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Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people	36.4 per 1,000 people		[31st of 195]
Children Underweight Rate	7%		[26th of 95]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Dependency ratio per 100	90		[21st of 166]
Source: UNICEF
expenditure per capita > current US$	12 $		[175th of 186]
Source: World Health Organization
Fertility rate, total > births per woman	5.2 births per woman		[27th of 194]
Source: World Development Indicators database
HIV AIDS > Adult prevalence rate	8.8%		[11th of 136]
Source: World Development Indicators database
HIV AIDS > Deaths	160,000		[4th of 102]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
HIV AIDS > People living with HIV AIDS	1,600,000		[3rd of 126]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Hospital beds > per 1,000 people	0.89 per 1,000 people		[66th of 149]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Life expectancy at birth > Female	52.88 years		[198th of 226]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Life expectancy at birth > Male	50.06 years		[201st of 226]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Life expectancy at birth > Total population	51.45 years		[199th of 225]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Life expectancy at birth, total > years	46.3 years		[161st of 194]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Major infectious diseases > Food or waterborne diseases bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
Source: World Development Indicators database
Physicians > per 1,000 people	0.02 per 1,000 people		[56th of 148]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Smoking prevalence, females > % of adults	1.3 %		[22nd of 43]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Smoking prevalence, males > % of adults	23 %		[24th of 42]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Total expenditure on health as % of GDP	4.9%		[125th of 185]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Total fertility rate	5.1		[30th of 166]
Source: World Health Organization
Women circumcised	1.5		[15th of 27]
Source: World Health Organization

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