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Access to sanitation	97%		[34th of 129]
Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people	17.1 per 1,000 people		[115th of 195]
Source: CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Children Underweight Rate	1%		[88th of 95]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Drug access	50%		[106th of 163]
Source: UNICEF
HIV AIDS > Adult prevalence rate	0.04%		[131st of 136]
Source: WHO (World Health Organization). 2001. Correspondence on access to essential drugs. Department of Essential Drugs and Medecines Policy. February. Geneva
Hospital beds > per 1,000 people	1.7 per 1,000 people		[45th of 149]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Life expectancy at birth > Female	77.46 years		[88th of 226]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Life expectancy at birth > Male	73.79 years		[66th of 226]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Life expectancy at birth > Total population	75.56 years		[73rd of 225]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Life expectancy at birth, total > years	73.45 years		[66th of 194]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Malaria cases > per 100,000	1		[93rd of 94]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Maternal mortality	70 per 100,000		[70th of 136]
Source: UNHDR
Physicians > per 1,000 people	1.34 per 1,000 people		[10th of 148]
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	7.8%		[83rd of 111]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Smoking prevalence, males > % of adults	49.5 %		[4th of 42]
Source: UN 2001 via backone.pdf
Spending > Per person	108		[69th of 133]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Tobacco > Cigarette consumption	1,341		[47th of 106]
Source: World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC
Tobacco > Total adult smokers	34.8		[35th of 121]
Source: World Health Organization
Total expenditure on health as % of GDP	5.8%		[98th of 185]
Source: World Health Organization2005
Water availability	482 cubic meters		[152nd of 169]
Source: World Health Organization

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