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Access to sanitation	70%		[81st of 129]
Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people	40.47 per 1,000 people		[21st of 195]
Source: CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Children Underweight Rate	9%		[18th of 95]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Drug access	50%		[118th of 163]
Source: UNICEF
HIV AIDS > Adult prevalence rate	0.6%		[57th 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	610		[78th of 102]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Hospital beds > per 1,000 people	0.67 per 1,000 people		[138th of 149]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Infant mortality rate	72.35		[32nd of 179]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Life expectancy at birth > Female	56.28 years		[190th of 226]
Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Life expectancy at birth > Male	51.61 years		[195th of 226]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Life expectancy at birth > Total population	53.91 years		[192nd of 225]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Life expectancy at birth, total > years	53.66 years		[150th of 194]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Malaria cases > per 100,000	11,150		[14th of 94]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Maternal mortality	550 per 100,000		[17th of 136]
Source: UNHDR
Physicians > per 1,000 people	0.11 per 1,000 people		[46th 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	33.1%		[32nd of 111]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Spending > Per person	19		[105th of 133]
Source: UN 2001 via backone.pdf
Tobacco > Cigarette consumption	317		[85th of 106]
Source: World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC
Total expenditure on health as % of GDP	3.9%		[157th of 185]
Source: World Health Organization
Water availability	4,278 cubic meters		[88th of 169]
Source: World Health Organization

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