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Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people	18.1 per 1,000 people		[17th of 195]
Dependency ratio per 100	46		[151st of 166]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Drug access	80%		[78th of 163]
Source: World Health Organization
expenditure per capita > current US$	534.4 $		[45th of 186]
Source: WHO (World Health Organization). 2001. Correspondence on access to essential drugs. Department of Essential Drugs and Medecines Policy. February. Geneva
expenditure, total > % of GDP	6.1 %		[92nd of 187]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Fertility rate, total > births per woman	2.1 births per woman		[35th of 194]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Hospital beds > per 1,000 people	6.28 per 1,000 people		[29th of 149]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Life expectancy at birth > Female	78.1 years		[81st of 226]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Life expectancy at birth > Male	67.27 years		[139th of 226]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Life expectancy at birth > Total population	72.6 years		[113rd of 225]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Life expectancy at birth, total > years	72.95 years		[72nd of 194]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Physicians > per 1,000 people	1.51 per 1,000 people		[8th of 148]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Smoking prevalence, females > % of adults	6.9 %		[4th of 43]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Smoking prevalence, males > % of adults	37 %		[5th of 42]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Spending > Public	4.8%
Source: World Development Indicators database
Tobacco > Adult female smokers	6.9		[84th of 114]
Tobacco > Adult male smokers	37		[69th of 115]
Source: World Health Organization
Tobacco > Total adult smokers	22		[89th of 121]
Source: World Health Organization
Total expenditure on health as % of GDP	5.2%		[113rd of 185]
Source: World Health Organization2005
Total fertility rate	1.8		[136th of 166]
Source: World Health Organization

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