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Death rate, crude > per 1,000 people	8.3 per 1,000 people		[89th of 195]
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Drowning	53 deaths		[50th of 61]
DEFINITION: Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for: Accidental drowning and submersion Accident to watercraft causing drowning and submersion Accident to watercraft causing drowning and submersion, merchant
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
rate, adult, female > per 1,000 female adults	47.12 per 1,000 female adults		[12th of 185]
DEFINITION: Adult mortality rate is the probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 60--that is, the probability of a 15-year-old dying before reaching age 60, if subject to current age-specific mortality rates between those ages.		View time series
SOURCE: World Health Organisation Statistical Information System
rate, adult, male > per 1,000 male adults	87.12 per 1,000 male adults		[12th of 185]
DEFINITION: Adult mortality rate is the probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 60--that is, the probability of a 15-year-old dying before reaching age 60, if subject to current age-specific mortality rates between those ages.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
rate, infant > per 1,000 live births	4 per 1,000 live births		[163rd of 187]
DEFINITION: Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
rate, under-5 > per 1,000	5 per 1,000		[164th of 187]
DEFINITION: Under-5 mortality rate is the probability that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to current age-specific mortality rates. The probability is expressed as a rate per 1,000.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Self harm	1,378 deaths		[19th of 61]
DEFINITION: Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for: Intentional self-harm Intentional self-harm by hanging, strangulation and suffocation Intentional self-harm by hanging, strangulation and suffocation, home
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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