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Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people	26.65 per 1,000 people		[65th of 195]
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Contraceptive prevalence > % of women ages 15-49	30 %		[19th of 57]
DEFINITION: Contraceptive prevalence rate is the percentage of women who are practicing, or whose sexual partners are practicing, any form of contraception. It is usually measured for married women ages 15-49 only.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Dependency ratio per 100	80		[44th of 166]
DEFINITION: Dependency ratio (per 100), 2003
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Drinking water availability %	99%		[28th of 147]
DEFINITION: Coverage estimates shown are derived from information collected from two main sources: assessment questionnaires and household surveys. Assessment questionnaires were sent to all WHO country representatives, to be completed in liaison with local UNICEF st
SOURCE: World Health Organization
expenditure per capita > current US$	108.9 $		[105th 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: World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Global Water Supply and Sanitation Assessment 2000 Report and updates provided by UNICEF to the United Nations Millennium Indicator Database
expenditure, total > % of GDP	5.3 %		[114th 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	3.98 births per woman		[11th 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	3.3 per 1,000 people		[48th 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
Infant mortality rate	28.72		[73rd of 179]
DEFINITION: The number of deaths of infants under one year old in a given year per 1,000 live births in the same year. This rate is often used as an indicator of the level of health in a country
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Life expectancy at birth, total > years	70.74 years		[96th 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: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Physicians > per 1,000 people	0.7 per 1,000 people		[71st 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 Development Indicators database
Private expenditure on health as % of total expenditure on health	24.1%		[150th of 185]
DEFINITION: Private expenditure on health as % of total expenditure on health, 2002
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Smoking prevalence, females > % of adults	24 %		[5th 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	60 %		[2nd 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
Tobacco > Adult female smokers	12.7		[69th of 114]
DEFINITION: Total adult females smoking
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Tobacco > Adult male smokers	33.9		[78th of 115]
DEFINITION: Total adult males smoking
SOURCE: World Health Organization
Tobacco > Cigarette consumption	1,509		[39th of 106]
DEFINITION: Approximate average number of cigarettes smoked per adult per year
SOURCE: World Health Organization
Tobacco > Total adult smokers	23.3		[81st of 121]
DEFINITION: Total adults smoking
SOURCE: World Health Organization
Total expenditure on health as % of GDP	6.2%		[79th of 185]
DEFINITION: Total expenditure on health as % of GDP, 2002
SOURCE: World Health Organization2005
Total fertility rate	4.1		[50th of 166]
DEFINITION: Total fertility rate, 2003
SOURCE: World Health Organization

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