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Access to sanitation	68%		[84th of 129]
Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people	22.45 per 1,000 people		[80th of 195]
Source: CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Children Underweight Rate	6%		[36th of 95]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Drug access	80%		[61st of 163]
Source: UNICEF
HIV AIDS > Adult prevalence rate	21.3%		[5th of 136]
Source: WHO (World Health Organization). 2001. Correspondence on access to essential drugs. Department of Essential Drugs and Medecines Policy. February. Geneva
HIV AIDS > Deaths	16,000		[30th of 102]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Infant mortality rate	69.58		[36th of 179]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Life expectancy at birth > Female	49.38 years		[205th of 226]
Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Life expectancy at birth > Male	50.39 years		[200th of 226]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Life expectancy at birth > Total population	49.89 years		[203rd of 225]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Life expectancy at birth, total > years	46.93 years		[160th of 194]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Malaria cases > per 100,000	1,502		[36th of 94]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Maternal mortality	230 per 100,000		[42nd of 136]
Source: UNHDR
Physicians > per 1,000 people	0.3 per 1,000 people		[28th 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	46.7%		[10th of 111]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Smoking prevalence, males > % of adults	22.8 %		[32nd of 42]
Source: UN 2001 via backone.pdf
Spending > Per person	142		[60th of 133]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Tobacco > Total adult smokers	50		[3rd of 121]
Source: World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC
Total expenditure on health as % of GDP	6.7%		[68th of 185]
Source: World Health Organization2005
Water availability	10,211 cubic meters		[59th of 169]
Source: World Health Organization

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