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Access to sanitation	58%		[94th of 129]
Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people	38.71 per 1,000 people		[27th of 195]
Source: CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Children Underweight Rate	17%		[2nd of 95]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Contraception	5%		[89th of 89]
Source: UNICEF
Drug access	50%		[96th 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	2.7%		[34th 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	6,300		[42nd of 102]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
HIV AIDS > People living with HIV AIDS	60,000		[46th of 126]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Infant mortality rate	75.59		[27th of 179]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Life expectancy at birth > Female	63.46 years		[175th of 226]
Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Life expectancy at birth > Male	59.35 years		[177th of 226]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Life expectancy at birth > Total population	61.38 years		[176th of 225]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Life expectancy at birth, total > years	54.9 years		[147th of 194]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Malaria cases > per 100,000	3,479		[22nd of 94]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Maternal mortality	1,000 per 100,000		[4th of 136]
Source: UNHDR
Physicians > per 1,000 people	0.05 per 1,000 people		[57th 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	31.7%		[34th of 111]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Probability of reaching 65 > Male	40.7%		[130th of 159]
Source: UN 2001 via backone.pdf
Total expenditure on health as % of GDP	5.1%		[116th of 185]
Source: UN (United Nations). 2001. World Population Prospects 1950-2050: The 2000 Revision. Database. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. New York
Water availability	1,722 cubic meters		[129th of 169]
Source: World Health Organization

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