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Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people	21.38 per 1,000 people		[88th of 195]
Children Underweight Rate	1%		[94th of 95]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Drug access	50%		[136th of 163]
Source: UNICEF
HIV AIDS > Adult prevalence rate	0.4%		[64th 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	2,000		[57th of 102]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Hospital beds > per 1,000 people	1.9 per 1,000 people		[55th of 149]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Infant mortality rate	18.35		[99th of 179]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Life expectancy at birth > Female	75.94 years		[109th of 226]
Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Life expectancy at birth > Male	70.32 years		[107th of 226]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Life expectancy at birth > Total population	73.03 years		[108th of 225]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Malaria cases > per 100,000	57		[64th of 94]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Maternal mortality	41 per 100,000		[91st of 136]
Source: UNHDR
Physicians > per 1,000 people	0.7 per 1,000 people		[69th 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	5%		[100th of 111]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Smoking prevalence, males > % of adults	43 %		[10th of 42]
Source: UN 2001 via backone.pdf
Spending > Per person	81		[77th of 133]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Tobacco > Cigarette consumption	910		[62nd of 106]
Source: World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC
Tobacco > Total adult smokers	26.4		[69th of 121]
Source: World Health Organization
Total expenditure on health as % of GDP	3.8%		[161st of 185]
Source: World Health Organization2005
Water availability	26,105 cubic meters		[36th of 169]
Source: World Health Organization

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