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Access to sanitation	96%		[37th of 129]
Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people	15.76 per 1,000 people		[118th of 195]
Source: CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Contraception	66%		[16th of 89]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Drug access	95%		[46th 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	1.2%		[47th 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	900		[64th of 102]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Hospital beds > per 1,000 people	1.4 per 1,000 people		[52nd of 149]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Infant mortality rate	12.81		[116th of 179]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Life expectancy at birth > Male	71.88 years		[89th of 226]
Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Life expectancy at birth > Total population	73.59 years		[96th of 225]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Maternal mortality	95 per 100,000		[66th of 136]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Physicians > per 1,000 people	0.85 per 1,000 people		[45th 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	5.4%		[95th of 111]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Spending > Per person	157		[55th of 133]
Source: UN 2001 via backone.pdf
Suicide rate > Females	0.2 per 100,000 people		[77th of 80]
Source: World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC
Suicide rate > Gender ratio	2.5 per 100,000 people		[57th of 76]
Source: annual figures:WHO databank, National Bureaus of Statistics. Department of Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis Population Division (1995). World population prospects. The 1994 revision. New York: United Nations. Partly computations: Department of Clinical Psychology, Psychiatric Clinic, University of W?rzburg, Germany
Suicide rate > Males	0.5 per 100,000 people		[79th of 80]
Source: annual figures:WHO databank, National Bureaus of Statistics. Department of Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis Population Division (1995). World population prospects. The 1994 revision. New York: United Nations. Partly computations: Department of Clinical Psychology, Psychiatric Clinic, University of W?rzburg, Germany
Tobacco > Cigarette consumption	735		[67th of 106]
Source: annual figures:WHO databank, National Bureaus of Statistics. Department of Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis Population Division (1995). World population prospects. The 1994 revision. New York: United Nations. Partly computations: Department of Clinical Psychology, Psychiatric Clinic, University of W?rzburg, Germany
Tobacco > Total adult smokers	14.6		[108th of 121]
Source: World Health Organization
Water availability	3,651 cubic meters		[94th of 169]
Source: World Health Organization2005

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