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Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people	19.12 per 1,000 people		[101st of 195]
Children Underweight Rate	3%		[62nd of 95]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Contraception	50%		[47th of 89]
Source: UNICEF
Drug access	95%		[22nd 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	0.12%		[106th of 136]
Source: WHO (World Health Organization). 2001. Correspondence on access to essential drugs. Department of Essential Drugs and Medecines Policy. February. Geneva
Hospital beds > per 1,000 people	2.2 per 1,000 people		[42nd of 149]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Infant mortality rate	10.26		[121st of 179]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Life expectancy at birth > Female	78.73 years		[73rd of 226]
Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Life expectancy at birth > Male	76.38 years		[30th of 226]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Life expectancy at birth > Total population	77.53 years		[52nd of 225]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Maternal mortality	5 per 100,000		[133rd of 136]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Physicians > per 1,000 people	1.53 per 1,000 people		[55th 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	3%		[111st of 111]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Smoking prevalence, males > % of adults	34.4 %		[7th of 42]
Source: UN 2001 via backone.pdf
Suicide rate > Females	1.5 per 100,000 people		[66th of 80]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Suicide rate > Gender ratio	1.4 per 100,000 people		[76th 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	2.1 per 100,000 people		[75th 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	3,062		[3rd 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	15.6		[103rd of 121]
Source: World Health Organization
Water availability	10 cubic meters		[170th of 169]
Source: World Health Organization2005

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