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Access to sanitation	91%		[50th of 129]
Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people	33.76 per 1,000 people		[39th of 195]
Source: CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Children Underweight Rate	4%		[51st of 95]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Drug access	80%		[81st of 163]
Source: UNICEF
HIV AIDS > Adult prevalence rate	1.2%		[46th 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	600		[69th of 102]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Hospital beds > per 1,000 people	0.61 per 1,000 people		[142nd of 149]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Infant mortality rate	73.48		[31st of 179]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Life expectancy at birth > Female	56.9 years		[187th of 226]
Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Life expectancy at birth > Male	53.06 years		[188th of 226]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Life expectancy at birth > Total population	54.95 years		[188th of 225]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Malaria cases > per 100,000	17,340		[7th of 94]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Physicians > per 1,000 people	0.11 per 1,000 people		[50th of 148]
Source: UNHDR
Probability of not reaching 40	40.5%		[19th of 111]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Smoking prevalence, males > % of adults	38.5 %		[4th of 42]
Source: UN 2001 via backone.pdf
Spending > Per person	13		[113rd of 133]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Tobacco > Cigarette consumption	171		[97th of 106]
Source: World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC
Tobacco > Total adult smokers	17.8		[99th of 121]
Source: World Health Organization
Total expenditure on health as % of GDP	7.3%		[59th of 185]
Source: World Health Organization2005
Water availability	6,140 cubic meters		[80th of 169]
Source: World Health Organization

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