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Access to sanitation	48%		[104th of 129]
Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people	27.92 per 1,000 people		[60th of 195]
Source: CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Children Underweight Rate	4%		[47th of 95]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Drug access	80%		[57th of 163]
Source: UNICEF
HIV AIDS > Adult prevalence rate	28.9%		[3rd 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	29,000		[18th of 102]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
HIV AIDS > People living with HIV AIDS	320,000		[19th of 126]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Hospital beds > per 1,000 people	1.63 per 1,000 people		[43rd of 149]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Infant mortality rate	85.22		[23rd of 179]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Life expectancy at birth > Female	39.34 years		[219th of 226]
Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Life expectancy at birth > Male	40.97 years		[217th of 226]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Life expectancy at birth > Total population	40.17 years		[219th of 225]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Life expectancy at birth, total > years	35.16 years		[182nd of 194]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Malaria cases > per 100,000	0		[95th of 94]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Physicians > per 1,000 people	0.05 per 1,000 people		[51st of 148]
Source: UNHDR
Probability of not reaching 40	35.4%		[25th of 111]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Smoking prevalence, males > % of adults	38.5 %		[1st of 42]
Source: UN 2001 via backone.pdf
Tobacco > Total adult smokers	19.8		[92nd of 121]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Total expenditure on health as % of GDP	6.2%		[80th of 185]
Source: World Health Organization2005
Water availability	1,485 cubic meters		[137th of 169]
Source: World Health Organization

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