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Africa > Zambia > Health

ZAMBIAN HEALTH STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Access to sanitation 29% [119th of 129]
Contraception 25% [65th of 89]
Drug access 50% [128th of 163]
Intestinal diseases death rate 34.88% [22nd of 141]
Life expectancy at birth > Female 38.54 years [218th of 220]
Malaria cases > per 100,000 34,204 [4th of 94]
Maternal mortality 650 per 100,000 [8th of 136]
Probability of not reaching 40 53.6% [1st of 111]
Respiratory disease child death rate 200.12 (est)
Spending > Per person 23 [103rd of 133]
Spending > Public 3.6%
Tobacco > Cigarette consumption 408 [82nd of 106]
Total expenditure on health as % of GDP 5.8% [102nd of 185]
Total fertility rate 5.6 [24th of 166]
Tuberculosis cases > Per 100,000 445 [3rd of 165]
Tuberculosis cases detected under DOTS > % 51.63 % ... [114th of 178]
Tuberculosis immunisation 94% [64th of 134]
Tuberculosis treatment success rate > % of registered cases 82.7 % ... [70th of 171]
Unmet need for contraception > % of married women ages 15-49 27.4 % ... [1st of 13]
Water availability 10,095 cubic meters [60th of 169]

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, December 2003; 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 Health Organization; World Development Indicators database; UNICEF

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Zambia, Republic of Zambia

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