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Access to sanitation	94%		[43rd of 129]
Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people	14.9 per 1,000 people		[125th of 195]
Source: CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Children Underweight Rate	1%		[83rd of 95]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Drug access	50%		[125th of 163]
Source: UNICEF
HIV AIDS > Adult prevalence rate	0.3%		[83rd 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	1.9 per 1,000 people		[47th of 149]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Life expectancy at birth > Female	79.51 years		[64th of 226]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Life expectancy at birth > Male	72.89 years		[79th of 226]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Life expectancy at birth > Total population	76.14 years		[69th of 225]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Maternal mortality	26 per 100,000		[99th of 136]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Physicians > per 1,000 people	3.65 per 1,000 people		[6th 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	5.1%		[99th of 111]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Smoking prevalence, males > % of adults	34.6 %		[18th of 42]
Source: UN 2001 via backone.pdf
Spending > Per person	621		[29th of 133]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Suicide rate > Females	4.2 per 100,000 people		[41st of 80]
Source: World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC
Suicide rate > Gender ratio	4 per 100,000 people		[27th 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	16.6 per 100,000 people		[39th 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	1,396		[44th 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	23		[83rd of 121]
Source: World Health Organization
Water availability	41,654 cubic meters		[26th of 169]
Source: World Health Organization2005

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