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% immunized 1-year-old children > DPT3	98		[22nd of 187]
% immunized 1-year-old children > Measles	96		[49th of 186]
% immunized 1-year-old children > Polio3	95		[67th of 187]
% immunized 1-year-old children > TB	99		[23rd of 153]
% of population using adequate sanitation facilities > Rural	100		[17th of 140]
% of population using adequate sanitation facilities > Total	100		[18th of 144]
% of population using adequate sanitation facilities > Urban	100		[22nd of 141]
% of population using improved drinking water sources > Rural	100		[17th of 146]
% of population using improved drinking water sources > Total	100		[30th of 150]
% of population using improved drinking water sources > Urban	100		[28th of 147]
ABO and Rh distribution > A−	6 %		[7th of 9]
ABO and Rh distribution > A+	38 %		[1st of 10]
ABO and Rh distribution > AB−	1 %		[3rd of 9]
ABO and Rh distribution > AB+	7 %		[2nd of 10]
ABO and Rh distribution > B−	2 %		[2nd of 9]
ABO and Rh distribution > B+	15 %		[3rd of 10]
ABO and Rh distribution > O−	4 %		[8th of 9]
ABO and Rh distribution > O+	27 %		[10th of 10]
Abortions	9,884		[16th of 19]
Abortions (per capita)	1.8924 per 1,000 people		[15th of 19]
Access to sanitation	100%		[14th of 129]
Acute care beds	2.4 per 1,000 people		[20th of 22]
Adolescent fertility rate > births per 1,000 women ages 15-19	9.68 births		[159th of 184]
Age of women at first childbirth	27.4 years old		[8th of 17]
Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people	11 per 1,000 people		[149th of 195]
Births > Low birth weight	4.3%		[24th of 26]
Births attended by skilled health staff > % of total	99.9 %		[10th of 76]
Births by caesarean section	157 live births per 1,000 pe		[12th of 16]
Breast cancer incidence	18.1 per 100,000 females		[23rd of 26]
Child injury death index	8.2		[18th of 26]
Child maltreatment deaths	0.7 per 100,000 children		[8th of 27]
Circulatory disease deaths	284 deaths per 100,000 peopl		[4th of 18]
Consultation with doctors	4.3 per person per year		[14th of 15]
Contraceptive prevalence > % of women ages 15-49	77 %		[1st of 57]
Daily smokers	22.2%		[25th of 30]
Daily smokers > 1990	25.9%		[23rd of 27]
Death from cancer	255.4 deaths per 100,000 peopl		[15th of 16]
Dependency ratio per 100	49		[134th of 166]
Digestive disease deaths	24.4 per 100,000 people		[13th of 26]
Drinking water availability %	100%		[17th of 147]
Drug access	95%		[32nd of 163]
Duration of hospitalisation	4.4 days		[15th of 16]
expenditure per capita > current US$	2,664.3 $		[20th of 186]
expenditure, private > % of GDP	1.69 %		[127th of 187]
expenditure, public > % of GDP	5.71 %		[39th of 187]
expenditure, total > % of GDP	7.4 %		[59th of 187]
External resources for health as % of total expenditure on health	0%		[162nd of 179]
Fertility rate, total > births per woman	1.8 births per woman		[131st of 194]
Growth in health expenditure > Per annum	0.1%		[21st of 21]
Health care funding > Private per capita	$415.00 per capita		[16th of 25]
Health care funding > Public per capita	$1,249.00 per capita		[18th of 25]
Health care funding > Total per capita	$1,664.00 per capita		[17th of 25]
Healthy life expectancy at birth, years > Females	73.5		[17th of 186]
Healthy life expectancy at birth, years > Males	68.7		[25th of 186]
Healthy life expectancy at birth, years > Total population	71.1		[20th of 186]
Heart disease deaths	143.8 per 100,000 people		[5th of 26]
HIV AIDS > People living with HIV AIDS	1,500		[87th of 126]
HIV AIDS > People living with HIV AIDS (per capita)	0.288 per 1,000 people		[86th of 126]
HIVAIDS > Adult prevalence rate 15-49 years,	0.1		[123rd of 145]
Hospital beds	7.6 per 1,000 people		[14th of 29]
Hospital beds > per 1,000 people	7.2 per 1,000 people		[13th of 149]
Immunization, DPT > % of children ages 12-23 months	97 %		[52nd of 190]
Immunization, measles > % of children ages 12-23 months	97 %		[45th of 190]
Improved sanitation facilities > % of population with access	100 %		[26th of 167]
Improved sanitation facilities, rural > % of rural population with access	100 %		[22nd of 167]
Improved sanitation facilities, urban > % of urban population with access	100 %		[35th of 173]
Improved water source > % of population with access	100 %		[31st of 176]
Improved water source, rural > % of rural population with access	100 %		[29th of 174]
Improved water source, urban > % of urban population with access	100 %		[46th of 181]
Incidence of tuberculosis > per 100,000 people	6.22 per 100,000 people		[184th of 200]
Infant mortality rate	3.59		[176th of 179]
Infant mortality rate > Female	3.17 deaths/1,000 live births		[212nd of 225]
Infant mortality rate > Male	3.81 deaths/1,000 live births		[213rd of 225]
Infant mortality rate > Total	3.5 deaths/1,000 live births		[214th of 225]
Intestinal diseases death rate	0.97%		[109th of 141]
life expectancy > Date of information	2006 est.
Life expectancy > Female healthy years	72.5 years		[10th of 29]
Life expectancy > Healthy years	70.1 years		[15th of 29]
Life expectancy > Male healthy years	67.7 years		[20th of 29]
Life expectancy at birth > Female	82.46 years		[25th of 226]
Life expectancy at birth > Male	75.31 years		[47th of 226]
Life expectancy at birth > Total population	78.82 years		[37th of 225]
Life expectancy at birth, female > years	82.3 years		[14th of 194]
Life expectancy at birth, male > years	75.5 years		[31st of 194]
Life expectancy at birth, total > years	78.82 years		[28th of 194]
Life expectancy at birth, years > Females	82		[17th of 186]
Life expectancy at birth, years > Males	75		[31st of 186]
Life expectancy at birth, years > Total population	79		[21st of 186]
Maternal mortality	6 per 100,000		[128th of 136]
Measles immunization	96		[41st of 168]
Motor vehicle deaths	8.6 deaths per 100,000 peopl		[14th of 17]
Nurses	14.7 per 1,000 people		[1st of 17]
Obesity	12.8%		[15th of 29]
Obesity in men	12%		[5th of 11]
Obesity in women	11.7%		[5th of 11]
Out-of-pocket expenditure as % of private health expenditure	82.2%		[121st of 185]
Out-of-pocket health expenditure > % of private expenditure on health	80.8 %		[118th of 185]
Per capita government expenditure on health in international dollars	1,470		[21st of 185]
Per capita total expenditure on health in international dollars	1,943		[21st of 185]
Percentage of life lived in ill health > Female	10.8%		[26th of 29]
Percentage of life lived in ill health > Males	9.1%		[18th of 29]
Physicians > per 1,000 people	2.6 per 1,000 people		[30th of 148]
Plastic surgery procedures	2,277		[24th of 34]
Plastic surgery procedures (per capita)	43.596 per 100,000 people		[14th of 34]
Practising physicians	3.1 per 1,000 people		[13th of 24]
Pregnant women receiving prenatal care > %	100 %		[1st of 62]
Prepaid plans as % of private expenditure on health	9.8%		[42nd of 159]
Prevalence of HIV, total > % of population ages 15-49	0.08 %		[147th of 148]
Prevalence of undernourishment > % of population	2.5 %		[159th of 172]
Private expenditure on health as % of total expenditure on health	24.3%		[149th of 185]
Probability of dying before 5 > Females	5 per 1,000 people		[179th of 187]
Probability of not reaching 60	11.3%		[30th of 48]
Probability of reaching 65 > Female	90.3%		[7th of 159]
Probability of reaching 65 > Male	77.9%		[30th of 159]
Public spending as % of total	75.7%		[12th of 25]
Red Cross donations	6,529,340		[12th of 37]
Respiratory disease child death rate	0.41
Respiratory disease deaths	44.5 per 100,000 people		[14th of 26]
Smoking prevalence, females > % of adults	19.3 %		[12th of 43]
Smoking prevalence, males > % of adults	25.7 %		[26th of 42]
Spending > Per person	1,704		[16th of 133]
Spending > Private	1.7		[86th of 141]
Spending > Public	5.2% (1999)
Stomach cancer deaths	7.9		[13th of 26]
Suicide rate > Females	11.8 per 100,000 people		[10th of 80]
Suicide rate > Gender ratio	3.7 per 100,000 people		[33rd of 76]
Suicide rate > Males	43.4 per 100,000 people		[9th of 80]
Suicide rate > Middle aged	37		[6th of 34]
Suicide rate > Young females	3.2 per 100,000 people		[29th of 43]
Suicide rate > Young males	33 per 100,000 people		[8th of 43]
Teen birth rate	13		[32nd of 40]
Teenage pregnancy	1,485 births		[22nd of 26]
Teenage pregnancy (per capita)	284.319 births per 1 million peo		[18th of 26]
Teenage pregnancy > Share	4%		[18th of 26]
Tobacco > Adult female smokers	20		[42nd of 114]
Tobacco > Adult male smokers	27		[94th of 115]
Tobacco > Cigarette consumption	1,351		[45th of 106]
Tobacco > Total adult smokers	23.5		[79th of 121]
Total expenditure as % of GDP	7 % of GDP		[23rd of 28]
Total expenditure on health as % of GDP	7.3%		[58th of 185]
Total fertility rate	1.7		[142nd of 166]
Transplants > Heart	3 heart transplants		[28th of 30]
Transplants > Heart (per capita)	0.574383 heart transplants per 1		[22nd of 30]
Transplants > Kidney	182 kidney transplants		[22nd of 47]
Transplants > Kidney (per capita)	34.8459 kidney transplants per 1		[5th of 47]
Transplants > Liver	49 liver transplants		[19th of 29]
Transplants > Liver (per capita)	9.38158 liver transplants per 1		[10th of 29]
Transplants > Total	3 transplants		[49th of 49]
Transplants > Total (per capita)	0.574383 transplants per 1 millio		[46th of 49]
Tuberculosis cases > Per 100,000	5		[152nd of 165]
Tuberculosis immunisation	99%		[16th of 134]
Water availability	21,268 cubic meters		[42nd of 169]
Years lived in ill health > Female	8.8 years		[26th of 29]
Years lived in ill health > Male	6.8 years		[18th of 29]

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