NationMaster - Nicaraguan Health statistics

Access to sanitation	34%	[114th of 129]
Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people	27.79 per 1,000 people	[62nd of 195]
Definition: Health > Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people
Contraception	60%	[31st of 89]
Definition: Health > Contraception
Drug access	0%	[163rd of 163]
Definition: Health > Drug access
HIV AIDS > Adult prevalence rate	0.2%	[70th of 136]
Definition: Health > HIV AIDS > Adult prevalence rate
HIV AIDS > Deaths	400	[82nd of 102]
Definition: Health > HIV AIDS > Deaths
Hospital beds > per 1,000 people	0.9 per 1,000 people	[58th of 149]
Definition: Health > Hospital beds > per 1,000 people
Infant mortality rate	30.15	[71st of 179]
Definition: Health > Infant mortality rate
Life expectancy at birth > Male	69.08 years	[117th of 226]
Definition: Health > Life expectancy at birth > Male
Life expectancy at birth > Total population	71.21 years	[128th of 225]
Definition: Health > Life expectancy at birth > Total population
Malaria cases > per 100,000	402	[48th of 94]
Definition: Health > Malaria cases > per 100,000
Maternal mortality	150 per 100,000	[55th of 136]
Definition: Health > Maternal mortality
Physicians > per 1,000 people	0.37 per 1,000 people	[47th of 148]
Definition: Health > Physicians > per 1,000 people
Probability of not reaching 40	11.5%	[65th of 111]
Definition: Health > Probability of not reaching 40
Spending > Per person	54	[84th of 133]
Definition: Health > Spending > Per person
Suicide rate > Females	1.8 per 100,000 people	[62nd of 80]
Definition: Health > Suicide rate > Females
Suicide rate > Gender ratio	2.4 per 100,000 people	[60th of 76]
Definition: Health > Suicide rate > Gender ratio
Suicide rate > Males	4.3 per 100,000 people	[70th of 80]
Definition: Health > Suicide rate > Males
Tobacco > Cigarette consumption	793	[65th of 106]
Definition: Health > Tobacco > Cigarette consumption
Water availability	38,787 cubic meters	[28th of 169]
Definition: Health > Water availability

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, December 2003; World Development Indicators database; UN (United Nations). 2002. United Nations Population Division Database on Contraceptive Use. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. January. New York; WHO (World Health Organization). 2001. Correspondence on access to essential drugs. Department of Essential Drugs and Medecines Policy. February. Geneva; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; UNHDR; UNICEF (United Nations Children?s Fund). 2002. Official Summary: The State of the World's Children 2002. New York: Oxford University Press.; UN 2001 via backone.pdf; World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC; annual figures:WHO databank, National Bureaus of Statistics. Department of Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis Population Division (1995). World population prospects. The 1994 revision. New York: United Nations. Partly computations: Department of Clinical Psychology, Psychiatric Clinic, University of W?rzburg, Germany; World Health Organization;

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Nicaragua, Republic of Nicaragua, Republica de Nicaragua

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