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Access to sanitation	87%		[57th of 129]
Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people	26.1 per 1,000 people		[67th of 195]
Source: CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Children Underweight Rate	13%		[6th of 95]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Contraception	24%		[66th of 89]
Source: UNICEF
Drug access	50%		[117th 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	0.1%		[119th 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	4,900		[46th of 102]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Hospital beds > per 1,000 people	0.7 per 1,000 people		[60th of 149]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Infant mortality rate	74.43		[28th of 179]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Life expectancy at birth > Female	65.25 years		[170th of 226]
Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Life expectancy at birth > Male	63.07 years		[160th of 226]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Life expectancy at birth > Total population	64.13 years		[165th of 225]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Malaria cases > per 100,000	58		[63rd of 94]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Physicians > per 1,000 people	0.74 per 1,000 people		[17th of 148]
Source: UNHDR
Probability of not reaching 40	20.1%		[50th of 111]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Smoking prevalence, males > % of adults	36 %		[6th of 42]
Source: UN 2001 via backone.pdf
Spending > Per person	18		[108th of 133]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Tobacco > Cigarette consumption	564		[76th of 106]
Source: World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC
Tobacco > Total adult smokers	22.5		[84th of 121]
Source: World Health Organization
Water availability	2,961 cubic meters		[105th of 169]
Source: World Health Organization2005

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