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Access to sanitation	37%		[112nd of 129]
Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people	37.99 per 1,000 people		[28th of 195]
Source: CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Children Underweight Rate	11%		[13th of 95]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Contraception	19%		[75th of 89]
Source: UNICEF
Drug access	50%		[121st 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	1.7%		[42nd 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	7,500		[40th of 102]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Hospital beds > per 1,000 people	0.42 per 1,000 people		[54th of 149]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Infant mortality rate	78.52		[25th of 179]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Life expectancy at birth > Female	64.51 years		[173rd of 226]
Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Life expectancy at birth > Male	60.58 years		[171st of 226]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Life expectancy at birth > Total population	62.52 years		[174th of 225]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Life expectancy at birth, total > years	55.82 years		[143rd of 194]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Maternal mortality	490 per 100,000		[26th of 136]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Physicians > per 1,000 people	0.29 per 1,000 people		[31st 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	31.6%		[36th of 111]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Spending > Per person	5		[132nd of 133]
Source: UN 2001 via backone.pdf
Tobacco > Cigarette consumption	315		[86th of 106]
Source: World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC
Total expenditure on health as % of GDP	2.1%		[184th of 185]
Source: World Health Organization
Water availability	21,102 cubic meters		[43rd of 169]
Source: World Health Organization

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