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Access to sanitation	81%		[69th of 129]
Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people	17.69 per 1,000 people		[111st of 195]
Source: CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Children Underweight Rate	3%		[57th of 95]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Contraception	60%		[26th of 89]
Source: UNICEF
Dependency ratio per 100	56		[101st of 166]
Source: UN (United Nations). 2002. United Nations Population Division Database on Contraceptive Use. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. January. New York
Drug access	50%		[114th of 163]
Source: World Health Organization
Hospital beds > per 1,000 people	11.49 per 1,000 people		[13th of 149]
Source: WHO (World Health Organization). 2001. Correspondence on access to essential drugs. Department of Essential Drugs and Medecines Policy. February. Geneva
Infant mortality rate	55.45		[46th of 179]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Life expectancy at birth > Female	69.84 years		[154th of 226]
Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Life expectancy at birth > Male	64.92 years		[151st of 226]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Life expectancy at birth > Total population	67.32 years		[153rd of 225]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Life expectancy at birth, total > years	66.84 years		[118th of 194]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Maternal mortality	150 per 100,000		[54th of 136]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Physicians > per 1,000 people	2.63 per 1,000 people		[22nd 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	15%		[57th of 111]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Probability of reaching 65 > Male	53.9%		[107th of 159]
Source: UN 2001 via backone.pdf
Smoking prevalence, males > % of adults	67.8 %		[1st of 42]
Source: UN (United Nations). 2001. World Population Prospects 1950-2050: The 2000 Revision. Database. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. New York
Tobacco > Total adult smokers	46.7		[6th of 121]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Total expenditure on health as % of GDP	6.3%		[77th of 185]
Source: World Health Organization2005
Water availability	13,739 cubic meters		[51st of 169]
Source: World Health Organization

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