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Africa > Guinea > Health

GUINEAN HEALTH STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Access to sanitation 23% [124th of 129]
Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people 40.75 per 1,000 people Time series [19th of 195]
Source: CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Children Underweight Rate 5% [41st of 95]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Contraception 6% [87th of 89]
Source: UNICEF
Drug access 80% [71st 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 3.2% Time series [30th 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 9,000 Time series [37th of 102]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Hospital beds > per 1,000 people 0.55 per 1,000 people Time series [143rd of 149]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Infant mortality rate 91.82 [19th of 179]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Life expectancy at birth > Female 58.08 years Time series [185th of 226]
Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Life expectancy at birth > Male 55.12 years Time series [185th of 226]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Life expectancy at birth > Total population 56.58 years Time series [185th of 225]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Malaria cases > per 100,000 75,386 [1st of 94]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Maternal mortality 530 per 100,000 [20th of 136]
Source: UNHDR
Physicians > per 1,000 people 0.11 per 1,000 people Time series [47th 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 38.3% [22nd of 111]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Smoking prevalence, males > % of adults 58.9 % Time series [5th of 42]
Source: UN 2001 via backone.pdf
Spending > Per person 19 [107th of 133]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Tobacco > Total adult smokers 51.7 [2nd of 121]
Source: World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC
Water availability 27,716 cubic meters [35th of 169]
Source: World Health Organization2005

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, December 2003; World Development Indicators database; UNICEF; UN (United Nations). 2002. United Nations Population Division Database on Contraceptive Use. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. January. New York; 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; UNICEF (United Nations Children?s Fund). 2002. Official Summary: The State of the World's Children 2002. New York: Oxford University Press.; UN 2001 via backone.pdf; World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC; World Health Organization2005;

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Guinea, Republic of Guinea, Republique de Guinee, Guinee

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