NationMaster - Namibian Health statistics

Access to sanitation	68%		[84th of 129]
Children Underweight Rate	6%		[36th of 95]
Drug access	80%		[61st of 163]
Infant mortality rate	69.58		[36th of 179]
Intestinal diseases death rate	21.54%		[49th of 141]
Life expectancy at birth > Female	41.79 years		[213rd of 220]
Malaria cases > per 100,000	1,502		[36th of 94]
Maternal mortality	230 per 100,000		[42nd of 136]
Probability of not reaching 40	46.7%		[10th of 111]
Respiratory disease child death rate	56.51 (est)
Spending > Per person	142		[60th of 133]
Spending > Public	3.3% (1999)
Total expenditure on health as % of GDP	6.7%		[68th of 185]
Total fertility rate	4.5		[45th of 166]
Tuberculosis cases > Per 100,000	221		[19th of 165]
Tuberculosis cases detected under DOTS > %	89.89 %	...	[26th of 178]
Tuberculosis immunisation	80%		[105th of 134]
Tuberculosis treatment success rate > % of registered cases	68.36 %	...	[137th of 171]
Unmet need for contraception > % of married women ages 15-49	22.1 %	...	[7th of 13]
Water availability	10,211 cubic meters		[59th of 169]

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, December 2003; UNICEF; WHO (World Health Organization). 2001. Correspondence on access to essential drugs. Department of Essential Drugs and Medecines Policy. February. Geneva; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; 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: Namibia, Republic of Namibia

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