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Access to sanitation	81%		[70th of 129]
Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people	22.26 per 1,000 people		[82nd of 195]
Source: CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Contraception	62%		[24th of 89]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Drug access	50%		[129th of 163]
Source: UN (United Nations). 2002. United Nations Population Division Database on Contraceptive Use. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. January. New York
Hospital beds > per 1,000 people	7.11 per 1,000 people		[23rd of 149]
Source: WHO (World Health Organization). 2001. Correspondence on access to essential drugs. Department of Essential Drugs and Medecines Policy. February. Geneva
Life expectancy at birth > Female	71.82 years		[147th of 226]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Life expectancy at birth > Male	65.53 years		[149th of 226]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Life expectancy at birth > Total population	68.6 years		[148th of 225]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Malaria cases > per 100,000	1		[89th of 94]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Maternal mortality	65 per 100,000		[76th of 136]
Source: UNHDR
Physicians > per 1,000 people	4.18 per 1,000 people		[3rd 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.
Smoking prevalence, males > % of adults	27 %		[1st of 42]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Spending > Per person	30		[96th of 133]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Suicide rate > Females	3.4 per 100,000 people		[47th of 80]
Source: World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC
Suicide rate > Gender ratio	2.4 per 100,000 people		[59th of 76]
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	8.1 per 100,000 people		[57th of 80]
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
Tobacco > Cigarette consumption	2,307		[12th of 106]
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
Tobacco > Total adult smokers	14		[110th of 121]
Source: World Health Organization
Total expenditure on health as % of GDP	4.3%		[152nd of 185]
Source: World Health Organization2005
Water availability	5,218 cubic meters		[84th of 169]
Source: World Health Organization

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