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% immunized 1-year-old children > DPT3	91		[90th of 187]
% immunized 1-year-old children > Measles	83		[113rd of 186]
% immunized 1-year-old children > Polio3	91		[92nd of 187]
% of population using adequate sanitation facilities > Rural	100		[7th of 140]
% of population using adequate sanitation facilities > Total	100		[6th of 144]
% of population using adequate sanitation facilities > Urban	100		[8th of 141]
% of population using improved drinking water sources > Rural	100		[13th of 146]
% of population using improved drinking water sources > Total	100		[10th of 150]
% of population using improved drinking water sources > Urban	100		[17th of 147]
ABO and Rh distribution > A−	7 %		[3rd of 9]
ABO and Rh distribution > A+	35 %		[5th of 10]
ABO and Rh distribution > AB−	1 %		[7th of 9]
ABO and Rh distribution > AB+	3 %		[7th of 10]
ABO and Rh distribution > B−	2 %		[3rd of 9]
ABO and Rh distribution > B+	8 %		[9th of 10]
ABO and Rh distribution > O−	7 %		[3rd of 9]
ABO and Rh distribution > O+	37 %		[5th of 10]
Access to sanitation	100%		[5th of 129]
Acute care beds	3.9 per 1,000 people		[11th of 22]
Adolescent fertility rate > births per 1,000 women ages 15-19	24.79 births		[125th of 184]
Age of women at first childbirth	29.1 years old		[2nd of 17]
Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people	11.9 per 1,000 people		[141st of 195]
Births > Low birth weight	7.6%		[6th of 26]
Births attended by skilled health staff > % of total	99 %		[16th of 76]
Births by caesarean section	170 live births per 1,000 pe		[10th of 16]
Births with health staff	99%		[19th of 116]
Breast cancer incidence	26 per 100,000 females		[8th of 26]
Child injury death index	6.1		[25th of 26]
Child maltreatment deaths	0.4 per 100,000 children		[22nd of 27]
Children living with AIDS	550		[62nd of 80]
Children living with AIDS (per capita)	0.00909978 per 1,000 people		[74th of 80]
Circulatory disease deaths	265 deaths per 100,000 peopl		[6th of 18]
Consultation with doctors	4.9 per person per year		[12th of 15]
Contraceptive prevalence > % of women ages 15-49	84 %		[1st of 57]
Daily smokers	26%		[17th of 30]
Daily smokers > 1990	30%		[15th of 27]
Death from cancer	253.5 deaths per 100,000 peopl		[16th of 16]
Dependency ratio per 100	52		[122nd of 166]
Digestive disease deaths	22.1 per 100,000 people		[15th of 26]
Drinking water availability %	100%		[6th of 147]
Drug access	95%		[15th of 163]
Duration of hospitalisation	6.9 days		[7th of 16]
expenditure per capita > current US$	2,899.7 $		[18th of 186]
expenditure, private > % of GDP	1.11 %		[161st of 187]
expenditure, public > % of GDP	6.99 %		[19th of 187]
expenditure, total > % of GDP	8.1 %		[36th of 187]
External resources for health as % of total expenditure on health	0%		[145th of 179]
Fertility rate, total > births per woman	1.8 births per woman		[134th of 194]
Growth in health expenditure > Per annum	3.8%		[6th of 21]
Health care funding > Private per capita	$335.00 per capita		[21st of 25]
Health care funding > Public per capita	$1,429.00 per capita		[16th of 25]
Health care funding > Total per capita	$1,764.00 per capita		[16th of 25]
Healthy life expectancy at birth, years > Females	72.1		[25th of 186]
Healthy life expectancy at birth, years > Males	69.1		[21st of 186]
Healthy life expectancy at birth, years > Total population	70.6		[24th of 186]
Heart disease deaths	122 per 100,000 people		[7th of 26]
HIV AIDS > Adult prevalence rate	0.2%		[97th of 136]
HIV AIDS > Deaths	460		[80th of 102]
HIV AIDS > Deaths (per capita)	7.731 per million people		[96th of 102]
HIV AIDS > People living with HIV AIDS	51,000		[58th of 126]
HIV AIDS > People living with HIV AIDS (per capita)	0.857 per 1,000 people		[89th of 126]
HIV AIDS > Women living with aids 15-49	0.1		[99th of 114]
HIVAIDS > Adult prevalence rate 15-49 years,	0.1		[101st of 145]
Hospital beds	4.1 per 1,000 people		[23rd of 29]
Hospital beds > per 1,000 people	4.2 per 1,000 people		[34th of 149]
Immunization, DPT > % of children ages 12-23 months	91 %		[99th of 190]
Immunization, measles > % of children ages 12-23 months	82 %		[132nd of 190]
Improved water source > % of population with access	100 %		[13th of 176]
Improved water source, rural > % of rural population with access	100 %		[24th of 174]
Improved water source, urban > % of urban population with access	100 %		[45th of 181]
Incidence of tuberculosis > per 100,000 people	14.24 per 100,000 people		[159th of 200]
Infant mortality rate > Female	4.34 deaths/1,000 live births		[194th of 225]
Infant mortality rate > Male	5.49 deaths/1,000 live births		[191st of 225]
Infant mortality rate > Total	4.93 deaths/1,000 live births		[192nd of 225]
Intestinal diseases death rate	0.75%		[114th of 141]
life expectancy > Date of information	2006 est.
Life expectancy > Female healthy years	70.9 years		[19th of 29]
Life expectancy > Healthy years	69.6 years		[20th of 29]
Life expectancy > Male healthy years	68.4 years		[16th of 29]
Life expectancy at birth > Female	81.46 years		[41st of 226]
Life expectancy at birth > Male	76.37 years		[31st of 226]
Life expectancy at birth > Total population	78.85 years		[36th of 225]
Life expectancy at birth, female > years	81.1 years		[34th of 194]
Life expectancy at birth, male > years	76.9 years		[21st of 194]
Life expectancy at birth, total > years	78.95 years		[25th of 194]
Life expectancy at birth, years > Females	81		[23rd of 186]
Life expectancy at birth, years > Males	76		[16th of 186]
Life expectancy at birth, years > Total population	79		[17th of 186]
Malnutrition prevalence, height for age > % of children under 5	2.4 %		[6th of 52]
Malnutrition prevalence, weight for age > % of children under 5	2.1 %		[4th of 63]
Maternal mortality	7 per 100,000		[123rd of 136]
Measles immunization	91		[71st of 168]
Nurses	8.8 per 1,000 people		[13th of 17]
Obesity	23%		[3rd of 29]
Obesity in men	22.1%		[1st of 11]
Obesity in women	22.8%		[2nd of 11]
Out-of-pocket expenditure as % of private health expenditure	55.9%		[162nd of 185]
Out-of-pocket health expenditure > % of private expenditure on health	91.8 %		[77th of 185]
Overall health performance	70%		[18th of 19]
Overall health performance (per capita)	0.012 % per 10,000 people		[18th of 19]
Per capita government expenditure on health in international dollars	1,801		[14th of 185]
Per capita total expenditure on health in international dollars	2,160		[19th of 185]
Percentage of life lived in ill health > Female	11.3%		[19th of 29]
Percentage of life lived in ill health > Males	8.8%		[22nd of 29]
Physicians > per 1,000 people	2.2 per 1,000 people		[36th of 148]
Pink ribbon > Breast Cancer 3 Day "Celebrating Life" award ceremony
Plastic surgery procedures	4,668		[20th of 34]
Plastic surgery procedures (per capita)	7.723 per 100,000 people		[28th of 34]
Practising physicians	2.1 per 1,000 people		[21st of 24]
Prepaid plans as % of private expenditure on health	18.6%		[29th of 159]
Prevalence of undernourishment > % of population	2.5 %		[133rd of 172]
Private expenditure on health as % of total expenditure on health	16.6%		[166th of 185]
Probability of dying before 5 > Females	6 per 1,000 people		[164th of 187]
Probability of not reaching 60	9.9%		[37th of 48]
Probability of reaching 65 > Female	88.3%		[22nd of 159]
Probability of reaching 65 > Male	81.5%		[14th of 159]
Public spending as % of total	83.4%		[7th of 25]
Red Cross donations	84,107,200		[3rd of 37]
Respiratory disease child death rate	1.78
Respiratory disease deaths	79.8 per 100,000 people		[2nd of 26]
SARS fatalities	0		[30th of 29]
SARS fatality ratio %	0%		[30th of 29]
SARS female cases %	50%		[14th of 29]
SARS median age range	59		[3rd of 29]
SARS total cases	4		[17th of 29]
Smoking prevalence, females > % of adults	25 %		[6th of 43]
Smoking prevalence, males > % of adults	27 %		[13th of 42]
Spending > Per person	1,675		[18th of 133]
Spending > Private	1.2		[116th of 141]
Spending > Public	5.8% (1999)
Stomach cancer deaths	6.9		[19th of 26]
Suicide rate > Females	3.3 per 100,000 people		[51st of 80]
Suicide rate > Gender ratio	3.4 per 100,000 people		[38th of 76]
Suicide rate > Males	11 per 100,000 people		[47th of 80]
Suicide rate > Middle aged	28		[24th of 34]
Teen birth rate	33		[14th of 40]
Tobacco > Cigarrete imports	47,500 million of cigarettes		[5th of 15]
Tobacco > Cigarrete imports (per capita)	785.89 million of cigarettes pe		[8th of 15]
Total expenditure as % of GDP	7.5 % of GDP		[20th of 28]
Total expenditure on health as % of GDP	7.7%		[48th of 185]
Total fertility rate	1.6		[145th of 166]
Tuberculosis cases > Per 100,000	5		[147th of 165]
Water availability	2,465 cubic meters		[117th of 169]
Years lived in ill health > Female	9 years		[21st of 29]
Years lived in ill health > Male	6.6 years		[23rd of 29]

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