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Africa > Gambia, The > Health

GAMBIAN HEALTH STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Access to sanitation 91% [50th of 129]
Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people 33.76 per 1,000 people Time series [39th of 195]
Definition: Health > Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people
Children Underweight Rate 4% [51st of 95]
Definition: Health > Children Underweight Rate
Drug access 80% [81st of 163]
Definition: Health > Drug access
HIV AIDS > Adult prevalence rate 1.2% Time series [46th of 136]
Definition: Health > HIV AIDS > Adult prevalence rate
HIV AIDS > Deaths 600 Time series [69th of 102]
Definition: Health > HIV AIDS > Deaths
Hospital beds > per 1,000 people 0.61 per 1,000 people Time series [142nd of 149]
Definition: Health > Hospital beds > per 1,000 people
Infant mortality rate 73.48 [31st of 179]
Definition: Health > Infant mortality rate
Life expectancy at birth > Female 56.9 years Time series [187th of 226]
Definition: Health > Life expectancy at birth > Female
Life expectancy at birth > Male 53.06 years Time series [188th of 226]
Definition: Health > Life expectancy at birth > Male
Life expectancy at birth > Total population 54.95 years Time series [188th of 225]
Definition: Health > Life expectancy at birth > Total population
Malaria cases > per 100,000 17,340 [7th of 94]
Definition: Health > Malaria cases > per 100,000
Physicians > per 1,000 people 0.11 per 1,000 people Time series [50th of 148]
Definition: Health > Physicians > per 1,000 people
Probability of not reaching 40 40.5% [19th of 111]
Definition: Health > Probability of not reaching 40
Smoking prevalence, males > % of adults 38.5 % Time series [4th of 42]
Definition: Health > Smoking prevalence, males > % of adults
Spending > Per person 13 [113rd of 133]
Definition: Health > Spending > Per person
Tobacco > Cigarette consumption 171 [97th of 106]
Definition: Health > Tobacco > Cigarette consumption
Tobacco > Total adult smokers 17.8 [99th of 121]
Definition: Health > Tobacco > Total adult smokers
Total expenditure on health as % of GDP 7.3% [59th of 185]
Definition: Health > Total expenditure on health as % of GDP
Water availability 6,140 cubic meters [80th of 169]
Definition: Health > Water availability

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, December 2003; World Development Indicators database; UNICEF; WHO (World Health Organization). 2001. Correspondence on access to essential drugs. Department of Essential Drugs and Medecines Policy. February. Geneva; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; UNHDR; UN 2001 via backone.pdf; World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC; World Health Organization; World Health Organization2005; World Health Organization;

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Gambia, The, Republic of The Gambia, The Gambia, gambia

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