NationMaster - Yemeni Health statistics

Access to sanitation	28%		[121st of 129]
Children Underweight Rate	15%		[4th of 95]
Contraception	21%		[72nd of 89]
Drug access	50%		[115th of 163]
Life expectancy at birth > Female	64.54 years		[169th of 220]
Malaria cases > per 100,000	15,160		[10th of 94]
Maternal mortality	350 per 100,000		[36th of 136]
Probability of not reaching 40	20%		[51st of 111]
Smoking prevalence, males > % of adults	77 %	...	[1st of 42]
Tobacco > Adult female smokers	29		[19th of 114]
Tobacco > Adult male smokers	60		[11th of 115]
Tobacco > Total adult smokers	44.5		[7th of 0]
Total expenditure on health as % of GDP	3.7%		[165th of 185]
Total fertility rate	7		[7th of 166]
Tuberculosis cases > Per 100,000	70		[66th of 165]
Tuberculosis cases detected under DOTS > %	41.34 %	...	[139th of 178]
Tuberculosis immunisation	78%		[106th of 134]
Tuberculosis treatment success rate > % of registered cases	82.28 %	...	[73rd of 171]
Unmet need for contraception > % of married women ages 15-49	38.6 %	...	[1st of 13]
Water availability	223 cubic meters		[158th 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; 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 Development Indicators database; World Health Organization; World Health Organization2005; World Health Organization;

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Yemen, Republic of Yemen, Al Jumhuriyah al Yamaniyah, Al Yaman, democratic yemen [former]

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