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Access to sanitation	53%		[99th of 129]
Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people	28.56 per 1,000 people		[55th of 195]
Source: CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Children Underweight Rate	2%		[63rd of 95]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Contraception	48%		[48th of 89]
Source: UNICEF
Drug access	50%		[91st of 163]
Source: UN (United Nations). 2002. United Nations Population Division Database on Contraceptive Use. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. January. New York
HIV AIDS > Adult prevalence rate	0.1%		[78th of 136]
Source: WHO (World Health Organization). 2001. Correspondence on access to essential drugs. Department of Essential Drugs and Medecines Policy. February. Geneva
HIV AIDS > Deaths	290		[89th of 102]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Hospital beds > per 1,000 people	1 per 1,000 people		[57th of 149]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Infant mortality rate	54.58		[47th of 179]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Life expectancy at birth > Female	69.33 years		[157th of 226]
Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Life expectancy at birth > Male	63.86 years		[155th of 226]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Life expectancy at birth > Total population	66.53 years		[156th of 225]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Malaria cases > per 100,000	378		[50th of 94]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Maternal mortality	390 per 100,000		[31st of 136]
Source: UNHDR
Physicians > per 1,000 people	1.22 per 1,000 people		[63rd of 148]
Source: UNICEF (United Nations Children?s Fund). 2002. Official Summary: The State of the World's Children 2002. New York: Oxford University Press.
Probability of not reaching 40	18.4%		[52nd of 111]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Spending > Per person	69		[80th of 133]
Source: UN 2001 via backone.pdf
Tobacco > Cigarette consumption	274		[88th of 106]
Source: World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC
Tobacco > Total adult smokers	30.4		[59th of 121]
Source: World Health Organization
Water availability	74,743 cubic meters		[15th of 169]
Source: World Health Organization2005

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