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Access to sanitation	62%		[92nd of 129]
Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people	34.19 per 1,000 people		[37th of 195]
Source: CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Children Underweight Rate	4%		[45th of 95]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Contraception	19%		[74th of 89]
Source: UNICEF
Drug access	50%		[116th 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	6.9%		[14th 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	49,000		[13th of 102]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Hospital beds > per 1,000 people	2.55 per 1,000 people		[81st of 149]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Infant mortality rate	69.18		[37th of 179]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Life expectancy at birth > Female	54.08 years		[196th of 226]
Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Life expectancy at birth > Male	52.54 years		[190th of 226]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Life expectancy at birth > Total population	53.3 years		[195th of 225]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Malaria cases > per 100,000	2,900		[27th of 94]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Maternal mortality	430 per 100,000		[30th of 136]
Source: UNHDR
Physicians > per 1,000 people	0.19 per 1,000 people		[36th 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	36.2%		[24th of 111]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Tobacco > Cigarette consumption	652		[69th of 106]
Source: UN 2001 via backone.pdf
Tobacco > Total adult smokers	35.7		[30th of 121]
Source: World Health Organization
Total expenditure on health as % of GDP	4.6%		[137th of 185]
Source: World Health Organization2005
Water availability	19,192 cubic meters		[45th of 169]
Source: World Health Organization

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