculosis cases > Per 100,000 93 [62nd of 165]
Tuberculosis cases detected under DOTS > % 84.02 % ... [37th of 178]
Tuberculosis immunisation 95% [63rd of 134]
Tuberculosis treatment success rate > % of registered cases 92.72 % ... [14th of 171]
Unmet need for contraception > % of married women ages 15-49 4.8 % ... [5th of 13]
Water availability 11,406 cubic meters [57th of 169]

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, December 2003; UNICEF; UN (United Nations). 2002. United Nations Population Division Database on Contraceptive Use. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. January. New York; WHO (World Health Organization). 2001. Correspondence on access to essential drugs. Department of Essential Drugs and Medecines Policy. February. Geneva; World Health Organisation. 1997-1999 World Health Statistics Annual. Geneva: WHO, 2000; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; UNHDR; 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; World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC; ; World Health Organization; World Development Indicators database

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Vietnam, Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Cong Hoa Xa Hoi Chu Nghia Viet Nam, Viet Nam, Vietnam SR, Việt Nam

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