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% immunized 1-year-old children > DPT3	50		[171st of 187]
% immunized 1-year-old children > Measles	47		[177th of 186]
% immunized 1-year-old children > Polio3	50		[170th of 187]
% immunized 1-year-old children > TB	70		[136th of 153]
% immunized pregnant women tetanus	41		[39th of 54]
% of population using adequate sanitation facilities > Rural	44		[95th of 140]
% of population using adequate sanitation facilities > Total	56		[106th of 144]
% of population using adequate sanitation facilities > Urban	95		[66th of 141]
% of population using improved drinking water sources > Rural	49		[113rd of 146]
% of population using improved drinking water sources > Total	56		[129th of 150]
% of population using improved drinking water sources > Urban	79		[122nd of 147]
% under-fives with ARI --	10		[42nd of 79]
% under-fives with ARI taken to health provider	64		[25th of 80]
Access to sanitation	25%		[123rd of 129]
Adolescent fertility rate > births per 1,000 women ages 15-19	192.03 births		[6th of 184]
ARI treatment > % of children under 5 taken to a health provider	64 %		[17th of 52]
Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people	49.59 per 1,000 people		[4th of 195]
Births attended by skilled health staff > % of total	34.7 %		[65th of 76]
Births with health staff	35%		[100th of 116]
Children living with AIDS	1,500		[48th of 80]
Children living with AIDS (per capita)	1.06157 per 1,000 people		[28th of 80]
Children Underweight Rate	5%		[38th of 95]
Contraceptive prevalence > % of women ages 15-49	8 %		[55th of 57]
Dependency ratio per 100	101		[7th of 166]
Diarrhea treatment > % of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued feeding	22.6 %		[43rd of 47]
Drinking water availability %	56%		[127th of 147]
Drug access	0%		[139th of 163]
expenditure per capita > current US$	8.7 $		[177th of 186]
expenditure, private > % of GDP	3.49 %		[34th of 187]
expenditure, public > % of GDP	1.31 %		[169th of 187]
expenditure, total > % of GDP	4.8 %		[130th of 187]
External resources for health > % of total expenditure on health	31.6 %		[17th of 141]
External resources for health as % of total expenditure on health	35.9%		[13th of 179]
Female adults with HIV > % of population ages 15+ with HIV	58.62 %		[25th of 112]
Fertility rate, total > births per woman	7.08 births per woman		[4th of 194]
Healthy life expectancy at birth, years > Females	41.5		[167th of 186]
Healthy life expectancy at birth, years > Males	39.6		[168th of 186]
Healthy life expectancy at birth, years > Total population	40.5		[166th of 186]
HIV AIDS > Adult prevalence rate	10%		[10th of 136]
HIV AIDS > Deaths	1,200		[66th of 102]
HIV AIDS > Deaths (per capita)	853.376 per million people		[44th of 102]
HIV AIDS > People living with HIV AIDS	17,000		[75th of 126]
HIV AIDS > People living with HIV AIDS (per capita)	12.089 per 1,000 people		[39th of 126]
HIV AIDS > Women living with aids 15-49	2.81		[31st of 114]
HIVAIDS > Adult prevalence rate 15-49 years,	2.8		[31st of 145]
HIVAIDS > children orphaned by AIDS 0-14 years,	4,000		[62nd of 82]
Hospital beds > per 1,000 people	1.48 per 1,000 people		[108th of 149]
Immunization, DPT > % of children ages 12-23 months	80 %		[148th of 190]
Immunization, measles > % of children ages 12-23 months	80 %		[142nd of 190]
Improved sanitation facilities > % of population with access	35 %		[138th of 167]
Improved sanitation facilities, rural > % of rural population with access	23 %		[141st of 167]
Improved sanitation facilities, urban > % of urban population with access	57 %		[138th of 173]
Improved water source > % of population with access	59 %		[151st of 176]
Improved water source, rural > % of rural population with access	49 %		[146th of 174]
Improved water source, urban > % of urban population with access	79 %		[157th of 181]
Incidence of tuberculosis > per 100,000 people	206.26 per 100,000 people		[49th of 200]
Infant mortality rate	108.72		[7th of 179]
Infant mortality rate > Female	91.25 deaths/1,000 live births		[12th of 225]
Infant mortality rate > Male	111.74 deaths/1,000 live births		[8th of 225]
Infant mortality rate > Total	101.64 deaths/1,000 live births		[9th of 225]
Intestinal diseases death rate	36.14%		[11th of 141]
life expectancy > Date of information	2006 est.
Life expectancy at birth > Female	49.39 years		[204th of 226]
Life expectancy at birth > Male	45.71 years		[209th of 226]
Life expectancy at birth > Total population	47.52 years		[207th of 225]
Life expectancy at birth, female > years	46.51 years		[164th of 194]
Life expectancy at birth, male > years	43.79 years		[165th of 194]
Life expectancy at birth, total > years	45.12 years		[164th of 194]
Life expectancy at birth, years > Females	48		[165th of 186]
Life expectancy at birth, years > Males	45		[165th of 186]
Life expectancy at birth, years > Total population	47		[165th of 186]
Major infectious diseases > Degree of risk	very high
Major infectious diseases > Food or waterborne diseases bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
Major infectious diseases > Vectorborne diseases	malaria and yellow fever
Major infectious diseases > Water contact disease	schistosomiasis
Malaria % under-fives sleeping under a bednet	67		[3rd of 35]
Malaria % under-fives sleeping under a treated bednet	7		[6th of 28]
Malaria % under-fives with fever receiving anti-malarial drugs	58		[14th of 34]
Malaria cases > per 100,000	2,421		[30th of 94]
Malaria prevention, use of insecticide-treated bed nets > % of under-5 population	7 %		[6th of 27]
Malnutrition prevalence, height for age > % of children under 5	30.5 %		[19th of 52]
Malnutrition prevalence, weight for age > % of children under 5	25 %		[21st of 63]
Maternal mortality	910 per 100,000		[5th of 136]
Measles immunization	70		[136th of 168]
Nutrition > % of children who are still breastfeeding 20-23 months	67		[10th of 105]
Nutrition > % of children who are   exclusively breastfed 6 months	37		[44th of 125]
Nutrition > % of households consuming iodized salt	2		[109th of 112]
Nutrition > % of under-fives suffering from stunting moderate & severe	30		[42nd of 132]
Nutrition > % of under-fives suffering from underweight moderate & severe	25		[35th of 137]
Nutrition > % of under-fives suffering from underweight severe	7		[26th of 104]
Nutrition > % of under-fives suffering from wasting moderate & severe	10		[32nd of 128]
Nutrition > Vitamin A supplementation coverage rate 6-59 months	100		[3rd of 57]
Oral rehydration rate %	13		[55th of 73]
Out-of-pocket expenditure as % of private health expenditure	100%		[1st of 185]
Out-of-pocket health expenditure > % of private expenditure on health	90 %		[84th of 185]
Per capita government expenditure on health in international dollars	18		[164th of 185]
Per capita total expenditure on health in international dollars	38		[173rd of 185]
Physicians > per 1,000 people	0.12 per 1,000 people		[45th of 148]
Pregnant women receiving prenatal care > %	62.1 %		[50th of 62]
Prepaid plans as % of private expenditure on health	0%		[102nd of 159]
Prevalence of HIV, total > % of population ages 15-49	3.79 %		[20th of 148]
Prevalence of undernourishment > % of population	39 %		[15th of 172]
Private expenditure on health as % of total expenditure on health	51.8%		[66th of 185]
Probability of dying before 5 > Females	197 per 1,000 people		[12th of 187]
Probability of not reaching 40	42.2%		[15th of 111]
Probability of reaching 65 > Female	37.8%		[145th of 159]
Probability of reaching 65 > Male	32.5%		[147th of 159]
Respiratory disease child death rate	208.4 (est)
Tobacco > Cigarette consumption	90		[104th of 106]
Total expenditure on health as % of GDP	6.3%		[76th of 185]
Total fertility rate	7.1		[4th of 166]
Tuberculosis cases > Per 100,000	135		[42nd of 165]
Tuberculosis cases detected under DOTS > %	79.05 %		[47th of 178]
Tuberculosis immunisation	74%		[113rd of 134]
Tuberculosis treatment success rate > % of registered cases	75.37 %		[106th of 171]
Water availability	25,855 cubic meters		[37th of 169]
Women circumcised	0.3		[27th of 27]
Women circumcised (per capita)	0.000212314 per 1,000 people		[13th of 27]
Women circumcised share	0.3%		[27th of 27]

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