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Access to sanitation	62%		[93rd of 129]
Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people	19.7 per 1,000 people		[98th of 195]
Source: CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Children Underweight Rate	3%		[60th of 95]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Dependency ratio per 100	84		[36th of 166]
Source: UNICEF
Drug access	80%		[79th of 163]
Source: World Health Organization
expenditure per capita > current US$	15.4 $		[165th of 186]
Source: WHO (World Health Organization). 2001. Correspondence on access to essential drugs. Department of Essential Drugs and Medecines Policy. February. Geneva
Hospital beds > per 1,000 people	1.6 per 1,000 people		[55th of 149]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Infant mortality rate	102.56		[10th of 179]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Life expectancy at birth > Female	66.35 years		[165th of 226]
Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Life expectancy at birth > Male	64.75 years		[152nd of 226]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Life expectancy at birth > Total population	65.53 years		[163rd of 225]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Life expectancy at birth, total > years	63.98 years		[125th of 194]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Malaria cases > per 100,000	285		[53rd of 94]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Maternal mortality	380 per 100,000		[33rd of 136]
Source: UNHDR
Physicians > per 1,000 people	0.05 per 1,000 people		[58th 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	20.2%		[49th of 111]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Probability of reaching 65 > Male	57.2%		[99th of 159]
Source: UN 2001 via backone.pdf
Spending > Per person	36		[93rd of 133]
Source: UN (United Nations). 2001. World Population Prospects 1950-2050: The 2000 Revision. Database. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. New York
Total expenditure on health as % of GDP	4.5%		[141st of 185]
Source: World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC
Water availability	45,564 cubic meters		[25th of 169]
Source: World Health Organization

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