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Access to sanitation	98%		[32nd of 129]
Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people	29.9 per 1,000 people		[48th of 195]
Source: CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Contraception	33%		[57th of 89]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Drug access	0%		[157th 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	8.1%		[12th 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	3,000		[54th of 102]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Hospital beds > per 1,000 people	3.19 per 1,000 people		[69th of 149]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Infant mortality rate	54.34		[48th of 179]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Life expectancy at birth > Female	54.57 years		[194th of 226]
Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Life expectancy at birth > Male	52.5 years		[192nd of 226]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Life expectancy at birth > Total population	53.52 years		[194th of 225]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Life expectancy at birth, total > years	53.83 years		[149th of 194]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Malaria cases > per 100,000	2,148		[32nd of 94]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Maternal mortality	520 per 100,000		[23rd of 136]
Source: UNHDR
Physicians > per 1,000 people	0.29 per 1,000 people		[30th 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	32%		[33rd of 111]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Spending > Per person	122		[65th of 133]
Source: UN 2001 via backone.pdf
Tobacco > Cigarette consumption	487		[79th of 106]
Source: World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC
Total expenditure on health as % of GDP	4.3%		[153rd of 185]
Source: World Health Organization
Water availability	133,333 cubic meters		[8th of 169]
Source: World Health Organization

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