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Access to sanitation	30%		[116th of 129]
Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people	33.67 per 1,000 people		[40th of 195]
Source: CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Drug access	95%		[3rd of 163]
Source: World Development Indicators database
HIV AIDS > Adult prevalence rate	38.8%		[1st 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	17,000		[29th of 102]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
HIV AIDS > People living with HIV AIDS	220,000		[26th of 126]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Hospital beds > per 1,000 people	3.37 per 1,000 people		[64th of 149]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Life expectancy at birth > Female	32.3 years		[222nd of 226]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Life expectancy at birth > Male	31.69 years		[222nd of 226]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Life expectancy at birth > Total population	31.99 years		[222nd of 225]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Life expectancy at birth, total > years	41.46 years		[175th of 194]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Malaria cases > per 100,000	2,835		[28th of 94]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Maternal mortality	230 per 100,000		[40th of 136]
Source: UNHDR
Physicians > per 1,000 people	0.16 per 1,000 people		[39th 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	36.3%		[23rd of 111]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Smoking prevalence, males > % of adults	10.5 %		[40th of 42]
Source: UN 2001 via backone.pdf
Spending > Per person	46		[86th of 133]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Tobacco > Total adult smokers	13.4		[111st of 121]
Source: World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC
Total expenditure on health as % of GDP	6%		[90th of 185]
Source: World Health Organization2005
Water availability	4,876 cubic meters		[86th of 169]
Source: World Health Organization

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