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Africa > Benin > Health

BENINESE HEALTH STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Access to sanitation 52% [101st of 129]
Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people 40.93 per 1,000 people Time series [18th of 195]
Definition: Health > Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people
Source: CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Children Underweight Rate 7% [25th of 95]
Definition: Health > Children Underweight Rate
Source: World Development Indicators database
Contraception 16% [76th of 89]
Definition: Health > Contraception
Source: UNICEF
Drug access 50% [93rd of 163]
Definition: Health > Drug access
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 1.9% Time series [38th of 136]
Definition: Health > HIV AIDS > Adult prevalence rate
Source: WHO (World Health Organization). 2001. Correspondence on access to essential drugs. Department of Essential Drugs and Medecines Policy. February. Geneva
HIV AIDS > Deaths 5,800 Time series [43rd of 102]
Definition: Health > HIV AIDS > Deaths
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Hospital beds > per 1,000 people 0.23 per 1,000 people Time series [69th of 149]
Definition: Health > Hospital beds > per 1,000 people
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Infant mortality rate 85.88 [22nd of 179]
Definition: Health > Infant mortality rate
Source: World Development Indicators database
Life expectancy at birth > Female 59.76 years Time series [181st of 226]
Definition: Health > Life expectancy at birth > Female
Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Life expectancy at birth > Male 57.42 years Time series [180th of 226]
Definition: Health > Life expectancy at birth > Male
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Life expectancy at birth > Total population 58.56 years Time series [180th of 225]
Definition: Health > Life expectancy at birth > Total population
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Malaria cases > per 100,000 10,697 [15th of 94]
Definition: Health > Malaria cases > per 100,000
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Maternal mortality 500 per 100,000 [25th of 136]
Definition: Health > Maternal mortality
Source: UNHDR
Physicians > per 1,000 people 0.04 per 1,000 people Time series [59th of 148]
Definition: Health > Physicians > per 1,000 people
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 29.7% [38th of 111]
Definition: Health > Probability of not reaching 40
Source: World Development Indicators database
Spending > Per person 12 [115th of 133]
Definition: Health > Spending > Per person
Source: UN 2001 via backone.pdf
Tobacco > Total adult smokers 37 [26th of 121]
Definition: Health > Tobacco > Total adult smokers
Source: World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC
Total expenditure on health as % of GDP 4.7% [133rd of 185]
Definition: Health > Total expenditure on health as % of GDP
Source: World Health Organization2005
Water availability 3,954 cubic meters [92nd of 169]
Definition: Health > Water availability
Source: World Health Organization

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, December 2003; World Development Indicators database; 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; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; 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 Organization2005; World Health Organization;

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Benin, Republic of Benin, Republique du Benin

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