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Access to sanitation	100%		[20th of 129]
Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people	14.31 per 1,000 people		[128th of 195]
Definition: Health > Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people
Source: CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Dependency ratio per 100	56		[106th of 166]
Definition: Health > Dependency ratio per 100
Source: World Development Indicators database
Drug access	50%		[134th of 163]
Definition: Health > Drug access
Source: World Health Organization
Hospital beds > per 1,000 people	3.2 per 1,000 people		[34th of 149]
Definition: Health > Hospital beds > per 1,000 people
Source: WHO (World Health Organization). 2001. Correspondence on access to essential drugs. Department of Essential Drugs and Medecines Policy. February. Geneva
Infant mortality rate	13.95		[111st of 179]
Definition: Health > Infant mortality rate
Source: World Development Indicators database
Life expectancy at birth > Female	79.05 years		[69th of 226]
Definition: Health > Life expectancy at birth > Female
Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Life expectancy at birth > Male	73.59 years		[67th of 226]
Definition: Health > Life expectancy at birth > Male
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Life expectancy at birth > Total population	76.25 years		[68th of 225]
Definition: Health > Life expectancy at birth > Total population
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Life expectancy at birth, total > years	74.17 years		[59th of 194]
Definition: Health > Life expectancy at birth, total > years
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Maternal mortality	30 per 100,000		[97th of 136]
Definition: Health > Maternal mortality
Source: World Development Indicators database
Physicians > per 1,000 people	5.17 per 1,000 people		[1st of 148]
Definition: Health > Physicians > per 1,000 people
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	5.3%		[98th of 111]
Definition: Health > Probability of not reaching 40
Source: World Development Indicators database
Probability of reaching 65 > Male	70.1%		[56th of 159]
Definition: Health > Probability of reaching 65 > Male
Source: UN 2001 via backone.pdf
Smoking prevalence, males > % of adults	37.3 %		[4th of 42]
Definition: Health > Smoking prevalence, males > % of adults
Source: UN (United Nations). 2001. World Population Prospects 1950-2050: The 2000 Revision. Database. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. New York
Spending > Per person	151		[57th of 133]
Definition: Health > Spending > Per person
Source: World Development Indicators database
Suicide rate > Females	3 per 100,000 people		[55th of 80]
Definition: Health > Suicide rate > Females
Source: World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC
Suicide rate > Gender ratio	3.7 per 100,000 people		[34th of 76]
Definition: Health > Suicide rate > Gender ratio
Source: 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
Suicide rate > Males	11 per 100,000 people		[49th of 80]
Definition: Health > Suicide rate > Males
Source: 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
Total expenditure on health as % of GDP	5%		[123rd of 185]
Definition: Health > Total expenditure on health as % of GDP
Source: 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

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